Capital Punishment

Gary Ray Bowles confessed to brutally murdering six gay men over an eight-month period in 1994. After 20 years on death row, his execution is scheduled for Thursday.

The race of the victim and the race of the defendant in are major factors in determining who is sentenced to death in this country. The defendant's sexuality has a bearing too.

At least 122 people have been executed by the Saudi government this year as the royal family intensifies a crackdown on dissenters.

Eight states have abandoned the death penalty in the last 15 years, and the number of new death sentences imposed nationwide each year has plummeted.

"We submit that the anticipated outrage of those U.S. officials was not a proper consideration as a matter of law," a lawyer has argued in court.

The attacker was reportedly bullied during his time at the school, and retained a grudge against the institution.

In 1982, 16-year-old Ben Stiller played drums on a bizarre album called "Roadkill." This month, it's getting a proper release.

The kingdom executed 146 people last year, the third highest figure of any country.

Capital punishment is "an attack on the inviolability and dignity of the person," according to the church's new ruling.

The most important question is whether killing prisoners with nitrogen is cruel and unusual, the constitutional threshold for death penalty implementation.

Dimitrios Pagourtzis was arrested May 18 and charged with capital murder of multiple persons, according to the Galveston County Sheriff's Office.

How many executions did the U.S. perform last year?

Officials in November 2017 struggled for 25 minutes to find a vein to shoot lethal injection drugs into his arm.

A recent political development has opened up the possibility of accomplishing the task in 2018.

This comes as public support for capital punishment hits historic lows.

Capital punishment cases are down but five of the 23 executions this year still highlight the arguments of those who oppose the death penalty.

The death penalty is expensive, wrongful convictions are "far too frequent" and drug complications often make the killing drawn out and inhumane. Politicians are just unable to ignore it now.

This will mark the first time in Florida's history a white man has been executed for killing a black man.

The sedative has been linked to a series of botched executions.

Ledelle Lee and Kenneth Williams received communion, while Marcel Williams and Jack Jones had more elaborate requests.

Hours before Thursday's planned execution, lawyers for Kenneth Williams filed a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court, seeking to halt the proceedings.

The double execution took place days after the state ended a nearly 12-year hiatus on executing prisoners on death row.

Arkansas, which has not carried out an execution in 12 years, planned to begin the lethal injections of at least six convicted murderers on Monday.

The deaths come after the assassination of one of the group's top militants last month.

The 6-2 ruling handed a victory to convicted murderer Duane Buck, 53, who had challenged his death sentence in a state that long has led the nation in executions.

Saudi Arabia has rejected a call to release Badawi and allow him to join his family in Canada.

The human rights watchdog called for an end to capital punishment for children and discrimination against girls.

Pfizer's choice to block its products from being used in executions complicates capital punishment.

Convicts will likely be put to death by firing squad on the prison island of Nusakambangan.

The territory's attorney general asks that the executions "take place before a large crowd."