Taliban carries out 1st public execution since retaking Afghanistan
The extremists have made it clear that they'll bring back all of the brutal policies they were known for before being ousted with the U.S.-led invasion of 2001.
Death Penalty
Alabama won't try lethal injection again on "execution survivor"
Any future effort to execute Miller will be done by nitrogen hypoxia, a method authorized in Alabama, but never used in the U.S.
"Botched" Alabama execution caused pain and torture, attorneys say
Prison staff subjected Kenneth Eugene Smith to numerous needle jabs, including in the neck and collarbone region while an official held his head, attorneys wrote in a court filing.
How a man's beheading 50 years ago led France to end the death penalty
On November 28, 1972, Roger Bontems was guillotined for a murder he did not commit. His lawyer would spend the rest of his life campaigning to end the death penalty.
19-year-old asks court to let her watch father's death by injection
Kevin Johnson, now 37, has been incarcerated since his daughter was 2 years old.
Alabama governor orders executions pause after third failed lethal injection
The state did not complete the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith because officials couldn't find a suitable vein to inject the lethal drugs.
Alabama stops execution due to trouble finding suitable vein
Officials were trying to put Kenneth Eugene Smith to death after the U.S. Supreme Court lifted a stay issued hours earlier by a lower federal court.
Oklahoma executes man for 1993 "torture" slaying of 3-year-old boy
Attorneys for Fairchild argued that he was abused as a child, mentally ill and remorseful for his actions.
Alabama set to execute man after jury recommended life sentence
Alabama judges are no longer allowed to sentence an inmate to death if a jury recommends a life sentence, but the 2017 change was not retroactive.
Arizona executes man for 1980 killings after Supreme Court rejects appeal
The execution was the third in Arizona since the state resumed carrying out the death penalty in May.
Texas set to execute man who killed his mother and buried her in her backyard
Tracy Beatty's lawyers say he has a history of mental illness and have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his execution.
Life sentence for Parkland school shooter
A Florida jury recommended a life sentence without parole, instead of the death penalty, for the gunman who shot and killed 17 people at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland in 2018. Criminal defense attorney Julia Jayne joined CBS News' John Dickerson to discuss the sentencing in the case.
Closing arguments in Parkland sentencing trial
A Florida jury will decide whether the convicted gunman in the Parkland school massacre should receive the death sentence after hearing closing arguments in his sentencing trial Tuesday. David Weinstein, a partner at Jones Walker LLP, and a former federal prosecutor, joined CBS News to discuss the trial.
Parkland victims' families react to sentencing
Several families of Parkland shooting victims are distraught after a Florida jury did not recommend the death penalty for the shooter — saying that “justice wasn’t served.”
Parkland shooter spared death sentence
After deliberating for seven hours, a jury recommended life in prison for convicted Parkland gunman Nikolas Cruz, instead of the death penalty. The decision stunned some of the victims' family members -- many were visibly angry and some broke down in tears. Manuel Bojorquez has more.
Inmate endured "torture" during botched execution, attorneys say
Alan Eugene Miller said prison staff poked him with needles for over an hour as they tried to find a vein during an aborted lethal injection last month.
Supreme Court rejects appeal from Dylann Roof
Roof was convicted in 2016 of killing nine in a racist attack on a South Carolina church's Black congregation.
Alabama sets execution date in 1988 contract killing of pastor's wife
A judge overrode the jury's recommendation of a life sentence and sentenced Smith to death
Judge blocks lethal injection for inmate who says he prefers death by nitrogen
Alabama killer Alan Miller says the state lost his request for the hydrogen method. Alabama says he's just trying to delay his execution.
Alabama may use untried execution method on man convicted in triple killing
Alabama could be ready to use a new, untried execution method to carry out a death sentence later this month.
Potential plea deals for 9/11 terrorists
Families of victims of September 11 are outraged over reports that plea deals are in the works for five defendants accused of orchestrating the attacks nearly 21 years ago. The plea deals would take the death penalty off the table, instead allowing the defendants to remain in Guantanamo Bay indefinitely. Catherine Herridge reports.
With much backing, Alabama death row inmate claims innocence, seeks new trial
Toforest Johnson has seen former judges, prosecutors and the local district attorney join in calls to reexamine his 1998 conviction for a murder he insists he didn't commit.
Alabama apparently botched recent execution, anti-death penalty group says
"States cannot continue to pretend that the abhorrent practice of lethal injection is in any way humane," the group asserts.
Court upholds death penalty in notorious '80s sex slave murders
Charles Ng and Leonard Lake incriminated themselves with videotapes of them tormenting bound, terrified women.
Day 2 of Parkland shooter's sentencing trial
The sentencing trial for the Parkland school shooter has entered Day 2. CBS News' Elaine Quijano and Tanya Rivero speak with attorney David Weinstein, partner at Jones Walker law firm, to discuss the case as jurors consider whether to the hand Nikolas Cruz the death penalty.
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Christa Pike has pneumonia, unable to move arms after botched execution, lawyers say
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