While 27 states legally allow for the death penalty, only a handful have done an execution in recent years. Most states where capital punishment is legal require qualifications for those carrying out ...

Florida lawmakers have given final approval to a bill that would speed up the state's capital punishment process. The bill (HB 7083) cleared the Senate on a 28-10 vote Monday. The measure passed the ...

In Connecticut, several recent examples of important legislative and public policy developments demonstrate a shift toward non-adversarial processes of conflict resolution. The Trump administration’s ...

The US Supreme Court says a defendant proven guilty after a fair trail does not have the same rights as a free man. Does that mean a condemned man should be put to death, even if new evidence shows he ...

Ron Sammonds' arguments for capital punishment are typically half-baked and lack perspective. Removing capital punishment as an option does not remove punishment. Mandatory life without parole with ...

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is open to changing his role in how the league disciplines its players, he told the “Mike & Mike” show on ESPN2 on Tuesday. In his first public remarks since the NFL ...

A secretive appeals system has been knocking down the punishments of Chicago police officers no matter how serious their misconduct, undercutting the results of lengthy investigations and layers of ...

After more than a year of monitoring the allegations, investigations and legal battles of Deshaun Watson while simultaneously conducting an investigation of its own, the NFL will advance the process ...

ATLANTA,None — Atlanta Schools Superintendent Errol Davis says the process that allows educators accused of cheating to be fully paid while their case works its way through the system needs to be ...

Michael P. Norton and Andy Metzger, State House News Service Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito appealed to lawmakers Tuesday for new sentencing and civil commitment laws targeting repeat child rapists, but ...