Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman is allowing county prosecutors to seek the death penalty again, reversing a ban put in place by his predecessor and making good on a campaign promise.

Iwao Hakamada, wrongfully convicted of murder, spent over four decades on death row before being awarded $1.4 million for his suffering. This payout highlights issues in Japan’s justice system.

Each of the 24 men and the sole woman had been convicted of violent crimes, and 16 were on death row. Elaine’s decades of kindness became a topic of research. In October last year, I listened to ...

Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was awarded $1.4 million in compensation this week following his acquittal ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. Mikal Mahdi, who pleaded ...

The anime has started covering the Death Row Prisoners arc, focusing on action and new characters. Slow-paced chapters like Sakamoto's love trip may be cut in favor of the action-packed main story.

A South Carolina death row inmate on Friday chose execution by firing squad, just five weeks after the state carried out its first death by bullets. His attorney confirmed to CBS News that Mikal ...

Delaware lawmakers are considering a bill to remove the death penalty from the state's constitution. Although Delaware has not executed anyone in over a decade, the death penalty remains legal ...

27 states, including Florida, still have the death penalty as of March 2025. Public support for the death penalty remains at a five-decade low at 53%, with a recent Gallup polling revealing that ...

A bill filed in the Florida state Senate would expand the methods by which death row inmates could be executed. Senate Bill 1604, introduced by state Sen. Jonathan Martin, R-Fort Myers ...

Death by firing squad and medical-aid in dying, taking an oral solution of drugs mixed with apple juice, are alternative execution methods that would be more “humane,” Hoffman’s attorneys said.

You can reach the newsroom at [email protected] The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Texas death row inmate Areli Escobar, despite support for a new trial from the same ...