Iran's Islamic regime executed a record 1,000 people last year. But only four were hanged in public suggesting, experts say, ...

The Tennessee Department of Correction on Thursday released a redacted version of the new lethal injection protocol it ...

Trump’s policy of “maximum pressure” was first imposed after he scrapped the Obama-negotiated Joint Comprehensive Plan of ...

Syrian activists and rights groups called for the new justice minister to be investigated or sacked after old footage resurfaced linking him to the summary executions of two women accused of ...

OHCHR’s report also cites Russian attacks damaging infrastructure, grave humanitarian law violations, torture, and 62 executions.

Now in theaters, “ The Seed of the Sacred Fig ” follows a lawyer named Iman (Missagh Zareh), who is promoted to investigating ...

Aaron Gunches doesn't want to waste any more time. The death row inmate in Arizona, convicted of murdering his girlfriend's ...

In an order Wednesday, the Arizona Supreme Court rejected a pleading by Gunches to forego any more legal maneuvering and put him to death after he pleaded guilty two decades ago to the 2002 murder of ...

Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has warned that Donald Trump will reinstate his "maximum pressure" policy against ...

Aaron Gunches filed a motion seeking to expedite his execution and schedule it on Feb. 14. The state supreme court has denied the motion.

Hope could very well be the defining force behind the drive to abolish capital punishment: hope for redemption, hope for ...

Zimbabwe hasn’t executed anyone who was sentenced to death since 2005. With the passing of the Death Penalty Abolition Act ...