President Donald Trump has signed a sweeping execution order on the death penalty that directs the attorney general to “take all necessary and lawful action” to ensure that states have enough lethal i

The newly inaugurated president's directive fulfills a key part of Project 2025's right-wing mandate for his administration.

President Donald Trump is ordering his attorney general to dramatically reverse Biden-era death penalty policy by seeking capital punishment for all qualifying crimes committed by unlawfully residing immigrants or in which law enforcement officers are murdered.

Victim's parents and West Bengal government expressed disappointment with the life sentence imposed on Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar Medical rape and murder case.

I have not seen much press about President Trump's order concerning the death penalty. But several provisions could prove to be quite significant. First,

The West Bengal government on Tuesday moved to the Calcutta High Court demanding capital punishment for the accused Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape and murder case, against the Sealdah Civil and Criminal Court order giving life imprisonment.

This sentence brings to memory Kerala's last execution, which took place in 1991 when ‘Ripper’ Chandran was hanged for a series of gruesome murders. Chandran earned the chilling moniker for his method of killing—breaking into houses and bludgeoning 14 people to death with a crowbar during robberies.

A day after Mamata Banerjee expressed 'shock' over Sealdah Court's verdict in the RG Kar rape and murder case, the West Bengal government moved the Calcutta High Court demanding the death penalty for the convict.

Medical professionals express disappointment over the life sentence given to Sanjay Roy in the RG Kar rape-murder case. FORDA and IMA leaders call for capital punishment, insisting the severity of the crime warrants a harsher penalty.

Expressing 'dissatisfaction' over a Kolkata court awarding life imprisonment to the convict in the RG Kar hospital case, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed the probe was 'forcibly' taken away from the state police.

Donald Trump signed a deluge of executive orders on Monday, hours after being sworn in as the 47th Presiden, leaving global banks working through the night in “war rooms” to make assessments of the likely consequences,

India's West Bengal state launched an appeal on Tuesday to overturn a life sentence in favour of the death penalty for a police volunteer convicted of the rape and murder of a junior doctor, a senior lawyer aware of the development said.