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.
two prisoners were hanged in Vakil Abad prison of Mashhad, reported the Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA).
Ati Bt Abeh Inan, an Indonesian housemaid on death row for sorcery, was released and sent back to
Congestion in Zimbabwe's prisons is set to ease a bit after President Robert Mugabe acceded to pleas by
In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court today, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has said that 1993
Two men were hanged in public in the city of Karaj at 7 AM this morning, reported the Iranian state media.
In Nigeria, an Osogbo (Osun State) High Court sentenced two young men to death by hanging for raping a
Two men were hanged in Iran's southern city of Shiraz this morning, Iranian Tasnim news agency reported.
A court in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis sentenced a man convicted of murder to death, a Ma'an
Juan Carlos Chavez was executed in Florida. Chavez, 46, from Cuba, had been sentenced to death in
A Malaysian High Court sentenced a former lorry driver to the gallows after he was found guilty of
A 16-year-old boy has been sentenced to death in Iran for accidentally killing a friend during a brawl - and
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
