Global executions surge, with China, Iran leading the way, Amnesty says
Issued on: 16/05/2023 - 09:06
Recorded executions worldwide reached 883 last year, the highest level since 2017,…
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Iran hangs two men for blasphemy as executions rise amid unrest
Issued on: 08/05/2023 - 21:14
Paris (AFP) – Iran on Monday hanged two men on charges of spreading blasphemy on social…
Executions may return to South Carolina; shield law nears OK
By JEFFREY COLLINS - Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A bill that would allow South Carolina to buy the drugs needed for lethal injection without…
Surge in Iran executions aims to ‘spread fear’, rights groups say
Issued on: 13/04/2023 - 08:05Modified: 13/04/2023 - 08:07
Iran hanged 75 percent more people in 2022 that the previous…
Public executions and torture: ‘The Taliban have reverted to their true nature’
Issued on: 04/04/2023 - 14:58
In the latest example of public punishments carried out by the Taliban, two men were…
Iran is using executions to crush dissent and quell protests, says UN
Issued on: 10/01/2023 - 19:41Modified: 10/01/2023 - 19:42
Iran is weaponising the death penalty, attempting to crush dissent…
Appeals Court weighs death row inmate’s disability claims
By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black told a state appeals court on Tuesday…
Tennessee DA seeks death sentence commutation, AG against
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's conservative attorney general and Nashville's liberal district attorney are at odds over whether a death row inmate is intellectually…
Oklahoma executes man convicted of killing infant daughter
By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed inmate Benjamin Cole on Thursday morning despite claims from his attorneys…
Oklahoma to execute man for 2002 killing of infant daughter
By SEAN MURPHY - Associated Press Writer
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — A 57-year-old Oklahoma man is scheduled to receive a lethal injection on Thursday for…