One man, Rakib Sonar, 25, was sentenced to death and another was sentenced to
A senior Hamas official said that capital punishment against people he
The Connecticut Senate voted 20-16 on a bill that would do away with the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment.
Pentagon approves 9/11 death penalty tribunal. Retired Vice Adm. Bruce MacDonald, in
Iraq should impose a moratorium on executions in the country, which has seen a sharp rise in
In Kenya, the sentence of two men twice convicted of violent robbery has been overturned
One prisoner was hanged in the town of Aran-Bigdel, reported the Iranian state broadcasting. The
A Pakistani man has been executed in Saudi Arabia after being found guilty of drug trafficking.
A man was awarded the death penalty in India for burning alive his daughter-in-law
The second of two Georgians has been saved from execution for drug crimes in Malaysia
April 2, 2012: In the Philippines, Vice President Jejomar Binay announced that reimposing the death penalty will not prevent criminality.
Saudi Arabia has decided to bolster its religious police unit specialized in arresting magicians within
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
