lawyers of Rizana Nafeek, a 19 year old migrant worker from Sri Lanka,

five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor were pardoned by President Georgi Parvanov upon their arrival in Sofia after spending 8 years in prison in Libya.

Iran hanged 16 men convicted for various offences, including rape and kidnapping.

the sentencing in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case in India continued.

authorities in Iran's northwestern Kurdistan Province have condemned two ethnic Kurds

the court in Tripoli, Libya, condemned three men to death by firing squad for the

Japan's top court upheld a death sentence against a doomsday cult member who played a

Gov. Rick Perry Monday signed a bill to increase punishment for sexual predators

troubled by atrocities against children that are increasing rapidly, the

Florida ended a moratorium on capital punishment today, spurred by a gruesomely

Saudi Arabia's Higher Committee for Reconciliation is seeking pardons for 400 death

Justice Pramod Kode handed the death sentence to Parvez Shaikh, Mushtaq