the United States asked Portugal's Supreme Court to review its refusal to extradite
Tunisia granted an amnesty or conditional release from prison to 9,000 detainees
the Myanmar government granted amnesty to 651 more prisoners, including 302 political
Japan's new Justice Minister Toshio Ogawa indicated he could resume issuing orders for executions
U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in an interview published in London, urged
According to the reports from Iran 12 prisoners were executed in the city of Shiraz (southern Iran).
A Moroccan court sentenced the head of a major drug gang to death after he
A 19-year-old marine corporal surnamed Kim was sentenced to death in South Korea
A gang leader and his second-in-command were sentenced to death in Southwest
Kenyan fighting for the Al-Shabaab was executed by the Somali militant group for alleged espionage.
Three men's five years of freedom came to an end today when their acquittal on a charge of murdering
A Hamas official in Gaza says the militant group sentenced a local Palestinian to death for collaborating with Israel.
On April 27, the State of Texas will carry out the death sentence on Melissa Lucio.