Five suspects who were found guilty of murdering a security guard were given death sentence by the

Two alleged members of Al-Shabaab militia convicted of murdering a female student were executed by

A Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, presided over by Justice Ebenezer Adebanjo has sentenced to

A sessions court in Pakistan handed down the death sentence and imposed a fine of Rs100,000 on a

The Supreme Court of India suspended the death sentence of Vinay Sharma and Akshay Thakur, the two

A rights group has said Iraqi security forces and Shia militia members have been involved in executing at

Malawi will not abolish the death penalty from its laws, Ministry of Justice and Constitutional Affairs

Somali islamist militants al Shabaab executed two Somali young men in Barawe, the main military base for

Eddie Davis, 45, White, was executed. He had been sentenced to death on June 30, 1995 for the March 3, 1994 rape and murder of 11-year-old Kimberly Waters, his girlfriend's daughter.

China commuted the fraud sentence of businesswoman Wu Ying -- once listed among its richest women but

The Luxor Criminal Court referred the death sentences issued against Yasser Abdel Qader, known as Al-

The Sri Lanka Human Rights Commission has recommended the government to commute the death