The use of the death penalty skyrocketed last year, with documented executions reaching a worldwide high not seen since 1981, a new report found. A majority of the increase came from Iran, where the ...

The Pope addressed parliamentarians and representatives from across Europe, Central Asia and North America participating in a conference on illicit drugs hosted by the Italian Parliament. Pope Leo XIV ...

Pope Leo XIV sent a message of support to participants at a Catholic university event marking 15 years since the abolition of the death penalty in his home state of Illinois. On the same day, the ...

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said Friday it will bring back the use of firing squads and electric chairs for some death penalty cases, as well as “readopting” the use of lethal injections as used ...

April 24 (UPI) --The Department of Justice said on Friday it has reinstated the use of lethal injection and expanded the execution protocol to include firing squad, which are among other moves to ...

President Donald Trump’s administration is directing prison officials to bring back firing squads to execute federal death row prisoners, reviving an execution method that hasn’t been used by the U.S.

DUBAI, March 31 (Reuters) - People accused of spying or cooperating with "hostile states" could face the death penalty and confiscation of all assets under a ‌recently enhanced law, an Iranian ...

The Arizona Senate passed a measure that would let voters decide whether to allow firing squads as a death penalty option. The proposal comes after a history of problematic executions in the state ...

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The study, “Integration of phospho-signaling and transcriptomics in single cells reveals distinct Th17 cell fates,” was published in Cell Reports. In the study, first author Seth Fortmann, M.D., Ph.D.

Travis Scott is among a group of rappers defending a man on death row in Texas. Scott has signed an amicus brief addressed to the Supreme Court stating that James Broadnax had his First Amendment ...

Houston rapper Travis Scott is among several artists backing a Dallas County man scheduled to be executed next month, arguing prosecutors used rap lyrics to secure his sentence in violation of his ...