Trump calls for death penalty for Uzbek man charged in NY attack
US President Donald Trump called for the death penalty on Wednesday for an Uzbek immigrant accused of plowing a truck down a New York City bike path,...
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Arkansas’s fourth execution in 8 days ends death chamber flurry
Arkansas on Thursday executed its fourth inmate in eight days, administering a lethal injection to a man who killed two people after escaping from a...
Arkansas executes first inmate in 12 years
By Steve Barnes Arkansas executed its first inmate in 12 years on Thursday after a protracted legal battle that questioned aspects of the use of...
Arkansas court halts two executions, U.S. court OKs others
By Steve Barnes Arkansas’ Supreme Court halted two executions hours before they were due to take place on Monday, while a federal appeals court overruled...
Jury condemns Dylann Roof to death for South Carolina church massacre
By Harriet McLeod White supremacist Dylann Roof deserves to die for the hate-fueled killings of nine black churchgoers at a Bible study meeting in a...
Iran says may spare condemned tycoon if he pays back debt
Iran may spare the life of businessman Babak Zanjani, sentenced to death for fraud, if he can pay back large sums he owes to the...
Catholic church in Manila issues prayer against expanded death penalty
By Manuel Mogato Roman Catholic churches in Manila on Sunday read a prayer against Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte’s plans to re-impose the death penalty on...
Turkey could draft ‘limited measure’ on death penalty, PM says
Turkey could draft a “limited measure” to bring back the death penalty if a political compromise could be reached on the issue, Prime Minister Binali...
Constitution amended to rule out death penalty resurgence
The House plenum on Friday approved a constitution amendment to scrap a provision that could allow for legislation to impose the death penalty for a...
House to delete the death penalty from the constitution
The scrapping of a constitutional provision allowing for legislation to impose the death penalty for certain crimes will be put to a plenary vote on...
Constitutional changes over death penalty part of House shake-up
By Jean Christou Plenary sessions of the parliament will be moved from Thursday afternoons to Friday mornings, House president Demetris Syllouris announced on Monday after...
‘Grim Sleeper’ faces death penalty recommendation at LA sentencing
An ex-sanitation worker found guilty of committing 10 Los Angeles murders three decades ago as the “Grim Sleeper” serial killer was due in court on...
Turkey rebuffs EU on death penalty
By Ece Toksabay, Samia Nakhoul and Nick Tattersall Turkey rebuffed the European Union on Friday over the death penalty, while President Tayyip Erdogan vowed to...
Merkel tells Erdogan death penalty not compatible with EU membership (Updated)
Turkey cannot join the European Union if it reinstates the death penalty, German Chancellor Angela Merkel told Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan in a telephone call...
Erdogan says Turkey should avoid delay in using death penalty
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday said there could be no delay in using capital punishment after a failed coup attempt, adding the government would...
Al Qaeda leader warns of ‘gravest consequences’ if Boston bomber executed
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri has warned the United States of the “gravest consequences” if Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev or any other Muslim prisoner...
Philippines incoming president offers olive branch, posts to rebels
Philippines President-Elect Rodrigo Duterte said on Monday he would pursue peace talks with Marxist guerrillas and as an olive branch would offer government roles to...
Bangladesh Islamist party leader to hang for war crimes
By Ruma Paul Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a final appeal by the leader of the top Islamist party against a death sentence for...
Pope calls for worldwide ban on death penalty
Pope Francis on Sunday called for a worldwide ban on the death penalty, saying the commandment “You shall not kill” was just as valid for...
Robert Durst denied bail in New Orleans, linked to Vermont cold case
By Jonathan Kaminsky Robert Durst, the real estate scion awaiting extradition to California to face a murder charge, was denied bail on Monday in New...