WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT The brutal killing known as 'death by a thousand cuts', was a form of execution used in China, ...

On this day 160 years ago, the United States of America ratified the 13th Amendment of the Constitution, immortalizing a self-evident principle that ...

Revisiting Fyodor Dostoevsky’s compelling, original and scandalous novel – after a 60-year hiatus – is a profoundly affecting ...

The liberal funder has spent tens of millions of dollars swinging dozens of district attorney races, drawing a backlash from ...

Families and history lovers are invited to a series of events and activities in the run up to Christmas at the Staffordshire History Centre.

The study will be presented at the World Congress against the Death Penalty (Paris, June 2026), reinforcing the Council of Europe's contribution to this event.

Explore the gruesome history of Immurement, a form of punishment where a person was bricked up in a confined space to die.

The Michigan Supreme Court will reconsider a 49-year-old murder sentence where, the defendant argues, there was no showing of ...

In an exclusive interview with Firstpost, Toby Cadman, special adviser to Bangladesh’s ICT chief prosecutor, and an expert in international crime and human rights law, shared his take on the Hasina ...

Israel’s war in Gaza combines a staggeringly high death rate, shocking violence toward children, unparalleled physical destruction, and now a world-historical famine. The world has, by objective ...

One local mother says the woman who crashed into her daughter years ago has received punishments that are too lenient despite multiple DUI/DWI convictions.

The Old Jail Museum isn’t your typical tourist attraction – it’s a visceral journey into America’s past that engages all your senses from the moment you approach its formidable facade.