Death Penalty

Death Penalty

Christa Pike is pictured in 2002. Photo: AP

Tennessee to execute woman for first time in more than 200 years after governor denies clemency

Lawyers for Christa Pike, ask Supreme Court to stay execution over 1995 murder conviction.

The collage shows the banned Awami League's General Secretary Obaidul Quader, Joint General Secretary AFM Bahauddin Nasim, former state minister for information and broadcasting Mohammad Ali Arafat, Jubo League President Sheikh Fazle Shams Parash, General Secretary Moinul Hossain Khan Nikhil, Chhatra League President Saddam Hussain and its General Secretary Wali Asif Enan. Photo: TBS/Collected

Quader, 6 other fugitives to be brought back if located: Chief prosecutor

A view shows the parliament building on a rainy day in downtown Beirut, Lebanon January 25, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo

Lebanon abolishes death penalty in first for region

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk holds a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon on 27 July, 2026. Photo: Reuters

UN rights chief says Iran executed at least 56 people since March

Former security chiefs face court after Easter bombings negligence conviction. Photo: Collected

Former Sri Lankan defence official, ex-police chief sentenced to death over 2019 Easter bombings

The convict of killing a woman, Md Hridoy Bepari, was produced before the court today (29 July). Photo: TBS

Driver sentenced to death for killing woman in Dhaka’s Badda

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Husband gets death penalty for killing wife a decade ago

A lethal injection chamber at Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Washington, US, September 6, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Matt Mills McKnight/File Photo

US adding firing squads, electrocution and gassing to federal execution methods

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Rights groups slam Israel's new law approving use of death penalty against Palestinians

Israel Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Itamar Ben Gvir shake hands as the Israeli government approve Netanyahu's proposal to reappoint Itamar Ben-Gvir as minister of National Security, in the Knesset, Israeli parliament in Jerusaelm, March 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Oren Ben Hakoon

Israel passes death penalty law for Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks

A woman holds a sign bearing South Korean national flag with a portrait of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, as they wait for his arrival for the final arguments in his insurrection trial, at a court in Seoul, South Korea, January 13, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

South Korean court hands life term to ex‑president Yoon in insurrection trial

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House help gets death penalty in 2019 Dhanmondi double murder case

A woman holds a sign bearing South Korean national flag with a portrait of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, as they wait for his arrival for the final arguments in his insurrection trial, at a court in Seoul, South Korea, January 13, 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

South Korea prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-president Yoon over martial law