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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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

Nearly five decades after being convicted of murder, a Mississippi man got executed. Can that happen in NJ, PA?

The ACLU has released a report finding that the death penalty process systematically excludes Black Americans, women, and religious individuals from the jury box, raising constitutional concerns and ...

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