Steve Smith, 46, White, was executed in Ohio.
Papua New Guinea's prime minister has announced plans to begin implementing the death penalty
the semi-autonomous State of Puntland executed 13 Al-Shabaab militants convicted
A Belarusian court has handed down the first death penalty this year, the Mogilyov Prosecutor's Office said in a statement.
Five persons were sentenced to death by a district court in India in a three-year-old case of kidnapping
The Amnesty International Ghana (AIG) commended government for accepting the
six people have been executed recently in Iran for drug trafficking.
New Sri Lankan prisons chief C Pallegama said he wants to resolve the status of 461 death
In Indonesia, the Bandung Military Court II-09 handed down a death penalty for
A man convicted for murdering his wife and five daughters a year ago was sentenced
At least eight people have been hanged in Iran in the last days.
Japan said it hanged two death-row inmates, in the first executions since a trio of convicted killers died in the gallows two months ago and drawing immediate protest from human rights groups.
