An Australian man convicted of smuggling 1.7kg of cocaine into Bali has had his sentence reduced – from 12 years to nine – ...

Three other defendants in the same case received life sentences, despite prosecutors also demanding death penalties.

A Japanese court has held North Korea responsible for human rights violations against four plaintiffs lured to the country by false promises of a "paradise on Earth." ...

The recent death of Sha Bahadur Gurung, one of Bhutan’s longest serving political prisoners, is a tragic reminder of the ...

The U.S. carried out 47 executions in 2025—the highest total in years—despite falling public support, fewer death sentences, ...

SEXTON REPORTS THAT OPPOSITION INCLUDES A FORMER DEATH ROW INMATE WHO WAS CONVICTED IN 1985, WRONGFULLY CONVICTED IN 1985 FOR FIRST DEGREE MURDER, OF WHICH I DIDN’T COMMIT. PAUL HILL SPENT THREE ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The only woman currently sentenced to death in Tennessee has filed a lawsuit challenging the state’s revised lethal injection execution protocol. Christa Gail Pike filed suit in ...

Several appeals in some of Texas’ highest-profile capital punishment cases are set for 2026 as the state continues to maintain a historically low number of executions. 2025 marked the second year ...

There are approximately 2,900 prisoners currently experiencing life on death row. The death penalty is a legal option in 31 states, and it's also utilized in some cases by the U.S. military and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Lochbuie Police Department via Facebook Terri Ackerman The Weld County coroner could not determine how a woman who disappeared from her Lochbuie home died ...

JAKARTA – The death of a protester detained after the anti-government protest in late August in Surabaya, East Java, has drawn scrutiny from rights activists over prisoner neglect in detention centers ...