A man in Thakurgaon has been given a death sentence after he was found guilty of murdering his father.
Arman Bahr Asemani was hanged in Kerman Prison along with an older co-defendant, Shams Allah R.
An Akure High Court in Ondo State has sentenced one Mr Femi Aseye to death by hanging for his involvement in armed robbery.
A prisoner was hanged in the village of Bektash near Miandoab (northwestern Iran), reported official Iranian news agencies.
Saudi Arabia carried out its first death sentence of the year, following more than 150 executions in 2016.
Gov. Jay Inslee and Attorney General Bob Ferguson on Monday announced a proposal to abolish the death penalty in Washington state.
The Sabah High Court sentenced a Bruneian man and his Malaysian accomplice to death after they were
Nearly two-thirds of death row prisoners in five Florida counties whose cases were studied by Harvard University's Fair Punishment Project suffer from serious mental impairments.
At least five prisoners were reportedly executed at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison. According to close sources,
President Pranab Mukherjee has disposed of all mercy petitions of death penalties pending before him till
According to close sources, at least 14 prisoners were reportedly hanged at Karaj Central Prison on drug related charges.
twenty-six people, including a former city councillor extradited from India, were sentenced to death by a Bangladeshi court for brutal murders of seven persons in Narayanganj in 2014.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours