Rafael Caro Quintero, who faces trial in Brooklyn, and at least four other drug cartel figures are vulnerable to the death ...

Over the years, educators have learned that threatening disabled children with corporal punishment is not effective, but OK ...

Jessie Hoffman was put to death on Tuesday after the Supreme Court declined to intervene. It was the state’s first execution ...

A Texas father who police said forced his daughter to jump on a trampoline in 110-degree heat as punishment has been ...

A censure is considered a severe public rebuke. Here's what else to know, including examples of other censured senators and representatives.

Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham said the case is a "stark reminder" capital punishment is still a "work in progress" - despite it being a legal penalty in 27 of the US states for decades.

Support is needed for an Oklahoma Senate bill that would ban corporal punishment for disabled children - a practice not shown ...

U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to censure Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, after heckling President Donald Trump.

Following the Revolutionary War, the British ceded lands to the United States through the Treaty ... in schools has not evolved enough. Corporal punishment, defined as deliberate infliction ...