The pope has spoken, and he may be speaking too much. Pope Francis spoke to the public and urged world leaders to improve conditions for inmates and abolish capital punishment at Sunday’s gathering in...
Although capital punishment has been outlawed in Massachusetts, lawmakers are considering a bill that would bring the death penalty back to the Commonwealth.
The legislation, sponsored by Massachusetts...
On Sept. 8, 1992, Texas resident Scott Panetti woke up around dawn, shaved his head and drove to his wife’s parents’ house. In front of his wife and 3-year-old daughter, he shot and killed his in-laws....
Dzokhar Tsarnaev’s case might have just been saved. Judy Clarke agreed to join his team of defenders to prevent him from the death penalty Wednesday. Clarke is known for representing insanely high-profile...
