executions
Saudi Arabia Executes 15 People in 12 Days For Non-Violent Drug Offences
Despite a pledge to end executions for drug offences, most of those executed are foreign nationals, with some killings thought to have been carried out via beheading with a sword.
Huge Spike in Drug-Related Executions in Iran
126 people were hanged for drug offences in Iran in 2021, two rights groups said, in a year in which the rate of executions doubled overall following the election of President Ebrahim Raisi.
The Chilling Murder of a Chinese Student on a US Campus, and Why Justice Is Elusive
Death penalty or life in prison: What if neither leads to justice?
The Frighteningly Detailed Diaries of France's Top Executioner
Anatole Deibler kept photographs and "criminal resumés" of his 299 beheadings.
California, the state with the largest death row population, is ending the death penalty
President Trump isn't happy about it
Inmate whose case helped intellectually disabled people escape death row will still be executed
At 13 years old, Bobby James Moore couldn’t tell time. He didn’t know how to track seasons or the days of the week. He didn’t understand how to do basic math, like subtraction. But a court says he's smart enough to be executed.
Texas decides not to execute inmate who wanted to kill his entire family
He was spared hours before his scheduled execution
These 3 men are all scheduled to be executed tonight
It will be the first time in eight years that the United States has executed three people on one day.
Ohio waited 3 years to resume executions with the same, old drug
Ohio is set to resume executions using the same drug the state deployed in its last, botched execution.