About 50 people on May 18 marched and protested the impending execution of Tony Carruthers, convicted of a 1994 triple murder ...

Florida accounted for nearly half of all U.S. executions in 2025, a year that saw the most executions nationwide since 2009. A new Amnesty International report notes a 78% global increase in ...

Many were detained during January’s mass protests, according to a rights group, amid concerns the authorities are trying to ...

Iran has executed four prisoners this week on charges that include espionage and terrorism, according to Iranian news media, the latest in what rights groups say is a rapid escalation ...

The Department of Justice's report is the latest development in the administration’s long campaign to execute as many people as possible.

The Justice Department will adopt firing squad as a permitted method of execution as the Trump administration moves to ramp up and expedite capital punishment cases.

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration plans to add firing squads, electrocution and gas asphyxiation as alternative ...

(Beirut)—Saudi Arabia’s execution of more than 2,000 people over the last decade in many cases violates Saudi and international law and belies the government’s claims of reform, 36 groups including ...

Arrests and executions in Iran have been on the rise since the start of the regional war triggered by a U.S.-Israeli attack on Feb. 28.

Assam government prioritises quality and timely execution in public projects. Departments urged to coordinate for effective ...

A civil society organisation, Lygel Youths & Leadership Initiative, has called on the Ogun State Government to prioritize ...

"Today, the Department of Justice acted to restore its solemn duty to seek, obtain, and implement lawful capital sentences — clearing the way for the Department to carry out exe ...