Newsom leaves Vatican with pope’s praise for refusing death penalty
VATICAN CITY — In an opulent hall in the Apostolic Palace framed in marble and adorned with Renaissance murals, Gov. Gavin Newsom waited in a line…
VATICAN CITY — In an opulent hall in the Apostolic Palace framed in marble and adorned with Renaissance murals, Gov. Gavin Newsom waited in a line…
Reporting from San Francisco — California unveiled a new method for executing prisoners Friday, proposing a “humane and dignified” single-drug injection protocol that could restart capital…
In its annual report, Harm Reduction International says at least 467 drug-related executions took place last year. At least 467 people were executed for drug…
Use of the death penalty surged by 43 percent following huge protests prompted by Mahsa Amini’s death. Iran hanged at least 834 people in 2023,…
Polls show nearly two-thirds of voters remain undecided in the Los Angeles County district attorney’s race. With a historically large field of a dozen prosecutors,…
Yang has been detained for five years on charges of espionage that he and Australia have rejected. Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was detained in…
Human rights advocates criticise Mohammad Ghobadlou’s conviction, saying he did not get a fair trial. Iran has executed a man who ran over and killed…
Three men and one woman accused of being ‘saboteurs’ were hanged for their ‘collaboration with the Zionist regime’. Iran has executed three men and one…
Jakarta, Indonesia – For more than a decade, Mary Jane Veloso has been held in a prison in the Indonesian city of Yogyakarta awaiting execution…
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese secures clemency during official visit aimed at boosting Australia’s ties with Vietnam.. Two Australians sentenced to death in Vietnam have been…
The latest executions were carried out after offenders were reportedly caught with large quantities of heroin. Iran has hanged three people on drug charges amid…
In annual report, rights group says ‘killing spree’ was led by countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Some 883 people were executed last…
Singapore’s use of the death penalty was once again thrust into the global spotlight last month when Tangaraju Suppiah became the first person to be…
DEVELOPING STORYDEVELOPING STORY, Habib Farajollah Chaab was sentenced to death over his role with a separatist group alleged to have carried out a deadly attack.…
The United States Supreme Court has blocked Oklahoma from executing death-row inmate Richard Glossip for his role in a 1997 murder-for-hire, after the state’s attorney…
Four coup opponents were executed last July and more than 100 people are on death row for political reasons. Myanmar’s military has commuted the death…
Family of Tangaraju Suppiah had pleaded for clemency, saying he had not had adequate legal counsel or an interpreter. Singapore has hanged 46-year-old Tangaraju Suppiah…
Singapore is set to resume executions for the first time in six months on Wednesday, with a 46-year-old man facing the gallows in a case…
The surge in executions for drug-related offences came despite a global shift towards abolition. Executions for drug-related offences surged in 2022, while the number of…