Authorities in Saudi Arabia’s western Makah province beheaded a man convicted of murder, the

China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun was given a suspended death sentence for "especially

Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Qazvin (west of Tehran) early this morning, reported the official Iranian media.

Three drug dealers got the death penalty and two others from the same ring were sentenced

According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars six prisoners who were not identified by name,

Two Yemenis condemned to death for forming an armed gang and for robbery were executed

The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights, has requested President Goodluck

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan was released in the morning from home confinement

a woman received a lethal injection for lacing milk with nitrite, which killed three children and

According to reports from reliable sources in Iran, yesterday and today 25 prisoners were executed in two different prisons in Iran.

Pakistan's new government ended the moratorium on executions, an official said.

Attorney General Chris Koster again today called on the Missouri Supreme Court to set execution