Death Penalty

Executions surge 20 percent in 2021 led by China, Iran: Amnesty
Human rights group also notes continued secrecy in China, and ‘alarming rise’ in use of death sentences in Myanmar.
Published On 24 May 2022
Disabled Malaysian man executed over drugs charges in Singapore
Execution comes the morning after mother’s last-ditch effort to save her intellectually disabled son was dismissed.
Published On 27 Apr 2022
New evidence prompts court to stay execution of Texas woman
Melissa Lucio has maintained her innocence since she was convicted of murdering her two-year-old daughter.
Published On 26 Apr 2022
Bangladesh sentences four to death for prominent writer’s murder
Dhaka court pronounces verdict in the 2004 killing of Humayun Azad by members of a now-banned Muslim group.
Published On 13 Apr 2022

Academic study finds doctors might have removed vital organs before the executed had been officially confirmed dead.

The death penalty is not the appropriate response to any offence, including those related to drugs.

Death penalty applied for range of charges in largest known mass execution carried out kingdom’s modern history.

M Ravi takes on the cases few want to touch, and is convinced Singapore will eventually abolish the death penalty.

In a 6-3 decision, US Supreme Court says Dzhokhar Tsarnaev received fair trial when he was sentenced to death in 2015.

Families of two men convicted of drug offences were informed of plans to carry out the executions a week ago.

Goal is to turn section of San Quentin State Prison into a ‘positive, healing environment’, California officials say.

Court convicts Prisons Commissioner but discharges co-accused police commando for execution-style killing of 27 inmates.

Abrar Fahad, 21, was beaten to death by fellow students at the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology.

Jones’s sentence commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole after campaign questioning inmate’s guilt.

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