The not so Clean-Cut Issue of Capital Punishment Former Mayor of New York, Ed Koch, writes about a New York man who while serving four life sentences in a New York prison for murder, effectively lured a woman corrections officer into an office where he then strangled her and mutilated her body. Th...

You are running down the street with your best friend not too far behind. You manage to round the corner, but you hear your friend trip. Suddenly a shot rings out. Your friend screams. You continue to run, but look back and see the man who was following you pull out a large knife. ...

The U.S. Supreme Court will later this year hear a case that will use our scientific advantages to determine the outcome. Researchers are looking further into whether a teenager convicted of murder should receive capital punishment or not. J. Anthony Movshon, a neuroscientist from New York Universit...