Belarus has executed a man convicted of a gruesome double murder, a rights group said, the latest case of capital punishment in the ex-Soviet country.
four prisoners, including three juvenile offenders, were hanged in the prison of Bandar Abbas, reported the
Iran executed six Afghans, an official claimed.
In Bangladesh, an High Court bench comprising Justice Abdul Hye and Krisna Debnath acquitted four
New Hampshire's Senate has voted 12-12 today on a death penalty repeal measure. The tie means capital
A Kurdish political prisoner identified as Samko Khorshidi was hanged in the Dizelabad prison of Kermanshah, Iran, reported the “Kurdistan Human Rights Organization”.
The Iraqi justice ministry has executed more than 600 "terrorists" in the past four years, the Iraqi justice
Jose Villegas, 39, Hispanic, was executed in Texas. Just as the pentobarbital began taking effect, he said, "It does kind of burn. Goodbye." He gasped several times, then started to breathe quietly.
one prisoner was hanged in the prison of Saveh early in the morning, reported the news agency IRNA.
a convicted killer was saved from public execution at the last possible moment, after the family of the victim
a Saudi citizen, Mohammed Matrak Mohammed al-Dosari, was beheaded in Riyadh after being convicted
A burger seller was sentenced to death by the High Court in George Town, Malaysia, for murdering his ex-
