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CHINA ALARM OVER PUBLIC DEATH SENTENCES
Lufeng's reputation Public sentencing is rare in contemporary China, but appears to have been gaining momentum in the coastal region of southern Guangdong... READ MORE›
DEATH PENALTY IN INDIA HAS NO CLEAR GUIDELINES, NEW RESEARCH REVEALS
Most of the judges felt that since there are very few executions, retaining capital punishment is justified... READ MORE›
BRUTAL RAPE AND MURDER OF CHILD STUNS INDIA
Police in India are questioning several people in connection with the brutal rape and murder of a six-year-old in the northern state of Haryana... READ MORE›
KELSEY GRAMMER SAYS HE FORGIVES SISTER'S RAPIST AND KILLER BUT HE 'DOES NOT DESERVE FREEDOM'
Kelsey Grammer later identified the body of his sister... READ MORE›
REENA VIRK KILLER KELLY ELLARD GRANTED DAY PAROLE
Ellard told the parole board that her priority in life is now her son and reintegrating into society outside of prison... READ MORE›
BANGLADESH UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 139 SOLDIERS OVER MASSACRE
Nowhere in the world did anything happen like the way those 57 top army officers were killed, Bangladesh Attorney General Mahbubey Alam told reporters outside the courthouse... READ MORE›
PAKISTANI POLICE FIRE TEAR GAS TO BREAK UP ISLAMISTS' SIT-IN
Tehreek-e-Labaik considers Taseer's killer, who was executed for murder last year, a hero of Islam... READ MORE›
'ELECTION CAN STILL BE AVOIDED BUT IF ONE IS TRIGGERED COUNTRY SHOULD GO TO POLLS BEFORE CHRISTMAS'
There will be a General Election if the current impasse between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael is not resolved by Tuesday, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said... READ MORE›
OSCAR PISTORIUS PRISON SENTENCE MORE THAN DOUBLED TO 13 YEARS
Oscar Pistorius prison sentence more than doubled to 13 years, 5 months... READ MORE›
MAURITANIA STRENGTHENS BLASPHEMY LAW AFTER BLOGGER CASE
Mauritania has bolstered a contentious law on apostasy after an appeals court ordered the release of a local blogger... READ MORE›
AUTHORITIES UPGRADE CHARGES AGAINST NEW YORK CITY TRUCK-ATTACK SUSPECT
Sayfullo Saipov was charged in a 22-count indictment with murder in aid of racketeering... READ MORE›
FIVE KILLED AS ODINGA RETURN MARRED BY VIOLENCE
At least five people have been killed in Kenya's capital, Nairobi, as police clashed with supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga... READ MORE›
SAME-OLD BLAS EUROPES CULTURE OF DEATH AND OTHER COMMENTARY
Transit expert MTA Still Needs To Prove Itself The Metropolitan Transportation Authority needs more financial resources for capital improvements... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAN DEFECTOR PLEADS FOR HELP TO STOP FAMILY BEING SENT BACK AND EXECUTED UNDER KIM JONG-UN
North Korean defector pleads for help to stop family being sent back and executed under Kim Jong-un... READ MORE›
ARTIST REFUSES AWARD AFTER CITY MOVES 'SITE-SPECIFIC' WORK
Dark designed his installation Erratic Field especially for Cardinal Creek Community Park... READ MORE›
DEATH SENTENCE FOR JAPAN'S 'BLACK WIDOW'
Chisako Kakehi is accused of using cyanide to kill her lovers and make millions from insurance payouts... READ MORE›
TWO DEAD IN PHILIPPINES PRISON RIOT
Authorities in charge of the Quezon City jail outside Manila said the spill led to a fight between two gangs... READ MORE›
ISIS CLAIMS NEW YORK TRUCK ATTACKER IS 'CALIPHATE SOLDIER'
The militant group on Thursday described accused attacker Sayfullo Saipov, 29, as one of the caliphate soldiers in a weekly issue of its al-Naba newspaper... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP RENEWS CALL FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR NEW YORK TRUCK ATTACK SUSPECT
Asked by reporters whether he thought Saipov should be executed if convicted, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he categorically opposes the death penalty... READ MORE›
TRUMP SAYS NYC TRUCK ATTACK SUSPECT DESERVES DEATH PENALTY IN REMARK SEEN AS PREJUDICIAL
Asked by reporters whether he thought Saipov should be executed if convicted, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he categorically opposes the death penalty... READ MORE›
