The death penalty is necessary in respect of persons who have committed serious crimes and terrorism, the

Iran confirmed that it has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist who gave the U.S. intelligence about the country's contested nuclear program.

Amnesty International has revealed that a teenager has been executed in Iran after being convicted of the

A Saudi national was sentenced to death for attacking the general court at the Governorate of Al-Qatif four years ago.

A state High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, sentenced four armed robbers to death by firing squad.

The Islamic State militants executed and crucified a civilian man in Aleppo after accusing him of apostasy,

The Delaware Supreme Court has ruled 3-2 that the state's capital sentencing statute is unconstitutional.

At least 36 Kurdish Sunni prisoners were hanged at dawn in Rajai Shahr Prison, Karaj, the Human Rights

The worldwide trend towards abolition, underway for more than fifteen years, was again confirmed in 2015 and the first six months of 2016.

As can be seen in the 2016 Report by Hands off Cain, the worldwide trend towards de jure or de facto

On the the Throne Day, King Mohammed VI granted pardon to 1,272 persons who were convicted by

A Bangladeshi expatriate was executed in the Governorate of Jeddah for killing a compatriot during a