Ishmael Petty, who was separately convicted of assaulting prison employees, is the latest to face a possible death sentence ...

A viral post claims that Ex-China Premier Wen Jiabao recommended the death penalty as a solution for crime and development in ...

Attorneys appealed to the Tennessee governor to pause all executions until next year to allow for courts to review a new lethal injection protocol.

Public executions were common during the Taliban’s first rule from 1996 to 2001, with most carried out publicly in sports ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — Four men were publicly executed in Afghanistan on Friday, the Supreme Court said, the highest number of executions to be carried out in one day since the Taliban's return to ...

New Delhi: Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a key 2008 Mumbai attacks accused who landed in Delhi on Thursday, will be tried for waging ...

The United States Attorney for the District of Colorado has filed a notice of intent to seek the death penalty against a federal inmate following the authorization of Attorney General ...

Federal prosecutors will seek the death penalty for an inmate at a maximum-security facility in Colorado, the DOJ announced, ...

Attorneys for two Tennessee inmates facing execution this year are asking Gov. Bill Lee to declare a reprieve until a judge ...