Gambian President Yahya Jammeh pardoned several death-row inmates on July 22, the 21st anniversary of his arrival to power, but notably excluded those accused of launching a failed coup in December.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court said it would hear an appeal from Aasia Noreen, popularly known as Asia Bibi,

The Lusaka High Court sentenced a man of Chibombo district to death for killing his two children using a pesticide on grounds that he was disturbed by the dissolution of his marriage.

The execution of 1993 Mumbai serial blasts convict Yakub Memon might be delayed as he reportedly handed over a fresh plea for mercy to Nagpur central jail authorities, to be forwarded to the President

Pakistan's Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal by Christian woman Asia Bibi against her death

For the first time in 22 years, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), by a majority ruling,

The district sessions court in Kasaragod, state of Kerala, has awarded death sentence to K.C. Hamsa,

Official sources in Iran have reported on the public execution of a prisoner in Mahvelat County. The

The United Arab Emirates announced new legislation imposing harsh sentences including the death penalty for crimes related to religious hatred and Sunni extremism.

A 22-year-old man, David Idah, was sentenced to death by hanging for killing a retired chief magistrate in Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Timeyin.

The president visited the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma, a complex which includes sections of buildings separated by large green yards and barbed wire fences.

According to official reports by state run media Hamshahri Online, two prisoners who were sentenced to