According to reports, on the morning a prisoner charged with murder was hanged in Maragheh Prison.

Multiple factors have collectively led to an “astonishing plunge” in death sentences over the last twenty years, according to a new study, Lethal Rejection, published in the 2017/2018 Albany Law Review.

A Pakistani woman infamously put on death row for killing her family in 1998 has been acquitted and walked free after 20 years in prison, her lawyer said.

An Iraqi court sentenced seven key Islamic State (IS) leaders to death as they were found guilty of killing scores of innocent people in Nineveh.

26 March 2018: the death penalty for two students, Ahmed Amin al-Ghazali and Abd al-Basir, has been confirmed.

At least 44 prisoners currently serving life sentences in Belize will be re-sentenced following an important judgment by the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ).

Hands Off Cain has learned of 12 other executions in Egypt last month.

A Chinese court sentenced a 54-year-old man dubbed the country's "Jack the Ripper" to death for the rape and murder of 11 women and girls over the course of 14 years, state television reported.

The Emir of Kuwait has commuted the death sentence of 15 Indians to life imprisonment, the government informed Lok Sabha.

A State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has sentenced a man, Raji Babatunde, to death for armed robbery.

A Chittagong court has sentenced three men to death for raping and murdering a teen seven years ago.

President of Mongolia Khaltmaa Battulga intends to initiate draft amendments to the Criminal Code of Mongolia reinstating the capital punishment, Montsame state news agency reported.