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Editor’s note: This story is part of ongoing coverage of the lead up to Mangione’s trial. Read Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Days 5-7, Day 8, and Day 9 of state suppression hearings on the case. Luigi Mangione’s state trial is set to begin on June 8, Judge Gregory Carro of the [...]

In this interview, law professor Corinna Barrett Lain discusses her book “Secrets of the Killing State,” which exposes the troubling realities behind lethal injection as a method of execution. Lain, a death penalty researcher and law professor, explains how lethal injection is based on “fake science” rather than medical expertise, details the extensive secrecy measures [...]

Ryan Wesley Routh was sentenced to life in prison plus 84 months for his attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump and related offenses, according to a Department of Justice (DOJ) press release on Wednesday. Routh attempted to kill Trump at one of his golf courses in West Palm Beach, Florida, in September of 2024. [...]

UN experts on Wednesday urged Israel to withdraw a bill proposing a mandatory death penalty for terrorist acts, warning it would violate the right to life and discriminate against Palestinians. The urgent call was issued by a group of UN Special Rapporteurs and Independent Experts, who detailed how the proposed legislation would create a two-tier [...]

Editor’s note: This story is part of ongoing coverage of the lead up to Mangione’s trial. Read coverage of federal oral arguments to dismiss Counts Three and Four here. Judge Garnett of the Southern District of New York dismissed Counts Three (murder through use of a firearm) and Four (firearms offense) in US v. Mangione [...]

During the very week of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27, the Israeli Knesset continues to debate a monstrous proposed bill to resurrect capital punishment in the ostensible Jewish state. Such a spectacle is nothing short of an abject desecration of that sacred day. Drawing directly on his Holocaust experience, Nobel Laureate and acclaimed [...]

The cold winter weather cut across the National Mall this past weekend as thousands of pro-life marchers filed past the Capitol dome, many clutching signs against the threat of a winter storm. At one end, near the stage where US Vice President J.D. Vance and House Speaker Mike Johnson addressed the crowd, banners declared “Equality [...]

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child on Friday hailed Malaysia’s positive developments in maternal and infant health care, while questioning the use of penalties for children convicted in serious crimes and calling for alternatives to institutionalization for children. Following its review of Malaysia’s latest periodic report, the committee commended the country’s efforts [...]

Former South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Wednesday after a Seoul court found him guilty of rebellion for his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law in December 2024. The sentence exceeded the 15 years sought by the special counsel and marked the [...]

Togo’s Ministry of Justice on Tuesday confirmed the extradition of former Burkinabè transitional president Lieutenant-Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba to Burkina Faso, following accusations of corruption, embezzlement, and involvement in attempted coups against the current regime of Captain Ibrahim Traoré. On January 12, the judicial authorities in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso’s capital, submitted a formal extradition request accompanied [...]