The execution of a rapist and murderer sparked debate, though public support for capital punishment remains high among ...

Responding to reports that Iran’s Supreme Court rejected the request for judicial review of the conviction and death sentence ...

Further reading: End the death penalty: choose life “With the ... sentence of death were transferred to Angenga prison, Amnesty International’s Deputy Regional Director for East and Southern ...

Twenty civil society organisations, led by global rights group Amnesty International and a coalition of anti-death penalty ...

Pannir Selvam Pranthaman to join a long list of drug couriers who have been charged and executed under Singapore's ...

Kapil Sharma, Remo D'Souza, Sugandha Mishra, and Rajpal Yadav, four well-known celebrities, recently received death threats through ... Because the case involves an international element ...

Amnesty International is calling for their immediate and unconditional ... The past months have seen a surge in executions and the use of the death penalty as a tool of political repression. The ...

MANILA, Philippines — A House lawmaker filed a bill proposing the death penalty for public officials convicted of corruption, with execution by firing squad. Rep. Khymer Adan Olaso (Zamboanga ...

The said Act aims to punish public officials "Death Penalty for Corruption Act" - As the Act states, "AN ACT IMPOSING DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD FOR PUBLIC OFFICIALS FROM PRESIDENT TO THE LOWEST BARANGAY ...

The executive order — titled Restoring the Death Penalty and Protecting Public Safety — directs the attorney general to ensure pro-death penalty states have a sufficient supply of drugs needed ...

The CBI had argued strongly for the death penalty in the case that shook West Bengal and triggered several weeks of protests and strikes by doctors. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had ...