If God said it, and capital punishment was meant to be an immutable law, God did not believe it because God did not follow it ...

Ohio should abandon the death penalty—not just because it’s morally flawed, but because it’s broken, costly, and being used as a political tool by those, like Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost, more ...

LA District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that county prosecutors will once again be permitted to seek the death penalty.

Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was ...

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman has reinstated the death penalty as a prosecutorial option in murder ...

Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman's office announced Tuesday that under limited circumstances, prosecutors could ...

Delivering on a campaign promise, L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman says he will allow prosecutors to seek capital ...

District Attorney Nathan Hochman addresses the public during a press conference announcing the return of capital punishment ...

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SB 990 would raise the age threshold for capital murder eligibility from under 10 years old to 15 years old. It now heads to ...

The announcement of Los Angeles County D.A. Nathan Hochman reverses the policy of his predecessor, George Gascón, who did not ...