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In England and Wales, whole-life imprisonment is the harshest sanction available to the courts, emerging in the decades after the abolition of the death penalty. The whole-life order requires people to spend their whole lives in prison with no prospect of release, except on exceptional compassionate grounds.

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has taken a step toward reinstating the death penalty, adopting a new penal code that once again allows capital punishment for crimes including treason, terrorism and espionage.

Up to 1,000 women globally await execution in prison, with mitigating factors such as child abuse and coercion ignored

Newly released footage shows Decarlos Brown's January crisis before stabbing Iryna Zarutska. Trump demands death penalty amid schizophrenia revelations and Iryna's Law.

Experience of domestic violence is at the heart of why many women are driven to commit violent crimes

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges

Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, has been given around-the-clock security over the incident

President Donald Trump escalated tensions in Washington by publicly threatening Democratic lawmakers with imprisonment or even the death penalty after they urged military and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful orders.

Trump accuses Democratic veterans of sedition and suggests the death penalty after they released a video advising US troops to refuse illegal orders from the administration.