1/6 INVESTIGATORS INSPECT THE TRUCK FOLLOWING THE ATTACK
Donald Trump's tweet calling for the New York terror attack suspect to be executed could prejudice the trial, legal experts have warned... READ MORE›
NYC TERROR ATTACK: TRUMP TWEETS SUSPECT SHOULD GET DEATH PENALTY
A motorist drove onto a busy bicycle path near the World Trade Center memorial and struck several people on Tuesday police and witnesses said... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP'S DEATH PENALTY CALL FOR NEW YORK TERROR SUSPECT SAYFULLO SAIPOV RAISES FEARS OF TAINTED TRIAL
Donald Trump has called for the suspect in the New York terror attack to be put to death, raising fears the intervention could impact the trial... READ MORE›
ANALYSIS | HOW HARSH COUNTERTERRORISM MEASURES CAN PLAY INTO THE HANDS OF THE ISLAMIC STATE
How harsh counterterrorism measures can play into the hands of the islamic state... READ MORE›
CONVICTED MURDERER GAINS ACCESS TO BERGDAHL HEARING
Decades later, in 2000, he was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing his wife in 1991... READ MORE›
ARKANSAS POISED TO EXECUTE MAN AMID FIGHT OVER MENTAL HEALTH
Jack Greene's lawyers say he's severely mentally ill. The Arkansas death row inmate says they're lying. As Greene approaches a Nov. 9 execution date, his l... READ MORE›
LARRY FLYNT'S FIGHT TO SAVE HIS SHOOTER FROM EXECUTION
Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt is fighting to stave off the execution of the man who admitted to shooting him 35 years ago and leaving him paralyzed... READ MORE›
POPE FRANCIS IS RESHAPING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE 'PRO-LIFE'
At last, a clear, uncompromising stance of moral opposition to the death penalty by the highest authority of the church, she told America magazine... READ MORE›
MAN EXECUTED IN US FOR PRISON GUARD'S DEATH FOLLOWING ROW OVER SANDWICH
Prosecutors have said the attack stemmed from a dispute over a peanut butter sandwich that Pruett wanted to take into a recreation yard against prison rules... READ MORE›
LAWYERS WANT SUPREME COURT TO BLOCK TEXAS FROM EXECUTING MAN
They are also questioning whether a prisoner who claims actual innocence, as Pruett does, can be put to death... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Capital Punishment
SUPREME COURT BLOCKS DEATH SENTENCE OVER RACIAL BIAS
WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court blocked the execution of a Texas murderer Wednesday because of racially discriminatory testimony presented by his own defense team... READ MORE›
ONE OF SYRIA'S BEST-KNOWN DEMOCRACY ACTIVISTS HAS BEEN EXECUTED
His death is a grim reminder of the horrors that take place in Syrian prisons every day... READ MORE›
U.S. SUPREME COURT DENIES STAY OF EXECUTION FOR ARKANSAS KILLER
The U.S. Supreme Court denied a stay of execution for a condemned inmate in Arkansas late Thursday night... READ MORE›
'SKULL CAVED IN': PAKISTANI JOURNALISM STUDENT BEATEN TO DEATH FOR 'BLASPHEMY' (GRAPHIC VIDEO)
Mardan District Police Officer Dr. Mian Saeed said that at least 45 people have been arrested, according to Dawn... READ MORE›
CROWDS ATTACK AFRICANS IN INDIA AFTER TEEN'S DEATH
After that, African ambassadors in New Delhi threatened to advise students from their countries to avoid universities in the capital for their own safety... READ MORE›
GERMAN ISIS BRIDE'S CAPTURE FOOTAGE EMERGES AS SHE NOW FACES DEATH PENALTY IN IRAQ
Linda Wenzel, 16, ran away from the small town of Pulsnitz, near Dresen, to join the militants after she was groomed online by an Isis recruiter... READ MORE›
2012 DELHI GANG RAPE IN INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD IN RAPE, TORTURE OF STUDENT
The court held that the nature of the crime, which triggered massive protests across India, made it a fit case for the death penalty... READ MORE›
JOKO WIDODO: POLICE SHOULD SHOOT SUSPECTED DRUG DEALERS
Joko Jokowi Widodo, Indonesia's president, has instructed police to shoot suspected drug dealers to combat what he considers a narcotics emergency facing the country... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN ARMY SENTENCES INDIAN 'SPY' TO DEATH
Pakistan's military has sentenced an Indian naval officer to death on charges of espionage and sabotage... READ MORE›
