The use of the death penalty skyrocketed last year, with documented executions reaching a worldwide high not seen since 1981, a new report found. A majority of the increase came from Iran, where the ...
A North Korean escapee told a Paris congress she first witnessed a public execution at age 9, highlighting Pyongyang's death penalty abuses.
Executions rose sharply in North Korea during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a Seoul-based NGO. From January 2020 to the end of 2024, at least 153 people were executed or sentenced to death - a ...
Iran's Islamic republic authorities have been using executions to punish people it links with January protests demanding an end to their rule - Copyright UGC/AFP/File ...
Supreme Court nixes Alabama request for nitrogen execution, which lower court ruled unconstitutional
ATMORE, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama man facing the death penalty by nitrogen gas was spared Thursday as the U.S. Supreme Court refused to set aside a lower-court ruling that found the method is ...
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