Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, 63, and his wife Cilia Flores, 69, were captured by U.S. special forces and brought to a New York court t...

Death sentence in USA: A total of 28 men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and at least 10 other people ar...

The Sean 'Diddy' Combs' sex trafficking trial saw a partial verdict. The jury is hung on the serious racketeering conspiracy charge. Other ...

Best places to visit "safely": Canadians planning their 2025 travels should be aware of heightened risks in several popular destinations. T...

Republican state lawmakers are pushing legislation in over 20 states to enforce stricter penalties on local officials who resist cooperatin...

President-elect Donald Trump promised to pursue capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of most people on feder...

As US President Joe Biden's term is coming to an end, he is reportedly considering commuting the sentences of federal row inmates, includin...

Joaquin Guzman, the son of Mexican drug kingpin "El Chapo", has pleaded not guilty.

Prosecutors accused the company of turning a blind eye to the conduct of the militant group, paying to it at a time when it was involved in...

Dustin Higgs, convicted in the killings of three women in a Maryland wildlife refuge in 1996, was the third to receive a lethal injection t...

Challenges were fought across multiple federal courts on whether to allow execution of Montgomery, 52, who had initially been scheduled to ...

The order, handed down less than 24 hours before Lisa Montgomery was set to be executed Tuesday at the federal prison complex in Terre Haut...

If the five go off as planned, it will make 13 executions since July when the Republican administration resumed putting inmates to death af...

After geopolitical breakthroughs and stalemates, military actions in Syria and court fights in London, the Justice Department's most signif...

"Our message to other terrorists around the world is this -- if you harm Americans, you will face American arms on the battlefield or Ameri...

However, he is likely to get a reprieve because of a 2015 moratorium on death penalty by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf.

NIA Act silent on offence under Section 302 of IPC which forced agency to invoke a section with death penalty against Italian marines.