Xu Gang, former vice governor of the southeast China's Fujian province, stood trial for accepting bribes.
A court in northern Vietnam sentenced nine people to death for heroin trafficking, state media said.
The Japan Federation of Bar Associations will propose for the first time to its members next month that they work for the abolition of capital punishment so that even the worst offenders can be rehabilitated.
The Supreme Court has moved away from death penalty (capital punishment) after it commuted the death
Sierra Leone's Minister of Internal Affairs has said the government would start implementing the death penalty to crack down on recent increase in gang-related killings in the country.
A Pakistani official said the Supreme court has temporarily stayed the execution of a mentally ill man.
Jermaine Wright, who spent more than 20 years on death row, walked out of prison a free man today after
Baimba Moi Foray (alias LA Chocolate) and Foday Amara Kamara (alias G-Fag) were sentenced to death
The Jigawa State High Court in Dutse sentenced one Usman Sani of Mairobar Fulani of Jeke village in
at least 30 prisoners were executed in Iran between August 25 and 27.
Oklahoma will have a two-year delay in lethal injections after the government board of the prison system declined to consider new execution procedures.
A Laxipur court ordered death penalty to 11 for murdering Maolana Babor, who was an activist of Laxipur Jubo Dal.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
