a 35 year old man was awarded the death sentence for killing his wife for dowry

Iran quashed the conviction of a woman sentenced to death for murdering a

Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen convicted of killing a compatriot

Yaghoub Mehrnahad, a student and journalist from the Beluchi ethnic group, is the

Guatemalan lawmakers gave the president the ability to pardon or commute

the court martial sitting at the Community Centre in Mubende district in Uganda

a cross-party group of Japanese legislators drafted a bill proposing

despite widespread international calls by humanitarian organizations for stay of

the US military is requesting the death penalty for six terrorist suspects accused

in Hoeryo'ng, the North Hamgyo'ng Provincial Court pronounced on December

The Nebraska Supreme Court struck down the state's sole means of execution,

Iran hanged a man for murdering four boys, Tehran Emrooz newspaper reported. The man, who was not identified, was to have been hanged in public in the central city of Yazd.