South Carolina death row inmate Brad Sigmon's lawyer has revealed why he's chosen to die by an execution method not used in ...

Iran executed at least 975 people in 2024, marking a 17 percent increase from 2023, according to the seventeenth Annual Report on the Death Penalty in Iran released on Thursday. Jointly published by ...

A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks.

The deceased, Paramjeet Singh Arora, a resident of Sector 6, Rohini, was returning home from Gurugram when the accident ...

During the Civil War, both sides used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers. Today, people on death row can choose to die ...

BOISE, Idaho - As Idaho lawmakers discuss the future of the firing squad to carry out executions in the Gem State, the fates ...

The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...

The state has never used that method to execute a prisoner. The last time an inmate was killed by a firing squad was in 2010 ...

Supreme Court stays NCLAT's order allowing NBCC to take over Supertech projects, seeking alternative proposals for over ...

Despite public uproar about the inhumane nature of death sentences, several countries in the world can't seem to let go of this practice. A significant protest is the institution of the European and ...

Lawyers are sparring over a COVID-19-related agreement that has shielded some people on Georgia's death row from execution.

Iran executed 975 people in 2024 in ‘horrifying escalation’ of death penalty, damning report says - At least 31 women and one child among those executed ...