The majority of Taiwanese oppose abolishing the death penalty and think such a decision should be made through a referendum, ...

The Supreme Court vacated a federal appeals court’s decision blocking a death row inmate’s execution because he says he’s intellectually disabled, ordering the lower court to issue a clearer ruling.

The president of the PCSO's new deputy union is alleging Sheriff David Lucero reassigned him to jail duty to punish him for ...

A local court here on Monday awarded capital punishment to a convict in a case of rape and gruesome killing of a minor girl ...

South Carolina law allows up to three media members to witness an execution who then share what they saw and heard inside the ...

News coverage of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson's stalled lethal injection raises questions about Texas executing the ...

Over a dozen states wrote in support of Alabama’s appeal, claiming that protections against cruel and unusual punishment have ...

The Sealdah Court in West Bengal on Monday framed charges against Sanjay Roy in connection with the rape and murder case at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ...

Arvin Ghahremani hanged after victim’s family, who had agreed to blood money, demanded his death upon discovering his ...

Highlighting the disproportionate impact of government policies on vulnerable groups, Sato called for an intersectional approach to addressing Iran’s human rights issues.

The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has given his holy blessing to the death penalty, should Russian officials wish to ...

Iran has executed a Jewish citizen convicted of murdering another man following a personal dispute. It was a rare case of an execution of member of a religious minority in the predominately Muslim ...