The advisory council yesterday approved in principle a draft ordinance introducing stringent penalties, including capital punishment, for members of human trafficking rackets.

The president was referring to six Democrat lawmakers who posted a video on social media urging the military and intelligence ...

President Donald Trump suggested Thursday that Democratic veterans in Congress who urged military service members to “refuse ...

The judge, in a display of compassion, chose to sentence Kanu to life imprisonment instead of the death penalty, emphasising ...

The ACLU released a report Wednesday outlining how wrongful convictions, especially of Black men, remain a predictable ...

Controversial plan prompts warnings from rights groups of a discriminatory and dangerous shift in Israel’s legal system ...

Until this year, death penalty executions had been dwindling across the nation. The sudden spike now is unusual, experts ...

As hundreds of families who lost loved ones in 2024 protests welcome verdict, many wonder if Hasina will face justice.

Many in Bangladesh want deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina to return to the country to face her death sentence.

English filmmaker Alan Parker's last film, The Life of David Gale, ends on a disturbing yet thought-provoking note that ...

A Ramnagar man, Irshad, has been sentenced to death by hanging for the brutal rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl. The ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a new death warrant Tuesday, setting another execution date in what has become a ...