Iraqi Justice Minister Haidar al-Zamili disclosed that 20 death verdicts were executed on March 6 for

Somalia’s military tribunal sentenced five suspects to death for their roles in the recent deadly suicide

A Republican lawmaker who shepherded a longshot push to abolish the death penalty in conservative Utah

Convictions for state security crimes including "violent terrorism" nearly doubled in 2015, figures from China's top court showed today, following a "strike hard" campaign to quell unrest in the largely Muslim region of Xinjiang and crackdowns on civil society.

Saudi Arabia executed one of its nationals convicted of murder, bringing to 72 the number of people put to

The Criminal Court in Kuwait has sentenced four people to death – three Indian men and a Sri Lankan

Thirteen people were sentenced to death in separate murder cases in Chittagong, Rangpur, Gazipur and

An Egyptian criminal court in Upper Egypt's Menoufiya sentenced 11 to death on charges of abducting a

Coy Wayne Wesbrook, 58, White, was executed. The execution was delayed about 90 minutes due to a last minute appeal. Wesbrook was convicted of murdering five people on Nov. 13, 1997.

As many as 1,398 people were awarded capital punishment and three were executed in the country during

One death row convict was executed in the District Jail, Toba Tek Singh on early morning.

Jefferson County, Alabama Circuit Judge Tracie Todd ruled that Alabama's capital sentencing procedure violates the U.S. Constitution.