Although Nigeria is a signatory to ICCPR, which provides guidance on the application of the death penalty, it has yet to abolish ...

Teresa Youngblut's attorneys said the court was rushing the process that could determine whether or not the government could ...

The Pakistan Senate issued a ruling last week abolishing the death penalty for the public stripping of women. The ruling body ...

Arkansas prosecutors will be able to seek the death penalty in some rape cases involving children when a new statute goes ...

The governor said Indiana no longer has any usable lethal injection drugs. Instead of purchasing more — and risking ...

Ending capital punishment would advance South Korea’s transition to a democracy that respects human rights, including the right to life.

Earlier this month, her attorneys said the court was rushing the process that could determine whether or not the government ...

Florida schedules the execution of Kayle Bates for the 1982 murder of Janet White, marking the state's increase in capital ...

The Bombay High Court acquitted all 12 individuals convicted in the 2006 Mumbai train blasts. AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi ...

Indiana is scheduled to execute Roy Lee Ward for raping and murdering 15-year-old Stacy Payne in 2001. Ward waited for ...

Meanwhile, Anis Khan, brother of Asif Khan, who too was awarded capital punishment for allegedly having planted the ...

Trump comments on Bryan Kohberger's plea deal in the Idaho student murders case, urging the judge to require an explanation ...