The court, however, limits it to 'special and exceptional circumstances' and bans its use for mentally ill defendants ...

After more than a decade without an execution, South Carolina has taken a controversial step by executing its first inmate in ...

The already dying capital punishment system could be eradicated much sooner if evangelical Christians would stop supporting ...

The Jharkhand High Court has confirmed the capital punishment for a man convicted of the rape and murder of a 19-year-old ...

Taiwan's Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Friday upholding the legality of the death penalty, which is still imposed ...

South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution ...

A last-minute appeal and request for clemency were denied for the Greenville man convicted of killing convenience store clerk ...

Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has arrested a Singaporean national wanted for drug trafficking who ...

A ceremony will cap a history marked by legal tussles, a secret training, resignations, a deal with a serial killer and raw ...

Brazil's raging wildfires are being driven by people seeking to clear land for agriculture or arsonists out to sow havoc, a ...

Tennessee seeks death penalty in the case against Kenneth DeHart Jr. for the fatal shooting of Deputy Greg McCowan.

Lebanon’s Hezbollah militants furious after deadly pager blasts that killed at least 9 and injured nearly 3000. At the ...