Death penalty

Nathaniel Woods was executed this week by lethal injection despite repeated calls to the Alabama governor for clemency.

Nathaniel Woods, 42, is set to be executed on Thursday for the 2004 killing of three Alabama police officers. His family maintain he is innocent.

Nicholas Sutton, 58, is set to be executed at the Riverbend Maximum Security Prison in Nashville on Thursday evening.

Nicholas Todd Sutton, 58, is scheduled to be executed for the killing of another inmate in Tennessee. Prison staff, relatives of his victims, and others who know him say he is a new man.

President Donald Trump sung the praises of China using the death penalty for drug offenses on Monday, while adding that he doesn't know if the U.S. is "ready" for such measures.

The Justice Department's inspector general is set to release his conclusions into the origins of the FBI's Russia investigation today.

If put to death on Friday, Lee Hall will be the fourth person in Tennessee to choose the electric chair over lethal injection within the past year.

Attorney General William Barr said he was willing to go to the U.S. Supreme Court to ensure federal executions will restart despite a temporary block by a U.S. district judge, according to the Associated Press.

A hearing will now be held in which new witnesses will testify in favor of Reed's innocence in the murder of Stacey Stites.

Just five days before he is set to be executed, the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended a 120-day reprieve for Rodney Reed.

Reed is scheduled to be executed on November 20.

The federal government is set to resume executions with the drug pentobarbital, despite concerns it might violate the Eighth Amendment.

The American Bar Association has asked the Nevada Supreme Court to rule in on a case that questions whether or not severely mentally ill people should be executed for their crimes.

Leaders of two congregations that met inside Pittsburgh's Tree of Life synagogue oppose prosecutor's request for the death penalty against Robert Bowers, charged with killing 11 people inside the temple on October 27, 2018.

Bowles appeared on "America's Most Wanted" multiple times and made the FBI's Most Wanted List just days before being brought in for questioning.

The El Paso shooter likely won't be executed by the electric chair if he's sentenced to death.

Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte called on Congress to reinstate the death penalty for "heinous" drug crimes and corruption in his country.

Jonathan and Reginald Carr and Frazier Glenn Cross will argue their rights are also protected under Kansas constitution.

The U.K. said it would not extradite the WikiLeaks founder to the U.S. if he were to face the death penalty.

The "Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act" faces widespread opposition, even from various anti-abortion groups, such as Texans for Life.

SCOTUS is his last hope.

There have been 83 verified executions in New Zealand since 1842.

"New Zealand is a sickening tragedy," Coulter tweeted. "When will this insane terrorism end."

Governor Gavin Newsom's moratorium to halt executions comes three years after California voters passed a bill to speed up executions.

Travis Ricci jailed for life for killing a woman in drive-by shooting in 2009.

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.

Alabama State Auditor Jim Zeigler wrote to President Donald Trump urging him to mandate public hangings for people who kill law enforcement officers and to fast-track their executions.

Israa al-Ghomgham, 29, has been detained since 2015 for her part in anti-government protests.

"Canada should remind its citizens not about facing threats in China but to never come to China to commit serious offenses, such as smuggling or trafficking drugs," a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said.

While violent crime in China is unusual and attacks on children even rarer, there has been a marked uptick in such incidents over the past decade.