Campaigners against the death penalty have long argued that the practice, carried out by shooting an inmate in the heart from ...

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 ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...

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 ...

Taiwan is retaining the death penalty, but the top court has imposed restrictions on its implementation. Taiwan has carried out 35 executions since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in ...

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

Serious flaws have been found in state's capital punishment system. Clemency should be considered for Emmanuel Littlejohn now ...

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

South Carolina has put inmate Freddie Owens to death in the state’s first execution in more than a decade. Friday’s execution came after an unintended 13-year pause on capital punishment in South ...