After Japan’s first execution of a prisoner in almost three years, the European Union and other countries responded with a ...

The Uttarakhand High Court has appointed an amicus curiae to assist it in reviewing capital punishment awarded to a murder convict by a Haridwar court. A division bench of the high court comprising ...

A man dubbed the ‘Twitter killer’ has been hanged for murdering and dismembering nine people. Takahiro Shiraishi was executed ...

The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a ...

Defense attorneys for Teresa Youngblut file a motion against the DOJ's accelerated capital punishment process after Border ...

Truong My Lan had her appeal against the death penalty dismissed last year as she scrambled to repay billions of dollars, but ...

Amid the growing uproar over the alleged gangrape of a law student in South Kolkata, the surviour's father has broken his silence, demanding capital punishment for prime accused Monojit Mishra and two ...

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The main accused in the Kasba gangrape case Monojit Mishra wanted capital punishment for the culprits of the RG Kar rape case ...