A Saudi man was beheaded by the sword after being convicted of shooting dead a policeman
Arab and African nations succeeded in getting a U.N. General Assembly panel to delete from
China executed a local official six years after he was convicted of illegally selling hundreds
Iran set a date for the execution of female prisoner Shahla Jahed, the Human
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom vetoed legislation that would have reinstated executions
at an appeal trial the Vietnamese People’s Supreme Court confirmed Nguyen Duc Nghia's death
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said he would never sign former deputy premier Tareq Aziz's
a Japanese jury trial sent a man to the gallows for a double murder in the country's first death
Radical parliamentarian and Hands Off Cain treasurer Elisabetta Zamparutti today presented an urgent interrogation to the Council President and the Health Minister.
China's Supreme People's Court approved the death penalty of three men, it said in a
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Sidney Cornwell a day before scheduled
One man was hanged in the prison of Ahvaz, southwest of Iran.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours