The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Romell Broom whose 2009 execution was called off after 2 hours during which he cried in pain while receiving 18 needle sticks.

Three persons including a most-wanted accused in at least 24 cases - including 16 murders - were

A court in Jeddah sentenced a housemaid to death for murdering the daughter of her employer and wounding another before trying to kill herself.

The parliament of Chad adopted a reform of its penal code which raises the legal marriage age from 16 to 18 and abrogates the death penalty.

Virginia prison officials have paid a secret compounding pharmacy $66,000 to obtain lethal injection drugs

Egypt's Court of Cassation rejected appeal submitted by militant Adel Habara against his death sentence over involvement in killing 25 soldiers in Rafah in 2013.

As Delaware's Supreme Court weighs whether 12 men sentenced to death should be spared from

Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has issued a decree granting pardons to certain prisoners in commemoration of his accession to the throne.

Ten prisoners were reportedly hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison (Alborz province, northern Iran) on murder charges.

A high court in Indonesia sentenced three Taiwanese citizens to death on drugs charges, reports said.

Ronald Bert Smith, 45, White, was executed.

A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Dizel Abad Prison (Kermanshah province, western Iran) on