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The UN Committee against Torture (CAT) has issued a report criticizing Japan's justice system on a wide range of issues at the conclusion of its 38th Session . The committee expressed concern that Japan...

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger submitted a capital punishment proposal Tuesday in an effort to persuade US District Judge Jeremy Fogel to lift a moratorium on executions in the state. The proposal includes the...

Tennessee executed its first death row inmate Wednesday after a moratorium on executions imposed by the governor in February expired earlier this month. Philip Workman's execution had been postponed five times, and last minute...

The Nebraska Supreme Court issued an order Wednesday staying the execution of Carey Dean Moore while the court determines whether death by electrocution is cruel and unusual punishment. In a 4-3 decision, the...

The three-drug "cocktail" used to execute death row inmates by lethal injection can fail, causing inmates to suffer a painful death, according to a study published Monday by PLoS Medicine . The study's authors...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kent Roach of the University Toronto Faculty of Law says the Supreme Court of Canada's ruling that security certificates for the indefinite detention of foreign terror suspects are unconstitutional may help propel new Canadian anti-terror legislation, although...

Liliana Segura : "The Campaign to End the Death Penalty applauds the decision of the North Carolina Medical Board to refuse physician participation in executions, leading Judge Donald Stephens to halt executions in the state....

A North Carolina state judge on Thursday issued an injunction blocking two executions until Gov. Mike Easley issues new procedures to execute capital defendants without the presence of doctors. The new execution protocol is required after the North Carolina...

Thirty Democratic members of the North Carolina General Assembly urged Gov. Mike Easley on Tuesday to implement an immediate suspension of all state executions until an investigation shows that the state's execution...

Mexico extradited drug kingpins Osiel Cardenas and Hector "El Guero" Palma and thirteen other major traffickers to the United States Friday as part of an effort by new Mexican president Felipe Calderon to follow through...