This killer thug will receive a slap on the wrist: The Jewish youth, Vitaly Sayenko, 18, made a decision to kill Karuwani for no other reason than that Karuwani was...

It is estimated that 37 death row inmates were executed in US 2008 alone. However, none of their organs was donated or used. Also, considering the fact that there are...

Kenyans are locked in serious debates wondering whether the government should step in and assist five Kenyans who have been sentenced to death in China after they were...

Europeans look down upon America’s death penalty as a reflection of America’s less sophisticated ways in contrast to execution-free Europe. Not only...

Human rights watchdogs and some Jordanian activists have been working towards the elimination of death penalty from Jordanian law book, knowing that since March 2006,...

Religion is a very sensitive issue the world over, especially Islam. The supreme leader, Mufti Shaban Mubajje, has been quoted in the media to be pro- death penalty. He...

I see the words “Is death penalty pro-life?” and I am overwhelmed by raw emotion; anger, despair, sorrow, hopelessness, and confusion. I am not thinking of...

When the parents of the three children 17 year old Pooja (name changed) her 9 year old sister and 4 year old brother Rahul (name changed) slept peacefully little did...

A month ago, the Iranian parliament voted in favour of a draft bill, entitled “Islamic Penal Code”, which would codify the death penalty for any male Iranian who...

Capital punishment, more popularly known as the death penalty is the execution of a person by the state as punishment for a crime. The discussion regarding the death...

According to El Norte, after months of intense review,the World Court and Congress’ Howard Berman and Zoe Lofgren submitted their resolution. Close sources of the...

The Supreme Court of United States declared on Wednesday that executions are too severe a punishment for raping children, despite the ‘years of long anguish’ for...

The US Supreme Court has struck down a law that would have allowed the execution of someone convicted of raping a child.

In a move that could bring some reprieve to Indian death row convict Sarabjit Singh, Pakistan government on Saturday announced plans to commute the death sentences of...

Mexico asked the World Court on Thursday to take urgent steps to stop imminent U.S. executions of five Mexicans on death row who were denied their rights to consular...

New Cuban President Raul Castro announced on Monday that all death sentences had been commuted to prison terms of 30 years to life, with the exception of three people...

# The US Supreme Court upheld the three-drug lethal injection method clearing the way for an unofficial moratorium on executions to be lifted. # In the three-drug...

# The US highest court has set arguments on whether death penalty for the crime of raping a child represents unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment. # The...

UN human rights committee holds a historic vote today on a global moratorium over a possible ban on death penalty. Yes # Capital punishment is a cruel man made law that...

Capital punishment should only be given to an extremely small number of serious offenders. People, it’s about China. Some sigh of relief from the stringent law in...