Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly ...

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

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

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

Japan's Justice Ministry says a man convicted of murder for killing and dismembering nine people in his apartment near Tokyo ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

Federal prosecutors in New Mexico said Friday they plan to seek the death penalty for the first time since 2018 in the case of a man charged in two homicides ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...

A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility ...