Until recently, I had assumed that corporal punishment in schools was a thing of the past, a practice relegated to the dustbin of history by a more enlightened modern culture that views the “spare the ...

Journalist Mikhail Zygar says a lot of Russian historians were actually propagandists – they worked for people in power and wrote recorded events the way politicians and elites wanted. In his new book ...

On this day, Jan. 17, in 1977, convicted murderer Gary Gilmore was executed by a firing squad in Utah. His death marked the return of capital punishment to the American justice system. Wes Moore would ...

Three scholars of Indian criminal law presented archival research on the history of punishment in India during a webinar panel Monday morning hosted by Harvard’s South Asia Institute. The webinar ...

RICHMOND, Va. -- If you're looking to get out of the house this summer and go back in time, consider a visit to Henricus Historical Park. The park sits on about five acres of land in Chesterfield ...

In 1728, as a group of residents in the western part of Chester County sought to create a more locally administered county, their petition to the authorities mentioned that “thieves, vagabonds and ill ...

INDIANAPOLIS — The death penalty has a complicated history and legacy in Indiana. Since Indiana initially implemented capital punishment statutes in 1897, 92 men have been executed in the Hoosier ...

A Comprehensive Look at America's Most Controversial Punishment The death penalty in the United States is as old as the country itself, with roots to the original European settlements. During this ...

The federal government reserves the right to seek the death penalty, even in states where it is banned.

Early views on capital punishment: colonial era to independence -- The abolition movement gains ground, 1800-1917 -- War and economic depression overshadow capital punishment, 1918-1959 -- Capital ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD)- South Carolina is expected to move forward with its first execution in over a decade when Richard Moore is put to death on April 29. Moore has been on death row for more than ...