Despite India and some other countries resuming the death penalty in 2012, the global trend towards ending capital punishment continued, a global human rights group said.
Rickey Lynn Lewis, 50, black, was executed.
Bangladesh's prime minister rejected demands for tougher blasphemy laws in the face of
The Supreme Court in India stayed the execution of eight death row convicts whose mercy
The Iraqi Ministry of Justice announced that it has executed seven convicted prisoners over terror
A Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the capital, the interior ministry
The Alabama House of Representatives voted 103-0 in favor of a bill to posthumously
An Indonesian court upheld the death sentence against a British woman convicted of smuggling
A court in India has given the death penalty to a bus driver who killed nine people and injured
According to the fifth annual report of Iran Human Rights (IHR) on the death penalty in Iran, in 2012 the Islamic Republic carried out at least 580 executions, a number among the highest in more than 15 years.
Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to the anti-rape bill which details
A Court in Sri Lanka issued death sentence against suspect owned 2.4 g heroin with
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
