Superior Court Judge Gail Tusan kept in place a stay of execution for Warren Hill, expressing
Vaughn Ross, 41, Black, was executed in Texas. He had been sentenced to death on Oct. 1, 2002
A Malaysian convict has become the first person in Singapore to have a mandatory death
Six people charged with the murder of Sheikh Abdikadir Nur Farah and some other officials
In Kenya, a Narok court sentenced five people to death after they were convicted of involvement
The Lagos State government joined calls for a rethink of death penalty in Nigeria’s constitution
John Manuel Quintanilla, Hispanic, 36, was executed in Texas.
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gail Tusan stayed the execution of Warren Hill, 53,
A Bangladesh court sentenced a senior leader of the country's largest Islamic party to death
A 91-year-old top leader of the fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami was sentenced to 90 years in jail
Saudi inmates in Iraqi prisons are tortured and executed without facing any specific
A Vietnamese court has sentenced five people to death for dealing heroin, lengthening the
To Mr Volker Turk - the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights and to Ms. Mai Sato - the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Iran