Capital punishment
Serial Executions Take Toll On Executioners Too, Critics Say
Putting a prisoner to death "stays with you for a long time," says Ron McAndrew. The former warden of Florida State...
Federal Judge In Arkansas Blocks Series of Executions
A US federal judge on Saturday blocked a plan by the southern state of Arkansas to execute a series of inmates there...
Arkansas Multiple Execution Plan Faces Legal Setbacks
Arkansas's plans to execute eight prisoners in just 10 days faced new setbacks Friday, after a judge blocked use of a...
Nigeria Sees ‘massive Spike’ In Death Sentences
Nigeria handed down an astonishing 527 death sentences in 2016, three times more than the previous year, in what...
Global Executions Fall 37% Since 2015, Amnesty International Says
The number of executions recorded worldwide in 2016 fell by 37% on the previous year, human rights group Amnesty...
Amnesty Hails Decline In Executions
US death penalty sentences fell to a historic low last year and executions also dropped sharply, contributing to a...
China Remains World’s Biggest Executioner
China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, as death...
US Judge Halts One of Eight Planned Executions In Arkansas
A US judge on Thursday blocked the planned execution of one of eight prisoners whose deaths were scheduled to take...
Arkansas Court Rejects Appeal of One of 8 Inmates Set To Die In April
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Thursday rejected an appeal from one of eight inmates facing execution next month, as the...
A US State Speeds Up Executions, Scheduling Eight In 10 Days
The US state of Arkansas is racing to execute eight death row inmates in 10 days next month to beat the expiration date...
Jordan Hangs 15 Convicts At Dawn, Most In Years
Jordan hanged 15 death row prisoners at dawn on Saturday, its information minister said, in a further break with the...
Philippines Takes Big Step Back Towards Death Penalty
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's campaign to bring back the death penalty for drug-related crimes has cleared a...
Death Penalty Should Be Abolished From Our Statutory Books
The Former Commissioner on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) Justice Emile Short has suggested that death...
73 Muslim Students Punished Over Devotion
Seventy-three Muslim students at the St. Vincent College of Education in Yendi, Northern Region, have been punished for...
The Death Penalty Is Not A Creative Response To Murder
Americans have a saying that runs as follows: “Be careful what you wish for; or you shall get it.” Nana...
Nigerian To Be Executed In Singapore For Cannabis Possesion
Singapore has rejected an appeal for clemency by a Nigerian due to be executed on Friday for being in possession of...
President Should Implement Death Penalty
A former Deputy Minister of Interior, Nana Obiri Boahene is pushing for the full implementation of the death penalty....
President Should Implement the Death Penalty – Former Minister
His call follows an attempted jailbreak by notorious criminal, Johnson Kombian and two others at the Nsawam prison...
Turkish Parliament To Consider Death Penalty For Coup Plotters, Says Erdogan
Our government will take this (proposal on capital punishment) to parliament. I am convinced that parliament will...