the Supreme Court in New Delhi, India, admitted an appeal filed by

One of Egypt's prominent Muslim leaders has rejected calls to abolish the death penalty, saying it is an

the South Korean law that automatically gives the death penalty to any soldier

a court in the central Vietnamese province of Nghe An

Tennessee isn’t likely to execute any prisoners on death row until next summer, Gov. Phil Bredesen said.

a draft judicial interpretation spells out the circumstances in which life sentences or the death penalty can be

a Vietnamese court sentenced 11 people to death in a major drug trafficking case, state media reported

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman, Pasquale Ferrara, cautioned that “vigilance is required until the

two Sudanese men sentenced to die in Khartoum for raping and murdering a four year old girl escaped the

a police officer turned serial killer was executed, the Supreme Court of Belarus announced. The execution was carried out by shooting, according to the court.

Jordan's military court commuted a 2004 death sentence against an al-Qaida

a military court in Herat City in western Afghanistan condemned two soldiers to