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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A death row inmate received a heartbreaking email from Michele Reiner just hours before she and her Hollywood legend husband, Rob, were murdered, allegedly by their own son, the convict revealed. Rob ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Some Oklahoma lawmakers and a group against the state’s death penalty met Tuesday to ask for clemency for Kendrick Simpson. He’s the next death row inmate scheduled to be ...

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would allow firing squad executions for death penalty inmates, including testimony from four people opposed to the bill.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia on Friday began enforcing its newly ratified penal code, replacing a Dutch-era criminal law that had governed the country for more than 80 years and marking a major ...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach stated the governor cannot refuse to extradite fugitives to states with the death penalty. Gov. Laura Kelly's office said it did not request a formal opinion.

The state of Florida executed 19 people on death row this year, a record high that nearly doubled the national average. That’s according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which said Florida’s ...