BAGHDAD, Iraq – Iraq reinstated capital punishment for people guilty of murder, endangering national security and distributing drugs, the government announced Sunday, saying the death penalty ...

“The mass executions in Iraq are a terrible example of the arbitrariness of the cruel punishment,” Aurelie Placais, the Director of the World Coalition Against the Death Penalty, tells TIME.

(Beirut) – Serious questions about whether Iraq’s justice system meets international fair trial standards highlight the urgent need for a moratorium on capital punishment. The Iraqi ...

Iraq's Penal Code provides for a wide range ... The wide array of offenses subject to capital punishment under Iraqi legislation and Iraqi government practiceÑboth its frequent applications ...

UN Human Rights Commissioner Michelle Bachelet said late last year that given such gaps in Iraq's legal system, implementing capital punishment "may amount to an arbitrary deprivation of life by ...

The jury that heard the prosecutor's request for his execution voted unanimously against it, opting instead for life imprisonment after hearing evidence of Lockhart's brutal tour of duty in Iraq ...

Our political analysts tackle President Bush's latest speech on Iraq, new capital punishment laws, fallout from Karl Rove's resignation, and the CIA's internal investigation. Joining Farai Chideya ...

Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia together accounted ... which is wrestling with a dilemma over capital punishment. Despite the uptick, the report offers a glimmer of hope: the number of countries ...

Sweden, which has abolished capital punishment, is firmly opposed to its ... involved in the shooting of another Swedish national in Iraq in January. For more news like this visit TOI.