#death penalty

A Father who killed his five children with his own hands, then drove around with their bodies for nine days was sentenced to death on Thursday.

Human rights groups have decried reports that a Saudi teenager -- who took part in anti-government protests as a child -- is now facing execution.

On Wednesday, Brunei introduced harsh new laws -- including death by stoning for adultery and gay sex -- despite international condemnation, including from stars like George Clooney, Elton John and Ellen DeGeneres.

Brunei must scale back plans to implement changes to its penal code next month that could see LGBTQ+ people whipped or stoned to death for same-sex activity, human rights groups said on Monday.

WARNING: Graphic Content

Luke Cook and his Thai wife Kanyarat Wechapitak attempted to smuggle half a tonne of methamphetamine to Australia.

A Pakistani Christian woman has been freed from prison a week after the Supreme Court overturned her conviction and death sentence for blasphemy, and she is at a secure location for fear of attacks on her, officials said.

Edmund Zagorski is on death row for two murders and he's opted to die via a homemade electric chair.

Pakistan’s Supreme Court on Wednesday freed a Christian woman from a death sentence for blasphemy against Islam and overturned her conviction.

He wasn't, as is widely believed, singing Amazing Grace when the bullets from an Indonesian firing squad ended his life.