Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell has vetoed legislation that would have abolished the
the Indian Supreme Court termed the capital punishment law "uncertain" and "falling
Two men were hanged in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan in the morning, reported the Iranian daily Kayhan.
An Egyptian court sentenced seven people from two feuding families to death for their
the Zambian Supreme Court upheld the conviction and death sentence of a poacher
the Committee on Administration, National Security and Local Authorities reported to
Terry Lee Hankins was executed for the slayings of his 2 stepchildren. The lethal injection was the 200th during the tenure of Gov. Rick Perry, a milestone denounced by capital punishment opponents.
in Saudi Arabia, a General Court’s three-judge panel sentenced a 22-year-old man to
an Californian man who fled to Canada in late 2007 was been sent back to the US to
Five people were hanged in the prison of Kerman, south east of Iran, reported the official news portal of the city.
authorities in China sentenced five Kenyan nationals to death after they were convicted
the Indian Supreme Court said people convicted of burning their wives for bringing
