A resurfaced video of Syria's Justice Minister Shadi al-Waisi overeeing the execution of a woman for adultery, raises ...

Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union ...

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes said the decision by U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland did not change her view of ...

The inmate's attorneys say he shouldn’t be in the state’s prison system at all, despite admitting guilt to slaying a woman in ...

Attorneys for an Alabama inmate facing execution by nitrogen gas are asking a federal judge to block the upcoming execution.

Death row inmate Byron James Shepard died Tuesday, almost eight years after he fatally shot a Tecumseh police officer during ...

Photos have captured the remarkable moment an Iranian man smiles as he is prepared for execution in Iran. Majid Kavousifar, ...

The execution of an inmate on Thursday by Taiwan, marking the first death penalty carried out by the island’s authorities in five years, has sparked condemnation from rights groups.

Amnesty International denounced Taiwan's execution of Huang Linkai on Thursday, calling the event a 'shameful setback' as it ...

The Arizona Supreme Court has set a schedule for the state to request a warrant of execution after a two-year death penalty ...

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed after being convicted as Soviet spies in a sensational Cold War espionage case. Now, a recently declassified document is seen as the strongest evidence yet of ...

Tennessee's Department of Correction has released a redacted version of its newly completed execution manual after initially ...