Six people arrested during the riots on Ashura Day were sentenced to death, Tehran
A convicted cop killer was executed by lethal injection in Texas, state prison
One man was hanged in public in the southwest Iranian city of Ahvaz, reported the official
Taiwan's justice minister resigned after failing to win support for her opposition
Legal amendments were necessary to cut the number of executions, but Justice Minister
A Nigerian man received the death penalty in Dongguan, Guangdong province, China,
Two men were hanged in the prison of Qom, Iran, reported the state run Iranian
Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng said she’d rather resign than have one prisoner
One man was hanged in the prison of Rajaee Shahr (west of Tehran) last week. According
China has so far convicted 198 people for involvement in deadly ethnic violence last July in
Just hours before Ohio death row prisoner Lawrence Reynolds was to begin preparations for
Two men were hanged in the province of Lorestan, west of Iran, early this week.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
