Catholics in Vietnam have welcomed the lifting of the death penalty for eight crimes in the communist-ruled nation, saying emphasis must be placed on protecting life and aiding the reintegration of ...

In a significant shift that is garnering attention both domestically and internationally, the Vietnamese government has abolished the death penalty ...

Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?

European prosecutors on Thursday announced raids in multiple nations targeting criminal networks importing fraudulent Chinese ...

Richard Jordan, Mississippi’s longest serving and oldest death row inmate, died by lethal injection Wednesday evening at the ...

Vietnam veteran Richard Gerald Jordan is set to be executed in Mississippi nearly 50 years after being sentenced to death.

The Rev. Jeff Hood has witnessed 11 executions: four in Oklahoma, three in Alabama, two in Texas, one in Missouri and one in ...

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon ...

Vietnam has abolished the death penalty for eight criminal offenses setting the stage for the courts to spare the life of a ...

Jordan's execution came decades after he kidnapped and killed 35-year-old Edwina Marter, who was shot in the back of the head ...