A girl was stoned to death in Syria for having a Facebook account. Fatoum Al-Jassem was executed by a

Quinnipiac Poll says Ohioans favor the death penalty unless they have options. When asked if they favor or

twelve prisoners were executed in six different Iranian cities. Two executions were carried out in public.

Sixteen prisoners on death row – five women and 11 men – were pardoned after they successfully

A tribal couple in southwest Pakistan have been stoned to death allegedly on the orders of a local cleric

A Delhi court awarded death penalty to three youths for abduction, gang rape and murder of a 19-year-old

The UN Commission of Inquiry on human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) released its report, which has documented in great detail the “unspeakable atrocities” committed in the country, a number of which it concludes are likely to be crimes against humanity.

twenty prisoners were hanged in four different Iranian cities.

According to the state run Mehr news agency two prisoners were hanged in the prison of Noshahr

Emirati football player Fayez Juma, who was sentenced to death, has been pardoned by the Federal

Mounting legal pressure has caused Tulsa, Oklahoma, pharmacy the Apothecary Shoppe to back out of the

India's Supreme Court commuted the death sentence for three killers of former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi, citing delays in the case 23 years after he was assassinated by Tamil separatists.