Capital punishment does not inspire roaring humor in healthy minds, so wit on the subject tends to be sardonic. Two of the most famous examples, of course, are: “In this country it is wise to kill an ...

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 ...

Journalist Mikhail Zygar says a lot of Russian historians were actually propagandists – they worked for people in power and wrote recorded events the way politicians and elites wanted. In his new book ...

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 ...

• 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Depending on where you live, corporal punishment—the practice of school administrators, staffers, or teachers subjecting students to physical punishment—may seem like it belongs in a bygone era. But ...