(in the US) There is not one standard, generally applicable, "law" addressing the death penalty. Currently thirty five states plus the US Government and the US Military have the death penalty on...
With terror threats from skies looming large in the wake of 9/11 in the US, government is likely to amend the existing anti-hijacking law which would arm it with powers to shoot down a hijacked...
It was permanently abolished in Illinois earlier this year, with all remaining inmates on death row having their sentences commuted to life imprisonment. However, the death penalty in Illinois has...