The Ho Chi Minh People's Court upheld a death sentence handed down to the former director of Finance Leasing Company No. 2 (ACL II), who was involved in a major corruption case in 2007.

death sentences have been handed down to 14 senior Muslim Brotherhood leaders - including the head of the outlawed group - by an Egyptian court.

Bangladeshi authorities executed a top Islamic party official for crimes against humanity committed during the nation’s war of independence more than four decades ago, a senior police official said.

The Oklahoma Senate voted 41-0 in favor of HB 1879, which legalizes execution by nitrogen hypoxia.

Three Kurdish political prisoners have been tried and sentenced to death as a result of a trial held in the

Kent Sprouse, 42, White, was executed.

a murderer was executed at the Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi, bringing the number of executions to 69 since their resumption in December 2014.

The Appellate Court of Qatar has declared the death penalty in the case of Nepali migrant worker Kushal Karki, hailing from Pauwagadha-1 in Syangja.

Two Pakistani Christians have been sentenced to death for supposedly violating the country’s blasphemy laws.

A federal jury in Boston found Dzhokhar Tsarnaev guilty today in the 2013 bombing of the Boston Marathon. The jury delivered guilty verdicts on all 30 counts he faced, most of which could result in a death penalty sentence.

An Indian court has sentenced three men to death for the rape of a photojournalist inside an abandoned textile mill in the financial hub of Mumbai last year.

Local media report in Jakarta said another Nigerian, Simon Ezeaputa, was sentenced to death in Indonesia for drug trafficking.