Death penalty

Lawyers and academics condemned the handing down of...

Lawyers and academics condemned the handing down of a 55-year jail sentence to a man convicted of leading a series of gang rapes in Sydney

Shanghai held a sentencing rally for major violent...

Shanghai held a sentencing rally for major violent crimes, including robbing, snatching away people's property and seriously threatening people's safety

Three Hong Kong men found guilty of drug trafficking...

Three Hong Kong men found guilty of drug trafficking and possession were executed in Shenzhen after their appeals were rejected by the Guangdong Province People's High Court

Crime is by no means a threat to South Africa, said...

Crime is by no means a threat to South Africa, said Justice and Constitutional Development minister Penuell Maduna in Pretoria while announcing the forthcoming Global Judges Symposium on Sustainable Development to be held in Johannesburg on August 18

Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of a Christian...

Pakistan's Supreme Court ordered the release of a Christian whose death sentence for blasphemy led to a bishop's suicide

The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong...

The Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in Guangdong Province, tried 24 people for participating in criminal syndicates, intentional assault, blackmail, kidnapping and extortion

The former Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department,...

The former Deputy Director of the Fisheries Department, Anwar Kenneth was sentenced to death for blasphemy and fined an additional Rs 500,000

Zhou Guanglong was convicted by the Guangzhou Intermediate...

Zhou Guanglong was convicted by the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court of organizing gangsters, injuring and blackmailing people, illegally carrying weapons and other serious crimes and sentenced to death

Missouri inmate executed after 22-hour reprieve

Missouri inmate executed after 22-hour reprieve

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Hayel al-Sayed Mohammedain, an Egyptian man convicted...

Hayel al-Sayed Mohammedain, an Egyptian man convicted of murder was beheaded

Charles Ebo Quansah, was last week sentenced to death...

Charles Ebo Quansah, was last week sentenced to death by an Accra High Court for murder of Akua Serwaah in Kumasi a self-confessed serial killer

The Yunnan Daily reported that the Intermediate People's...

The Yunnan Daily reported that the Intermediate People's Court in Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest Yunnan Province, sentenced Yang Hongying, female, to death with two years reprieve, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of a

Supreme Court chairman, Kayrat Mami, said in an interview...

Supreme Court chairman, Kayrat Mami, said in an interview with the Kazakh newspaper MN Novosti Nedeli that it was too early to abolish capital punishment

In Huntsville, Javier Suarez Medina was executed amid...

In Huntsville, Javier Suarez Medina was executed amid Mexican government protests he was not provided proper legal assistance guaranteed to foreigners under an international treaty

Chan Chor Shun, 45, a businessman, was convicted and...

Chan Chor Shun, 45, a businessman, was convicted and sentenced to death by the Kuantan High Court on June 4, 1996, but today the Court of Appeal set aside the conviction and sentence against him

District and sessions judge (Rajgarh, Rajasthan) PK...

District and sessions judge (Rajgarh, Rajasthan) PK Sharma Rajgarh handed down the death sentence to Jora and Wazir and a life term to Balraj and Laxman on the charge of murdering Mahant Krishan Giri, who was president of Akhil Bhartiya Sadhu Samaj of Bal

Saudi Arabia: a men beheaded and two had his right hand amputated

Two House committees jointly approved a bill seeking...

Two House committees jointly approved a bill seeking to abolish the death penalty

The Sindh High Court admitted an appeal by British-born...

The Sindh High Court admitted an appeal by British-born militant Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh against his conviction and death sentence in the kidnap-slaying of U

Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin...

Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to stay the execution of a Mexican prisoner due to die in Texas today

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The Tajik Interior Ministry's department for eradicating...

The Tajik Interior Ministry's department for eradicating drug trafficking destroyed 637 kilos of drugs, including 237 kilos of heroin

Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin...

Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to stay the execution of a Mexican prisoner due to die in Texas today

Acting Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister...

Acting Justice and Constitutional Affairs Minister Magwagwa Mdluli said that two prisoners were ready to be executed after losing their appeals for mercy last week

Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin...

Mary Robinson appealed to US Secretary of State Colin Powell to stay the execution of a Mexican prisoner due to die in Texas today

The Barbados parliament passed a constitutional amendment...

The Barbados parliament passed a constitutional amendment removing restrictions to the death penalty, with Attorney General Mia Mottley warning that the changes will not result in any immediate resumption of hangings on the island

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina accused the government...

Awami League President Sheikh Hasina accused the government of patronizing the killers, which she said is the main cause of the rise in murders and crimes that threatened the fabric of society

Zhou Qidong, former member of Anhui Province's Wuhu...

Zhou Qidong, former member of Anhui Province's Wuhu City Party Committee Standing Committee and secretary of the city political science and law commission, who hired killers to kill a woman, was executed together with Zhao Zhenghe, Wang Changchun, and Yua