The House of Delegates overwhelmingly passed a bill today that would make electrocution the default

Kenneth Eugene Hogan, 52, White, was executed in Oklahoma.

The Iranian regime executed seven prisoners in the central prison of the city of Kermanshah in western

In Nigeria, a Jos High Court sentenced a 23-year-old man, Harisu Abdullahi, to death by hanging for

Iraq hanged another 11 people convicted of terrorist offences, the Justice Ministry said, pursuing what a U.N. official has criticized as a "conveyor-belt of executions".

some MPs in the Kazakhstan’s Majilis (lower chamber) suggested the death penalty be removed from the

Edgar Tamayo, a Mexican national whose case gained international attention, was executed for the 1994 murder of a Houston policeman.

Home Minister Umar Naseer issued an order on Correctional Services to make preparations to implement

Independent United Nations human rights expert today called on the Government of Iran

In Indonesia, a Supreme Court panel of judges has upheld the death sentence of Second. Pvt. Mart Azzanul

A Sri Lankan man has been executed by firing squad in the UAE emirate of Sharjah for murdering an

Sudan’s parliament endorsed a human trafficking act that allows to sentence human traffickers with the