Capital Punishment
British DJ Faces Caning in Singapore for Drug Offences After Losing Appeal
Yuen Ye Ming faces 20 years of jail time and the maximum of 24 strokes of the cane in Singapore, where caning remains to be a form of judicial corporal punishment.
Justice Served? Indians Are Divided Over Police Killing the Four Men Accused in the Hyderabad Rape-Murder Case
While some are cheering the police for giving the girl’s family swift justice, others are concerned that since the suspects hadn’t been proven guilty yet, they could potentially be innocent people being framed.
A Judge Just Stopped the Trump Administration's Plan to Bring Back Federal Executions
AG Bill Barr had said the executions would rely on a single drug instead of the three-drug cocktail typically used.
Manny Pacquiao Finally Wants to Leave Jesus Out of Death Penalty Debates
The boxer-senator previously used Jesus’ crucifixion to justify the reimposition of capital punishment but changed his tune when another lawmaker used it against his argument.
Japan Just Carried Out Its First Execution of the Year
The country joins the United States as the only two developed democracies in the world to carry out the death penalty.
These Are the People the Federal Government Wants to Execute
These five men would be the first people executed at the federal level since 2003.
The Trump Administration Is Bringing Back Federal Executions After 16 Years
Attorney General William Barr instructed the Bureau of Prisons on Thursday to schedule executions of five death-row inmates.
Sri Lanka Now Plans to Hang Drug Dealers After Being Inspired by the Philippines
After nearly half a century of no executions, the President wants to revive capital punishment after seeing Duterte’s crackdown against drugs.
North Korea Reportedly Has Over 300 Public Execution Sites
A human rights group in South Korea found that offences ranging from stealing a cow to watching a South Korean TV show has got citizens killed.
New Hampshire Lawmakers Abolished the Death Penalty. The Governor Isn't Happy.
“I am incredibly disappointed that the Senate chose to override my veto," Gov. Chris Sununu said.
California, the state with the largest death row population, is ending the death penalty
President Trump isn't happy about it