Iran's parliament is set to debate a draft bill which could see the death penalty used for those deemed to promote corruption, prostitution and apostasy on the Internet, reports said.

the Pakistani Federal Cabinet formally approved the conversion of death penalty into life

California's death penalty system is close to collapse, an independent commission said

Iran hanged a 19-year-old youth in prison in the central city of Isfahan after

a senior Ghanaian justice department official expressed surprise that the government

nine convicts who were sentenced to death won their petitions filed to the Pardons Board.

A senior UN human rights investigator criticized the

Judges should not be lenient while sentencing those who have committed

China's highest court overturned 15 percent of all death sentences reviewed

an Iranian charged with espionage for Israel was sentenced to dea

the Italian Radicals, the Forum Droghe Association and dozens of non profit organisations and unions

six people were executed in Yunnan and Henan provinces, and the Guangxi Zhua