detailed regulations on the implementation of the death sentence came into force following their publication

an Islamic court in Kano State sentenced a man to be stoned to death for raping a 12-year-old student,

five death-row inmates were executed in various parts of the island, the Justice Ministry said.

the UN Human Rights Office in Geneva voiced concern over moves to revive the death penalty in the

a death row inmate in Oklahoma died of a heart attack after spending 43 minutes writhing in agony on a stretcher because of a botched execution that one lawyer has described as "torture".

the Court of First Instance in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, presided by Judge Mahmoud Barakah, sentenced B.

Robert Hendrix, 47, White, was executed in Florida.

two prisoners were hanged in Iran early this morning.

Lower House endorsed the draft anti-terrorism law, maintaining the death penalty for certain crimes tagged

Missouri executed a convicted killer after the

State media say a court in Vietnam has sentenced an American to death for heroin trafficking.

Brunei has postponed its planned implementation of its new penal code that includes harsh Islamic