For the second consecutive year, a bill seeking to remove the death penalty from Delaware’s constitution is up for debate in ...

Supporters of the bill argue that the death penalty is not an effective deterrent to crime and is disproportionately applied to Black people. Opponents of the bill believe the death penalty is a ...

Louisiana has attempted "to give the blessing of religion" onto its death penalty practices, says Sister Helen Prejean. Still, she says the two cannot coexist.

The debate over the death penalty has intensified in Pennsylvania, with House Bill 888 now seeking to eliminate capital ...

Pharmacists in the country have called for stiffer punishment for peddlers of illicit medicines amid rising concerns about the impact of counterfeit and fake drugs on public health.

It has been proven to be unsuccessful as a crime deterrent and remains a flawed system of punishment, they said. “The risk of continuing the death penalty in Pennsylvania is a high and ...

Currently, Texas law does not allow the death penalty for individuals convicted ... that there is a deterrence in the future. If we save just one child because of this…” Reporter Corley ...

that “the possibility of deterrence provides the only viable, moral justification” for the death penalty. In arguing that capital punishment has no deterrent value, its opponents usually ...

The Supreme Court has repeatedly interpreted Article 21 (Right to Life) to include the right to live with dignity, which extends to prisoners as well. Articles 14, 15, 17, and 23 also provide ...