James Dennis Ford, a convicted killer on death row since 1999, did not share any final words before ... at the time of the ...

However, he allowed criminals to be mutilated for their crimes. During the middle ages, capital punishment was accompanied by torture. Most barons had a drowning pit as well as gallows and they ...

Capital punishment is vengeance rather than retribution and, as such, is a morally dubious concept The anticipatory suffering of the criminal, who may be kept on death row for many years ...

The debate on whether the death penalty deters and lowers rates of crime is a long-simmering one, with both sides variously ...

Two states are set to see pauses on executions end as Arizona, Louisiana and South Carolina gave execution dates to three men ...