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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Martin Luther King’s words evoke a powerful image, but also leave much to the imagination. What should justice look like? What ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. Why are there prisons? – Andrew H., age 8 When ...

• 1775 – At the onset of the American Revolution, all 13 colonies use the death penalty. • 1787- U.S. Constitution adopted. The Fifth Amendment is also adopted, with a provision that seems to allow ...

One of the positive things about the media frenzy over cases like the Boston Marathon bombing and the Aurora Theater shooting is that these types of cases remind us there are profound mysteries of the ...