The Hamas parliament in the Gaza Strip voted in favour of a law allowing courts to mete out sentences in
a man was hanged in the prison of Noshahr (north of Iran) early today, reported the state run news
Iran hanged nine convicted murderers, including a woman, in a Tehran prison, the semi-official Fars news agency reported.
the Supreme People's Court (SPC) is working on a guideline to unify standards for the issuing of the death
Mohammed Ali Johari, a murder convict, was hanged at Changi Prison in Singapore, police said.
Iran hanged two men in a prison in the religious city of Qom after they were convicted of drug trafficking,
death-row inmates executed in 2008 will certainly outnumber those whose death penalty was confirmed
Jamaica's senate voted to retain the death penalty, a punishment that has not been carried out in the country
Authorities in Saudi Arabia beheaded a Saudi citizen convicted of killing a fellow national after a dispute.
at about 8 am, Charles Elroy Laplace became the first convict in the St Kitts to hang in 10 years. The 40-
Iran hanged a man in a prison in the religious city of Qom, the government newspaper Iran reported.
the United Nations General Assembly approved the resolution for the moratorium on the death penalty for the second consecutive year, with 106 in favour, 46 against and 34 abstentions.
