Rights activists in Singapore and Malaysia will hold candlelight vigils to protest capital punishment as Singaporean authorities prepare to execute a Malaysian man for drug trafficking despite mountin ...

The Tennessee Attorney General's Office is asking the state Supreme Court to set execution dates for five people on death row ...

Law Association for Asia and The Pacific (LawAsia), a regional organisation promoting legal cooperation, today expressed deep ...

It has been almost a year since Birmingham police officers say Mahogany Jackson was beaten, tortured, and killed.

Congolese authorities announced that over 170 prisoners on death row over armed robberies would be executed. A recent video on TikTok purportedly shows the alleged convicts before, during and after ...

Twenty-three states have abolished the death penalty. California should join them in ending state-sponsored executions.

The Commonwealth Lawyers Association (CLA) has issued an urgent appeal to the Singapore government to halt the execution of ...

Duane "Keffe D" Davis is now set to stand trial in February 2026, nearly 30 years after the famed rapper was shot and killed ...

Georgia death row inmate Michael Nance lost his battle to be put to death by firing squad, now faces lethal injection.

The prosecution has sought the death penalty for ex-Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, convicted last week for killing two Sikhs ...

In a 1984 anti-Sikh riots murder case, the prosecution seeks the death penalty for former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar, arguing ...

The government’s narcotics bureau website claims it is an offence for citizens and permanent residents to consume drugs in ...