The US state of Louisiana has carried out its first execution in 15 years, using nitrogen gas inhalation, a method that has drawn sharp criticism from…
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Four executions are set to take place in the United States this week, with the first scheduled in Louisiana on Tuesday. Jessie Hoffman, 46, convicted of…
A court in Bangladesh upheld the death sentences of 20 former university students on Sunday for their involvement in the 2019 murder of fellow student Abrar…
The Director-General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC), Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye, has proposed the introduction of the death penalty for…
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has suggested the implementation of the death penalty for individuals involved in fake drug trafficking.…
Iranian pop singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo, widely known as Tataloo, has reportedly been sentenced to death by an Iranian court following a conviction for blasphemy. The…
A Ugandan military court has ruled that prominent opposition figure Kizza Besigye can be tried on the charge of treachery, for which he could face the…
Morocco is poised to vote on abolishing the death penalty for the first time, a significant step in its human rights evolution. Justice Minister Abdellatif Ouahbi…
Zimbabwe’s Senate has passed a bill to abolish the death penalty, marking a pivotal move towards ending capital punishment in the country. The legislation now awaits…
Richard Moore, a 59-year-old black man, was executed on Friday in South Carolina after a 2001 conviction for the fatal shooting of convenience store clerk James…