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
Conducting a rape and murder trial in a short span of nine days, a court in Madhya Pradesh
"You have been found guilty of gross misconduct and dereliction of duties
Yemen has executed at least 15 young male and female offenders, all aged under 18 when they committed the offences, in the last five years, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said, urging the government to halt such executions.
Speaking over a smuggled cellphone from his prison cell, one of seven Saudis set to be
