A Chinese court executed a man on death row without notifying his family and then defended its actions, sparking anger online, local media reported.

Mumia Abu Jamal, 60, Black, who has gained celebrity-like status the world over since being found

A court in the Gaza Strip sentenced a man to death for killing two people, Gaza's public prosecutor

the last words of the 376 prisoners executed in Texas are faithfully recorded on the state justice department's website. These words not only represent how they wish to be viewed after their death, but it is also the final step before the actual execution begins.

July 12, 2013 Nearly 400 prisoners on death row, who are languishing in jails for the last several years due to non-decision about their fate by the Presidency, will now either be sent to the gallows or face life terms or will be set free.

From November 2012 to 11 July 2013, at least 31 prisoners were spared the capital punishment

In the first half of 2013, six states carried out 18 executions. In the same period last year, there

three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Ardebil (Iran) early in the morning. According

In Bangladesh, a Lalmonirhat court sentenced four youths to death for killing a college

Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Kermanshah (west of Iran), reported the state

A man was sentenced to death by a local court in Mainpuri, India, for raping a 9-year-old

Li Hao, 35, a former government employee of central China, was sentenced to death after being convicted