Louisiana on Tuesday executed a death row inmate using nitrogen gas for the first time in state history and only the fifth time in U.S. history. Death row inmate Jessie Hoffman's execution is the ...

A Florida death row inmate is set to be executed Tuesday by lethal injection, although his lawyers say he is too obese for the method to work.

Iran, Saudia Arabia and Iraq accounted for 90% of the recorded cases and were responsible for the steep spike. Iran topped ...

South Carolina's highest court on Monday rejected the last major appeal from Mikal Mahdi, who is scheduled to die by firing ...

THE world has seen its deadliest year for executions in a decade, with Iran and China crowned the worst globally. Various ...

Global executions hit their highest figure since 2015, as over 1,500 people were executed across 15 countries in 2024, said ...

More than 1,500 people were put to death by governments across 15 countries in 2024, a damning new report by Amnesty ...