Florida's death penalty system will face renewed stress in 2017

Florida's death chamber TALLAHASSEE — Florida's death penalty system, under sustained legal assault for the past year, faces renewed...

Washington Governor Jay Inslee grants reprieve to child killer on death row

Washington Governor Jay Inslee BELLINGHAM - Gov. Jay Inslee granted a reprieve Thursday to a Bellingham man sentenced to death for the rape ...

EU calls on Japan to abolish death penalty

Gallows trap door, Tokyo Detention Center TOKYO — The European Union has called on Japan to abolish the death penalty, saying “it is a key p...

Dylann Roof’s 'show trial' exhibits Justice Department at its worst

Dylann Roof Attorney General Loretta Lynch has a fleeting moment in time, before Dylann Roof’s show trial falls into deeper lunacy, to exerc...