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 ...

A recent report revealed that the Supreme Court in 2024 commuted five death sentences to life imprisonment. Is the apex court’s approach signalling a shift in India’s approach to capital punishment?

Arizona lawmakers consider reinstating the firing squad as a death penalty method because of issues with lethal injections.

Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has called on the National Assembly to urgently amend the existing Fake Drug and Unwholesome Food Act to strengthen its provisions and ensure stricter ...

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

The judge overseeing the case of the man charged with killing four Idaho college students in 2022 has denied his request to ...

Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment, two human rights ...

The ACLU of Ohio is calling for a repeal of the state's current death penalty laws, but some conservative state lawmakers ...

Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment, two human rights ...

A candlelight vigil was held at Speakers’ Corner in Hong Lim Park on 19 February 2025, in memory of Pannir Selvam Pranthaman ...

The execution of a Malaysian man, who was previously convicted of trafficking drugs into Singapore, was delayed just hours before he was set to hang on Feb. 20. Pannir Selvan Pranthamam, arrested in ...

Robbi Robinson Jr., 25, gave an unsworn statement Tuesday before the same Butler County jury that found him guilty of capital ...