Three people have been condemned to death and one given life in prison for a mass stabbing that killed 31

Newly appointed Justice Minister Midori Matsushima backed the death penalty as a deterrent against crime

At least nine prisoners including two women were hanged between 10 and 11 September in two Iranian

The Supreme Court of Indonesia decided to uphold the death sentence for Freddy Budiman, a convicted

The Chadian government adopted on September 5 a penal code aimed at abolishing the death penalty, Minister of Communication and government spokesman Hassan Sylla Bakari announced after an inter-ministerial meeting held in N’Djamena.

Willie Tyrone Trottie, 45, Black, was executed.

Two men were hanged in public in the city of Hamedan (Western Iran) early in the morning, reported the

A higher court in central China's Hunan Province overturned a death sentence for 2 men convicted of raping

United Nations officials said Sri Lanka has begun sending Pakistani asylum seekers, including Christians,

The Tehran-based court has been reportedly sentenced to death and 3 years in prison Souhail Arabi, a 30-

Earl Ringo Jr., 40, Black, was put to death today.

Saudi authorities beheaded three prisoners in the latest two days.