The Taliban leader says executions are part of Islam. That's after rights groups and the U.N. condemned the public executions of four men days earlier after they were convicted of murder.

Was Miss Havisham truly cruel or tragically broken? The truth behind Dickens' most haunting character isn't what it seems. Her story still unsettles., Features News - Times Now ...

Reprinted with permission of the publisher.] As far back as the Ancient Laws of China, the death penalty has been established as a punishment for crimes. In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King ...

The story is set in a prison in the near future. It revolves around Hina Saotome, imprisoned despite her innocence, and the elegant yet sadistic guard Aki Myoujin. Hina's heart and body are at the ...

The death penalty (also known as capital punishment) is the premeditated, judicially sanctioned killing of an individual by a state. It’s an irreversible and violent punishment that has no place in ...

No one involved knew it at the time, but Gwynne Evans and Peter Allen were the last executions before capital punishment was abolished in Britain. Almost 60 years later, and support for the death ...

“These incidents were used as corporal punishment,” the complaint alleged. Story continues below this ad Jadako began vomiting and experiencing seizures before medics were called. Despite attempts to ...

SPRINGFIELD — A father who admitted to abusing his 4-month-old son, leading to the boy’s death, learned his punishment during a sentencing hearing Tuesday. Landan Jennings, 25, was sentenced ...

An Indian court has reduced the sentence of a man - accused of raping a one-and-a-half-year-old girl - from life imprisonment to 10 years in jail saying that the original punishment was "harsh and ...

Captain Ahab’s chase of the White Whale in 'Moby-Dick' is not just about vengeance; it is an obsession that defines his entire existence. His relentless pursuit is a desperate attempt to impose order ...

The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders (LASPO) Act 2012 introduces a wide range of reforms to the Criminal Justice System. The main changes to the Act for young people entering the ...

Manchester City's 115 charges resolution continues to roll on following the conclusion of the three-month hearing in December. Many football fans believed that March was to be the month where a ...