Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland has delayed the executions of two inmates, hours after a federal appeals court
an Iranian man and woman convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning were freed on appeal,
The U.S. government has decided not to seek the death penalty against a Guantanamo detainee charged in
a Yemeni court sentenced two Pakistani fishermen to death and jailed two others for 25 years after
the Belarus Supreme Court rejected the final appeal against the death sentence given to Vasil Yuzepchuk,
having high-ranking officials speaking about reinstituting the death penalty will irreparably damage
The district court of Bosaso, in Puntland State of Somalia, sentenced one of five young defendants to
the Ondo State governor, Olusegun Mimiko, commuted the death sentences on four people to jail terms to
Libyan authorities agreed to stay the execution of the approximately 200 Nigerians on death row pending a
following her appointment as Japanese Justice Minister, Keiko Chiba hoped to create a forum for debate.
Indonesian Nasir Ibrahim, 31, was given the mandatory death sentence by the Malaysian High Court after
Five people were hanged in the prison of Taybad, north-east of Iran reported the official news site of the Iranian police.
