Ahead of executions scheduled in the U.S. in the coming weeks, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson and more than 350 fellow business leaders renewed their call Tuesday for a global end to the death ...

WARNING: This story contains the name and images of a deceased indigenous person A coroner has called for the controversial West Australian juvenile detention centre Unit 18 to be urgently shut down, ...

Officials in Fulton County, Georgia, have reached an agreement with the Justice Department to address the conditions of the county’s jail, where Lashawn Thompson and other incarcerated individuals ...

“We cannot turn a blind eye to the inhumane, violent and hazardous conditions that people are subjected to inside the Fulton County Jail,” Clarke said. “Detention in the Fulton County Jail has ...

Alabama executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas Thursday, marking the first time a convict was put to death in the U.S. using the method, which critics say is experimental, inhumane and a ...

Kannur: In a heart-wrenching and inhumane act of cruelty, several puppies and their mother were allegedly bludgeoned to death in Kannur, Kerala. The shocking incident, which has stirred deep emotions, ...

SEATTLE — The findings against a police officer who was caught on camera joking about the death of 23-year-old Jaahnavi Kandula have been released. Officer Kevin Dave hit and killed Kandula with his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Office of Police Accountability (OPA) has sustained findings against a Seattle police officer who was caught on camera joking ...

To the editor: Honestly, I support Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman’s decision to bring back the death penalty, and I think it makes sense for certain cases (“D.A. Hochman officially brings death penalty ...