FLORIDA EXECUTES MURDERER MARK ASAY WITH NEW DRUG
He was the first white man to be executed in Florida for killing a black victim, according to the Death Penalty Information Center... READ MORE›
CHARLIE HEBDO RUNS IMAGE OF DECAPITATED THERESA MAY ON FRONT PAGE AND MOCKS LONDON BRIDGE TERROR VICTIMS
Under the headline English multiculturalism, the graphic front page depicts Theresa May carrying her severed head under her arm and saying Too much is too much... READ MORE›
U.S. SAYS SYRIANS BUILT CREMATORIUM AT PRISON TO DISPOSE OF BODIES
Amnesty International reported in February that an average of 20 to 50 people were hanged each week at the Sednaya military prison north of Damascus... READ MORE›
MENTALLY ILL MAN SET TO DIE IN ARKANSAS 'CONVEYOR BELT' EXECUTIONS
Later, after he was put on death row in Arkansas, he was observed to be a loner who lived in almost total isolation... READ MORE›
SYRIA'S SAYDNAYA PRISON CREMATORIUM HID KILLINGS, SAYS US
Mr Jones said the Syrian government had modified a building within the Saydnaya complex to support the suspected crematorium... READ MORE›
LEBANON SENTENCES AHMED AL-ASSIR TO DEATH
Cleric was tried along with 38 others accused of killing Lebanese soldiers in the southern city of Sidon in 2013... READ MORE›
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CALLS FOR END TO EGYPT MILITARY AID
In the video, we see executions of unarmed people by forces wearing military uniforms, he said... READ MORE›
CONVICTED TEEN KILLER KELLY ELLARD GETS ESCORTED TEMPORARY ABSENCES
The Parole Board of Canada has granted Kelly Ellard, who was convicted of second-degree murder in the 1997 beating death of Reena Virk, escorted absences... READ MORE›
RANA PLAZA OWNER JAILED FOR THREE YEARS OVER CORRUPTION
Bangladesh has the world's second-largest garment industry, with nearly 4,000 factories... READ MORE›
AMNESTY: SAUDI SHOULD STOP 'BLOODY EXECUTION SPREE'
Amnesty International has urged Saudi Arabia to abandon what it termed a bloody execution spree after 14 more men are set to be executed... READ MORE›
KANSAS MAN CHARGED WITH HATE CRIME IN KILLING OF INDIAN
Purinton was also charged with a federal firearms violation in the February 22 incident at Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, a Kansas City suburb... READ MORE›
AIR STRIKE 'KILLS 12 CIVILIANS' IN YEMEN
Four children, two women among victims of coalition attack in Hareeb al-Qarameesh north of Sanaa, rebel media say... READ MORE›
TEXAS INMATE PUT TO DEATH AFTER LONG LEGAL BATTLE
Preyor's lawyers said the Texas inmate's old attorneys committed fraud against the court and relied on Wikipedia for legal research... READ MORE›
BLAST NEAR MOGADISHU HOURS AFTER AL-SHABAB VOWS ATTACK
The armed group has said that it would launch deadly attacks against Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, Somalia's new president, also known as Farmajo... READ MORE›
ICC WARRANT FOR KHALIFA HAFTAR ALLY MAHMOUD AL-WERFALLI
Haftar is the controversial chief of the self-styled Libyan National Army LNA, which now controls key Libyan oil ports... READ MORE›
SOMALIA: HUGE BLAST ROCKS DOWNTOWN MOGADISHU
Police officer Hussein Nor Mohamed told Al Jazeera the death toll currently was two but that could rise... READ MORE›
COURTS GRANT STAYS TO REMAINING SEVEN MEN SET TO DIE IN ARKANSAS EXECUTIONS
The executions had been scheduled to start Monday night... READ MORE›
JORDAN EXECUTES 15 PEOPLE, INCLUDING 10 MEN CONVICTED OF TERRORISMA
Jordan on Saturday executed 10 men convicted of terrorism charges, including deadly attacks on tourists, Jordanian security forces and a local writer, the government spokesman said... READ MORE›
PAKISTAN SENTENCES CHRISTIAN MAN TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
Blasphemy is a criminal offence in Muslim-majority Pakistan, and insults against the Prophet Mohammad are punishable by death... READ MORE›
AMNESTY SOUNDS ALARM AS INDONESIA SLAYS DRUG SUSPECTS
Amnesty International has condemned what it described as an alarming number of police killings of suspected drug dealers in Indonesia... READ MORE›
JW LEDFORD JR LAWYERS WANT FIRING SQUAD, NOT INJECTION
Georgia already has the skilled personnel, weapons and ammunition needed to carry out an execution by firing squad, Ledford's lawyers argued... READ MORE›