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Republicans seized on the Charlotte attack as evidence Trump's crackdown on crime is justified.

Decarlos Brown Jr, 34, faces federal charges in the Charlotte CATS LYNX Blue Line stabbing that killed refugee Iryna Zarutska. Death penalty possible.

The Congolese military court has accused former president Joseph Kabila of treason, corruption, war crimes and supporting the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group. During court proceedings that began in July 2025, arguments were made for utilising the death penalty against Kabila, who was in power from 2001 to 2019.…

A woman accused of killing a U.S. Border Patrol agent in Vermont is set to make her first court appearance since prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty against her

Parliament heard arson at a naval dockyard was a capital offence until 1971, amid questions over the adequacy of the current law.

At least 841 people have been executed in Iran since the start of the year, the UN said Friday, decrying "a systematic pattern of using the death penalty as a tool of state intimidation".

The president’s unconstitutional vision would bring a racist practice back to a city that has banned it for decades

Trump announced the forthcoming legislation hours after saying he wants anyone who kills someone in DC to face the death penalty

Donald Trump has said he will seek the death penalty for murders committed in Washington DC.

It comes part of the US president's wider crackdown on crime. Earlier this week, Trump deployed hundreds of troops to the US capital, drawing widespread criticism.

Local officials abolished executions more than 40 years ago, teeing up yet another political and legal fight