Search results for 'capital punishment' (32)
The grandchildren of the last woman to be hanged in Britain are seeking a posthumous pardon, saying she was physically and emotionally abused by her partner before she killed him.
US executions surged in 2025 to the highest in 16 years, as Trump reinvigorates judicial killings, combined with the US supreme court’s refusal to engage in last-minute pleas for reprieve.
While fewer women than men are incarcerated, their numbers are rising faster and most often for non-violent offences. Experts warn of ‘global crisis’ as number of women in prison nears one million.
The ACLU have released a new report exposing how racism, human error, and systemic failures have made wrongful convictions an inevitable consequence of the death penalty system.
On the World Day Against the Death Penalty, US-based Catholic Mobilizing Network, explores the many positive abolition movements that have been made, despite an uptick in executions.
President Trump's administration is faltering in its aggressive pursuit of the death penalty as it revisits cases in which predecessors decided against seeking capital punishment.
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