Idaho is set to become the only U.S. state with a firing squad as its primary execution method. The prison system has to ...

GOP lawmakers push for sanctions on Iraq, citing its subjugation by Iran and the need to halt U.S. aid, highlighting past policy failures and security concerns.

The accused was sentenced to capital punishment by special National Investigation Agency Lucknow court in another case ...

Turning to Iraq, Guterres praised the country’s progress since regaining sovereignty in 2004 and emphasized continued UN ...

The Supreme Court has ruled that executing the innocent does not violate the Constitution, but some states allow people convicted of crimes to bring actual innocence claims.

a practice that prevents international accountability and skews the global understanding of capital punishment trends. About the rest of the confirmed executions, Amnesty said Iran, Saudi Arabia and ...

Mosul, Iraq - As Iraq accelerates ... In Mosul, once the self-declared capital of the Islamic State (IS) group, families returning after years in the camp face stalled paperwork, hostile neighbours, ...

A district court judge has thrown out a challenge to the Kansas death penalty on procedural grounds, but said there are economic and psychological concerns about capital punishment in Kansas.

Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia together accounted for the overwhelming majority. Separately, the United States’ execution of 25 people, again flips a coin for the continent of Africa, which is wrestling ...

While most took place in Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia ... come as Amnesty warns that some regimes are "weaponising" capital punishment in order to stifle dissent, target minorities or enforce ...

Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia's part in driving ... It is a particularly bloody and violent means of capital punishment only carried out by Saudi Arabia - and can be used for a variety of crimes ...