The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

The children of imprisoned Iranian activist Narges Mohammadi have accepted this year’s Nobel Peace Prize on her behalf in a ceremony Sunday in the Norwegian capital.

The case of Lori Vallow spans a deeply disturbing pattern of unexplained deaths, bizarre cult beliefs about killing zombies and murder

Legislation allowing for the death penalty on terrorists will be put on hold pending the approval of Israel’s Security Cabinet.

Far-right politicians want to execute militants convicted of 7 October attacks, but relatives say this risks lives of Gaza hostages

India hopeful of positive outcome in Qatar death penalty case; appeals process underway. India is engaging with Qatar authorities and extending legal and consular assistance to the concerned families. Reports of appeals process cancellation were found to be “factually incorrect”.

That the parliamentary committee that examined the proposed criminal statute, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, has not made a recommendation to abolish the death penalty is disappointing

"During the custody battle [in Saudi Arabia], Ghassan AlHaidari accused Bethany of gender mixing, adultery, and insulting Islam and Saudi Arabia. Gender mixing, a punishable crime, entails having a male friend. To prove the charge of adultery, Ghassan submitted a photograph of Bethany with a male, who Ghassan claimed to…

Judge K. Soman awarded the death penalty to the accused Asafak Alam in the Aluva child rape and murder case, deeming it a ‘rarest of rare’ case. Prosecution established guilt on oral, documentary, digital, scientific and circumstantial evidence. The court noted the premeditated nature of the crime and the lack…

Whether through diplomatic dialogues, political interventions, legal appeals, or a blend of these strategies, India has the potential to seek a resolution in the case of the Naval officers awarded the death penalty