The U.S. Supreme Court has issued numerous rulings on the use of capital punishment (the death penalty). While some rulings applied very narrowly, perhaps...

Capital punishment for juveniles in the United States existed until March 2, 2005, when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional in Roper v. Simmons...

States between 1967 and 1977. In 1972, the Supreme Court of the United States struck down capital punishment statutes in Furman v. Georgia, reducing all...

Capital punishment is a legal punishment under the criminal justice system of the United States federal government. It is the most serious punishment...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in Japan. The Penal Code of Japan and several laws list 14 capital crimes. In practice, though, it is applied only...

2022. History of the Death Penalty, University of Alaska Anchorage, Justice Center Capital punishment in the United States Participation of medical professionals...

The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States. It has ultimate appellate jurisdiction...

Unusual Punishment Clause, the Supreme Court has struck down the application of capital punishment in some instances, but capital punishment is still...

United States, a state supreme court (known by other names in some states) is the highest court in the state judiciary of a U.S. state. On matters of...

over capital punishment in the United States existed as early as the colonial period. As of April 2022, it remains a legal penalty within 28 states, the...

define certain forms of aggravated murder in the United States. Some jurisdictions that provide for death as a possible punishment for murder, such as...

unconstitutional by the Supreme Court in the case of Mithu v. State of Punjab, April 1983. On the matters of irrevocability of capital punishment and erroneous...

In the United States, landmark court decisions come most frequently from the Supreme Court. United States courts of appeals may also make such decisions...

exporting, selling or possession of significant amounts of drugs, constitutes a capital offence and may result in capital punishment for drug trafficking, or...

Capital punishment in Alabama is a legal penalty. Alabama has the highest per capita capital sentencing rate in the United States. In some years, its...

Capital punishment in Singapore is a legal penalty. Executions in Singapore are carried out by long drop hanging, and usually take place at dawn. Thirty-three...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in China. It is applicable to offenses ranging from murder to drug trafficking. Executions are carried out by lethal...

instances of judicial misconduct. State law gives the Supreme Court direct appellate jurisdiction over cases involving capital punishment, municipal...

established by the Constitutional Court of Russia in 1999 and reaffirmed in 2009. In pre-Tsarist medieval Russia, capital punishment was relatively rare and was...

people's respect. The position of Jewish Law on capital punishment often formed the basis of deliberations by Israel's Supreme Court. It has been carried out...

state to make use of lethal gas prior to the 1972 Supreme Court decision that effectively abolished capital punishment in the United States. Colorado performed...

Capital punishment in Delaware was abolished after being declared unconstitutional by the Delaware Supreme Court on August 2, 2016. The ruling retroactively...

Courts-martial of the United States are trials conducted by the U.S. military or by state militaries. Most commonly, courts-martial are convened to try...

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for...

The Roberts Court is the time since 2005 during which the Supreme Court of the United States has been led by John Roberts as Chief Justice. Roberts succeeded...

a list of notable cases decided by the Supreme Court of Missouri or which came to the Supreme Court of the United States from the Supreme Court of Missouri...

use of poisons to induce one post-quickening. Many states subsequently passed various laws on abortion until the Supreme Court of the United States decisions...

The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California. It is headquartered in San Francisco...

supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, and high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court...

sentence. List of United States Supreme Court decisions on capital punishment List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 536 List of United States Supreme...