Opponents of capital punishment announced today that they have gathered nearly 800,000 signatures for a November ballot initiative that would repeal the death penalty in California and replace it with life in prison without parole.
Ma'an News Agency reported that a court in the Gaza Strip had refused an appeal
Marlon King, the man charged for the murder of four year old Amy Annamunthudo
A Saudi Arabian man has been sentenced to death after being convicted of raping and murdering
Robert Henry Moormann, 63, white, was executed in Arizona for killing his adoptive mother
George Rivas, 41, white, was executed in Texas for killing Aubrey Hawkins, 29, white
Holding that the gruesome murders were committed on the spur of the moment due to suspicion
a Saudi man sentenced to death for murder was pardoned by the victim’s father moments before his beheading.
In Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Muhammad
Iran has put off the execution of Christian Pastor Yousof Nadarkhani -- probably in
In Malaysia, two friends were sentenced to death by the high court for trafficking
In Malaysia, the High Court sent a senior citizen to the gallows for murdering his ex-wife in
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
