Mississippi put a convicted murderer to death by lethal injection in the second U.S. execution since the Supreme Court lifted an unofficial moratorium on the death penalty last month.
Taiwan's new Justice Minister Wang Ching-feng said she will attempt to
the Somali Regional State High Court in Jijiga, Ethiopia, sentenced eight culprits to death for killing and
Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi approved the death
a gay man who faces the death penalty in Iran won asylum in the UK after protests prompted
the Osaka High Court in Japan upheld the death sentence given to a 23 year old unemployed man
Iran hanged an Afghan national convicted of murdering a woman in a prison in the central city
in the Philippines, Justice Secretary Raul Gonzalez rejected proposals to revive the death penalty
the Archbishop of Kirkuk, Louis Sako, said that the Chaldean Catholic Church in Iraq
the Chinese government said it will impose the death penalty on anyone who is found responsible
an Afghan journalist sentenced to death on blasphemy charges pleaded not guilty during his appeal hearing that started in the capital Kabul.
in Taiwan, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Judicial Yuan failed to reach a consensus
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
