A senior lawmaker and his accomplice, a local policeman, were executed in Jinan for killing the official's young mistress with a car bomb.

at the presentation of the 2007 Hands Off Cain Report on the death penalty, Paul Kagame

Prime Minister Romano Prodi attended the ceremony for the presentation of the 2007

it is only a few weeks from the presentation of a resolution on the Universal Moratorium on Capital Punishment at the UN General Assembly by the European Union, an initiative that was inspired by Italy, Hands Off Cain has released its 2007 Report on Capital Punishment in the world, and the picture it paints is chilling.

Iran hanged 21 convicted drug smugglers and other criminals, Iranian media said, the latest of a

Iraq's top court said it has confirmed the death sentence on "Chemical Ali" and two other cohorts of

The unexpectedly violent tone of Nigrizia's statements shock us more than the content. This is not language that a man of the church should use.

the Somali armed forces executed a government soldier at Somalia's former execution field in the army academy "Scool Polizia", along the coast of Mogadishu.

Saudi Arabian authorities beheaded a Saudi national convicted of fatally shooting his stepmother while he was still a minor. The execution took place in the Muslim holy city of Mecca.

the Capital City Court in Mongolia upheld a lower court’s decision to sentence Ts.Tumengerel to death for the murder of D.Badraa in June 2006.

Malta is willing to sign the moratorium proposal of the death penalty.

Japan carried out three hangings, the most executions in a single day in 31 years, as it struggles to reduce a growing death row population.