Wen Mengjie, a former official from Beijing's Bank of Agriculture, has been sentenced to death, after being charged with taking bribes worth more than 10 million yuan (US$1.25 million) and embezzling more than 4.32 million yuan.

Joseph Clark was put to death in Ohio but not until after one of his veins had collapsed, causing the condemned man to sit up and tell his executioners, "It's not working".

Kuwait carried out the executions of five men convicted of murder and drug smuggling. The bodies of the men were then put on public display from the gallows.

a Somali teenager killed a man convicted by an Islamic court of murdering his father in what is believed to be Mogadishu's first public execution under Sharia Islamic law in a decade.

North Korean defector Son Jong Hoon recently received the devastating news from his communist homeland: his brother was sentenced to death on charges of spying for rival South Korea.

China executed 10 people for crimes ranging from rape to drug trafficking in an apparent attempt to discourage people from committing crimes during the upcoming Labor Day holiday. Authorities carried out the executions by lethal injection in several provinces.

Daryl Linnie Mack was put to death in Nevada, the 12th execution in the state since the death penalty was restored in 1977.

the Cheongju District Court, South Korea, sentenced to death a 30-year old man identified by his surname Yang, convicted of who committed 37 sexual assaults across the country between November 2004 and February 2006.

five young Australians jailed for life in Indonesia after being caught smuggling heroin from Bali have had their sentences cut to 20 years, but an appeal court upheld the death penalty on two ringleaders. The five were members of the so-called "Bali Nine" gang arrested on the resort island in 2005 while trying to smuggle more than 8.2 kg (18 lb) of heroin to Australia.

following a three day trial, the Bombo-based Division Court Martial (DCM), Uganda, sentenced to death Lance Corporal Charles Ssekamatte, a soldier attached to President Yoweri Museveni's security detail, for the murder of a civilian in Sembabule District.

a trade official convicted of corruption in northern China's Hebei province was executed.

inmates who believe DNA can prove their innocence would no longer face a deadline for pursuing the issue under a measure passed today by the House.