The European Union voiced "regret" at Japan's resumption of capital punishment after a 20-month

Zimbabwe is considering cutting back on hangings according to a proposed new constitution

the hanging of Beant Singh assassin Balwant Singh Rajoana would not take place on March

Three people responsible for a fire, in which 11 people were killed and two others

Jesse Joe Hernandez, 47, Hispanic, was executed in Texas.

In Egypt, Banha Criminal Court sentenced one person to death and six others to prison in

In Jamaica, the death sentence of convicted St Mary child killer Jeffery Perry was overturned

Japan hanged three death-row inmates in its first executions since 2010, reigniting the debate over capital punishment in one of the world’s richest countries.

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington issued the 22-page decision in a case filed by 21 condemned convicts against the federal Food and Drug Administration, which they alleged had violated its own rules by allowing entry of the powerful anaesthetic into the United States without first ensuring its efficacy.

After spending 12 years behind bars at Luzira Maximum Security Prisons, in Uganda, for

in Zimbabwe, Justice Martin Makonese sentenced Colgate Buffen Mudenda to death by

In the UAE, the Fujairah Court of Appeal upheld the verdict of the Court of First Instance