the Gambian lawmakers approved new amendments, presented before the National Assembly
An Indian drug company that supplied a key execution drug to U.S. prisons has decided to halt future sales following objections from death-penalty opponents.
A court in Ho Chi Minh City sentenced two men to death for murdering
Amnesty International was "gravely concerned that Sierra Leone's name was included
there are no plans to review the law on capital punishment, Malaysian Home Minister
Tennessee and Kentucky turned over their supplies of Sodium thiopental to the U.S. Drug
a judge of the Federal Supreme Court rejected an Amnesty International report condemning
the death sentences for Masato Kobayashi, 36, Atsushi Okura, 35, and Masayoshi
Convicted Swazi serial killer David Simelane was sentenced to death by hanging, after being convicted last week for the death of 28 people, mostly women and children.
An alleged criminal ringleader in southwest China's Chongqing Municipality was extradited
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Behbehan, reported
Indian President Pratibha Patil pardoned two murder convicts from Maharashtra and Madhya
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
