Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi ordered that death sentences on 14 prisoners of Ebonyi origin in various prisons be commuted to life imprisonment.

A man who was arrested about two weeks ago on murder and rape charges was hanged in public in the city of Neyshabur, in the Razavi Khorasan province (northeastern Iran).

The Higher People's Court of northwest China's Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region rejected the appeal of an

Eight prisoners sentenced to death for murder and Moharebeh (enmity against God) charges were

The leader of an Indonesian gang who murdered and gang-raped a schoolgirl was sentenced to death.

three prisoners were executed in Saudi Arabia for drug trafficking and murder.

The High Court in Kenya has ruled that the mandatory death sentence in relation to capital offence is unconstitutional.

The Khartoum North Criminal Court sentenced 18 people to death for their part in a 2014 tribal clash. The

Dozens of South Sudanese soldiers were sentenced to death over abuses committed during the renewed

The military court, headed by General Khalil Ibrahim, sentenced to death both Shadi Mawlawi and Jalal

17 prisoners sentenced to death on drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Mashhad's Vakilabad Prison (Razavi Khorasan province, northwestern Iran).

An international rights group says Pakistan's Supreme Court has upheld the death penalty against a mentally