The death penalty has long been a controversial and divisive issue, with passionate advocates on both sides of the debate.

The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has ...

The mother of slain youth Mustafa Amir, alongside a social welfare organisation, staged a protest at Karachi's Teen Talwar to demand justice for her brutally killed son.Mustafa Amir was kidnapped and ...

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor calls for rejection of a bill allowing executions with nitrogen gas, citing the Church's stance against capital punishment and the importance of human dignity.

While victims, kin of slained persons and members of the community welcomed the life-term in jail awarded to Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Tuesday, they advocated ...

A bill that would ban schools from using corporal punishment on students with disabilities passed the Senate on Tuesday ...

Top executing countries over recent years include Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, US, says Volker Turk - Anadolu Ajansı ...

KARACHI: The mother of slain youth Mustafa Amir, alongside a social welfare organization, staged a protest at Karachi's Teen Talwar to demand justice for ...

Congress MP for his role in the murders, but the Delhi court cited his old age and satisfactory conduct for a life sentence.

The prosecution had called it a "rarest of rare" case and argued that Kumar's actions amounted to "mass genocide" of a ...