The U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a convicted murderer in Alabama

a gay Iranian youth was sentenced to death for the crime of "lavat" (literally, sodomy), for having sex at 1

the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) learned that

By an 8-4 vote, the New Jersey Senate Budget Committee voted to advance a bill to replace the death penalty with a sentence of life in prison without parole.

Iraq's prime minister wants the American military to hand over "Chemical Ali" and two other convicted

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