South Carolina is preparing this week to execute a man by firing squad, a capital punishment method that hasn’t been used in ...

Who invented crucifixion? The Persians are commonly credited with this, but evidence suggests that it may have been the ...

In the gruesome landscape of state-sanctioned murder in the US, the construction of a remote-controlled firing squad chamber ...

Punishment for those convicted of rape remains a debated topic in India -- with many questioning the exception granted to ...

The recent enactment of capital punishment legislation by the Knesset is not a mere domestic legal development.

The new Israeli death penalty law has drawn global condemnation and fuelled escalation in the West Bank, reports Monjed Jadou ...

The Israeli Knesset has ignited a storm of controversy after approving legislation that reinstates the death penalty by ...

In the last 50 years, the United States has put more than 1,600 people to death. Only 18 of them have been women.

Executions in the US are becoming increasingly cruel, with states adopting new methods such as nitrogen hypoxia and lethal ...

Racist and legally flawed, this legislation undermines Israel's core values as a Jewish and democratic state. The High Court ...

JERUSALEM — Israel’s parliament approved on Monday a bill that would allow the execution of Palestinians convicted on terror ...