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 ...

“The court emphasized that because the death penalty is the most severe punishment and irreversible in nature, its ...

After more than a decade without an execution, South Carolina has taken a controversial step by executing its first inmate in ...

The Jharkhand High Court has confirmed the capital punishment for a man convicted of the rape and murder of a 19-year-old ...

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

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court was hearing petitions filed by roughly three dozen prisoners on death row who argued that the ...

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 ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the death penalty should only be applied to the most grievous offenses, a ...

Freddie Owens was executed by lethal injection in South Carolina's first execution in 13 years. Sentenced to death for a 1997 ...

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 ...