A dozen countries on the continent still execute and most still have the death penalty in law, if not in practice ...

Brad Sigmon, set for execution by firing squad on March 7, seeks a delay, citing concerns over South Carolina’s lethal ...

The death penalty has long been a controversial and divisive issue, with passionate advocates on both sides of the debate.

The Supreme Court on Feb. 25 threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has ...

The mother of slain youth Mustafa Amir, alongside a social welfare organisation, staged a protest at Karachi's Teen Talwar to demand justice for her brutally killed son.Mustafa Amir was kidnapped and ...