Yug Mohit Chaudhry, a Mumbai-based criminal lawyer and one of India’s most prominent voices against capital punishment, explains why executions are overwhelmingly imposed on the poor, why ...

Yemen, governed by Sharia law in Houthi-controlled Sana, employs brutal methods for capital punishment, reflecting a legal system shaped by cultural and religious norms.

Catholic opposition to the death penalty is relatively new in the church’s history, but has helped shape public debate.

Mother accuses FM Autonomous College's Principal and HOD of mental torture leading to student's self-immolation attempt in ...

Yemeni government freezes execution of Malayali nurse Nimisha Priya following intervention by Islamic scholars and Indian ...

Nimisha Priya Execution has been postponed after high-level discussions in Yemen. Nimisha Priya Execution was scheduled for ...

The attorney defending Richardson Dangleben Jr. is arguing that the U.S. Attorney’s notice that the office intends to seek the death penalty “should be struck as cruel and unusual,” but ...

LUCKNOW: A district court in Auraiyya, central Uttar Pradesh, on Thursday awarded capital punishment to a woman named ...

While the state leads the nation in executions, 100 Florida faith leaders call on DeSantis to pause what they call ...

The death penalty, Japan's ultimate punishment, has been carried out in the country for the first time in two years and 11 ...

Miami-Dade Commissioner Marleine Bastien responds to a child's assault at Gwen Cherry Park, promising community safety ...

The execution was conducted “at the request of the victim’s family, due to the emotional effect the case on society,” ...