The man behind the 2002 sniper attacks in and around Washington DC was executed after a final appeal was thrown out. John Allen Muhammad's lawyers say he was mentally ill, but Virginia Governor Tim Kaine rejected a plea for clemency.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev favors the gradual abolition of the death penalty, Presidential
A teenager who raped and killed a girl child was sentenced to death by a Taiz Primary Court and also fined
Islamists in southern Somalia have stoned a man to death for adultery but spared his pregnant girlfriend until
Chinese authorities have executed nine people who had been convicted over riots in the Xinjiang region in July, Chinese officials have said.
Hasan bin Ahmed al-Qarni was beheaded by the sword in the western region of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Four men were hanged in the prison of Kerman (southeastern Iran) early this morning, reported the state run news agency Fars.
Beijing will adopt lethal injection next year for all death row inmates, and a lethal injection room has already
the International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI) condemned a proposal in Uganda to
five men were sentenced to death in Iraq for murdering the head of Saddam Hussein’s Sunni tribe, the
The next Hands Off Cain Congress will be held on December 17 and 18 in a special location: the Padova
Two Sri Lankans, one of them a woman, and an Indian were beheaded by the sword in the Red Sea city of Jeddah for theft and murder, the Saudi interior ministry said.
On April 27, the State of Texas will carry out the death sentence on Melissa Lucio.