South Carolina has scheduled the execution of an inmate convicted of fatally shooting an off-duty police officer, which would make him the fifth person the state put to death since it resumed ...

Six men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 14 other people are scheduled to be put to death in eight states during the remainder of 2025. Three men are set to ...

Christensen raised concerns about a “culture of death” and threats to human dignity after Idaho made death by firing squad its primary method of execution for death row inmates. “Whether we ...

The highest court in Texas on Tuesday issued a rare stay of execution for David Leonard Wood, who has always denied being the so-called Desert Killer and reiterated his innocence in a recent ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed his name on a bill Wednesday making Idaho the only state in the US to have a firing squad designated as the preferred execution method for capital punishment ...

Japan carried out no executions in 2023 for the first time in three years. Currently, there are 106 people on death row in Japan. Three of the inmates died and three death sentences were finalized ...

Three North Koreans were tied to stakes and blasted with ninety bullets each during a gruesome public execution before their bodies were torched in front of onlookers. The trio were brutally ...

Triza Njeri and her makeup artist, Mike, had been the subject of speculation regarding a romantic relationship after being spotted together on several occasions The pair addressed the rumours while ...

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