An Algerian court has sentenced 14 suspects having linked to Al-Qaeda in the Islamic
A judge who faced constant death threats from the Taliban during a 22-month long case
The House Judiciary Committee approved (14-8) the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland.
An Egyptian court upheld the death sentences of 21 people for their role in a football (soccer) riot
A Saudi newspaper says a ministerial committee is looking into formally dropping public beheadings
The Maryland Senate approved legislation to repeal the state’s death penalty, putting Maryland
A Saudi man agreed to pardon the killer of his son in return for diya (blood money
Two prisoners were hanged publicly in the Torkmanchai area of Mianeh (northwestern
In Tanzania, the Dodoma High Court has sentenced to death one Juma Swedi (25), a resident
Frederick Treesh, 48, was executed in Ohio. Treesh was sentenced to die for killing Henry Dupree, a security guard, on Aug. 27, 1994.
Pakistan's Supreme Court set aside the death sentences given by a military court to two men
In Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City Supreme People's Court of Appeal rejected an
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
