Maryland’s top court will consider whether the General Assembly – in its zeal to repeal capital punishment in 2013 – truly left it for juries rather than judges to decide whether a convicted first-degree murderer deserves the state’s new ultimate punishment, life in prison without the possibility of parole.

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Comey's announced examination of Clinton's email heads news summary including Pakistan's death penalty, Georgia's gun laws and an attorney's client turns on him.

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Advice for Trump's election-law attorneys leads news summary including electronic surveillance, the death penalty and coyote rights.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court won’t hear a challenge to the death penalty for members of the military. The justices on Monday rejected an appeal from the former soldier who was sentenced to death for killing two fellow soldiers and ...

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Constitutionality of gerrymanders heads news summary including a pending Texas execution, revenge for an alleged rape and convictions that cannot be expunged.

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California State Bar leads news summary that includes targeting at-risk individuals, medical marijuana and seeking refunds for a racing fans.

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Stevens' concern with 2008 decision leads news items including Philippine death penalty, the French Connection and law-school applications.

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Virginia considers execution methods heads news summary including West Hollywood lawsuit, Wisconsin Supreme Court election and former ABA presidents seeking Garland hearings.

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Since lawmakers repealed the death penalty in 2013, life in prison without the possibility of parole has become the most severe criminal penalty an individual can face in Maryland. Unlike the death penalty, however, life without parole has no standards ...

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday appeared likely to rule that a Philadelphia district attorney-turned-state high court judge should not have taken part in the case of a prison inmate whose death-penalty prosecution he had personally approved nearly 30 ...

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