Richard Leavitt, 53, white, was executed in Idaho. Today's lethal injection was unprecedented

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In Zambia, a Solwezi emerging farmer has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his friend

The Supreme Court declined to take a new look at the rights of foreign prisoners held for the

Two prisoners were hanged publicly in the city of Bushehr (southern Iran) this morning.

In Sri Lanka, Rehabilitation and Prison Reforms Ministry sources said 818 death row

In Nigeria, a 17-year-old, Solomon Ezukwa, was sentenced to death by hanging by a Calabar

According to the official site of the Iranian judiciary in the Baluchestan Province (southeastern Iran), two prisoners identified as Mohammad Mohammad-Hassani Lotak and Saeed Baluch Shahbakhsh were hanged in Zahedan prison (in the capital of the Baluchestan province) this morning.

The Malaysian High Court sentenced a Zambian female student to death for

A government action plan was released in China to improve the trial procedures and reviews of death

Indonesia’s top narcotics official said that the use of the death penalty for drug offenses does

Saddam Hussein's trusted personal secretary, once No. 4 on the U.S. most-wanted