A court in India has sentenced five men to death for the gang rape and murder of a teenager as well as the killing of her father and toddler-aged niece
The arrest of three other individuals in connection with the incident
The case of Steven Nelson who had killed a Baptist pastor
After 15 years
Kurdish political prisoner, arrested during the “Jin, Jiyan, Azadi” movement
A Frenchman reprieved after 18 years on death row in Indonesia on drug offenses will have to serve 30 years in jail after being repatriated last week, a French court ruled February 12, 2025.
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has proposed the introduction of the death penalty for drug peddlers
A court in Pakistan on January 25, 2025 acquitted Christian twin brothers of a false blasphemy accusation as the prosecution failed to prove charges against them, their attorney said.
Four Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) leaders, who were acquitted from the death penalty by the High Court recently, were released from Rajshahi jail on February 11, 2025.
