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

Handcuffed and squatting on the floor, Abdullah Zahra saw smoke rising from his cellmate’s flesh as his torturers gave him ...

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 ...

Oklahoma has set a date for its first execution in 2025. Wendell Arden Grissom is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on ...

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 ...

A public inquiry has heard that Afghans killed by SAS members were described dismissively as being “flat-packed” by soldiers who seemed “beyond reproach”. Documents have been released by the ...

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

The Arizona Supreme Court has set a schedule for the state to request a warrant of execution after a two-year death penalty ...

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 ...

Special forces rivalry can lead to “gossip and hearsay”, a former defence secretary has warned amid claims British soldiers ...

I am deeply concerned by a significant increase in credible allegations of executions of Ukrainian military personnel ...