A convicted killer was executed in Texas, despite pleas from his lawyers he was too mentally
the Japanese Government will work to abolish the death penalty, Financial Services
A court in China's Xinjiang region sentenced five people to death for murder and other crimes over deadly
Tennessee executed a man who had served nearly three decades on death row for killing three people during a shooting spree at a Nashville convenience store.
France launched a strong appeal to Iran to immediately stop the imminent execution of Iranians sentenced to
a Somali soldier under Afrah Ali Afrah, commander of the Darawish troops in Mogadishu, was sentenced
A Japanese court sentenced to death an arsonist who killed 16 people when he set fire to an all-night adult
the death sentence of Mohammad Reza Hadadi, 21, was endorsed by the Iranian Supreme Court and
in Botswana, Francistown High Court Judge Moses Chinhengo sentenced former Mupane mine employees
the Hamas-run government ruling Gaza, Palestine, approved a legal change that will allow for the execution of convicted drug dealers, attorney general Mohammed Abed said.
Belarus will soon launch an information campaign to press for the abolition
The Turkish authorities say they are discussing what to do with an Iranian atheist who says she fled
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours