Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles today temporarily halted the execution of Troy Anthony Davis less than 24 hours before he was scheduled to die by lethal injection
China sentenced a man to death and jailed another 28 people for their roles in a massive
Iran sentenced to death eight women currently serving time in Iranian prisons, the state-run daily
the official Saudi PressAgency carried a Saudi Interior Ministry statement announcing
Iran publicly hanged two men and a woman convicted of murder in the northwestern city of Tabriz and the southern city of Shiraz, media reports said.
a Japanese high court upheld the death sentence of a former medical
the directors of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia, secretary of the association and Rosa Nel
judiciary spokesman Alireza Jamshidi announced that 20
a 25-year-old East Texas native was executed by lethal injection for the torture and slaying
the Rwandan Senate approved a bill to abolish the death penalty, according to
the European Parliament expressed its disappointment with the Libyan Supreme
politicians from leading parties and prominent human rights activists
