Japan’s most recent execution, in July 2022, was of a man who killed seven people in a vehicle crash and stabbing rampage in ...

Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly ...

Takahiro Shiraishi was sentenced to death for his 2017 strangling and dismembering of eight women and one man in his ...

Gudinas’s execution is Florida’s seventh this year. And already, Governor Ron DeSantis has signed an 8th warrant—tying the ...

The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a ...

Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband​ could bring about a form of punishment long banned in the state.

Truong My Lan had her appeal against the death penalty dismissed last year as she scrambled to repay billions of dollars, but ...

Takahiro Shiraishi’s victims included young women considering suicide, whom he lured to his home using social media and ...