On June 29, 1972, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that capital punishment, as then administered by individual states, was ...

A man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo was executed Friday, Japan’s ...

The justice ministry declined to confirm the hanging but NHK, citing government sources, said the prisoner was 34-year-old ...

Gudinas's execution is Florida's seventh this year. And already, Governor Ron DeSantis has signed an 8th warrant—tying the ...

Truong My Lan had her appeal against the death penalty dismissed last year as she scrambled to repay billions of dollars, but ...

In Delhi's Ashok Nagar, a 19-year-old woman died. She was allegedly pushed from her rooftop. The suspect, known to the victim ...

Japan executed a man on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of capital ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...

Minister Ninh noted that Vietnam has steadily reduced the number of capital crimes over the years: from 44 in the 1985 Penal ...

If it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson could be dead by the time his appeal is heard. And what Paxton wants to do ...