The Criminal Court sentenced a 49-year-old father to death after convicting him of raping his minor
A former police corporal, Smart Udeme, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his colleague, one Sgt. Yunusa Isah of Mopol 7 Squadron, Sokoto.
Saudi Arabia executed a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, bringing the number of people put to death this year to 138.
In an interview with Bill Keller of The Marshall Project, President Obama said the administration of the
Two death row prisoners were hanged in the jails of Dera Ghazi Khan and Bahawalpur while the execution of two convicts was postponed.
Islamic State (ISIS) militants and their supporters stoned to death two men accused of being gay in Aleppo, Syria over the weekend.
A court in Bangladesh sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2014.
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has rejected an appeal against the death sentence passed this year on Shi'ite
According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), six prisoners - Bahman
Justice Antonin Scalia said today that he would not be surprised if the Supreme Court strikes down the
Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Yaqoob awarded death penalty to a man convicted of murder and sentenced his accomplice to life imprisonment in Pakistan.
Saudi Arabia carried out its 137th execution this year, putting to death another of its citizens for murder.
