In North Carolina, the General Assembly overrode Gov. Bev Perdue's veto of legislation
In Malaysia, two brothers were among four drug traffickers handed the death
two prisoners were hanged publicly in Robat Karim, Iran, early in the morning.
an Algerian court sentenced the leader of Al-Qaeda's north African branch and seven
President Pratibha Patil commuted the death sentences of three prisoners lodged in
Gov. Bev Perdue today vetoed the bill that would have gutted the Racial Justice Act, the 2009
Three men were sentenced to death in Iraq for masterminding a suicide bomb attack on the
In Nigeria, the Chief Judge of Benue State, Justice Iorhemen Hwande, in Makurdi, sentenced
Indian Law and Justice Minister Salman Khurshid said that though there was no collective
Samuel Villegas Lopez, 49, hispanic, was executed at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Florence.
China executed four convicted drug traffickers and sentenced at least 15 others to death as the nation marked global anti-drug day, state press reported.
In Jordan, the Criminal Court has sentenced one man to death and another to 10 years in prison
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
