Anti-death penalty advocates, including state abolitionists, former death row inmates and allies, held a rally in Texas ...

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West Virginia ballots will include a question on prohibiting physician-assisted death, potentially adding a section to the state constitution to explicitly prohibit physicians or health care providers ...

West Virginia voters will be asked to consider medically-assisted suicide when heading to the polls this election ...

Robert Roberson was scheduled to appear Monday before a Texas House committee after a last-ditch subpoena forestalled his ...

Iwao Hakamada, 88, a former boxer, was acquitted in September by the Shizuoka District Court, which said police and ...

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I Am Ready, Warden,' the MTV Documentary Films short directed by Smiriti Mundhra, has landed a premiere date on streaming ...

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With two weeks to go before the U.S. presidential election, cases of political violence have shown the biggest and most sustained increase since the 1970s. United Statescategory Nebraska ...