GUANGZHOU, China — Two mob bosses – nicknamed the "Hammerhead" and "Spicy Qin" – have been sentenced to death for murder and illegal...
Barry Scheck | Posted 09.30.2009 | Politics
Whether our criminal justice system has executed an innocent man should no longer be an open question. Cameron Todd Willingham's case proves that.
AP | JESSE J. HOLLAND | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Justice Sonia Sotomayor is getting into the swing of being a member of the Supreme Court. Sotomayor made what appears to be her fi...
Inter Press Service | Posted 08.16.2009 | World
By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani | Inter Press Service Cairo -- Egyptian courts have handed down unprecedented numbers of death sentence...
Jeff Kreisler | Posted 07.30.2009 | Comedy
Bernie Madoff got 150 years in prison, though he told investors it was 175 years... and they each told two investors it was 190 years... and so on and so on and so on...
AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 01.10.2009 | Home
WASHINGTON — New death sentences in the United States were at or near a three-decade low this year and the number of people executed will be the...
AP | WILLIAM FOREMAN | Posted 12.04.2009 | World