Delhi court sentences Sajjan Kumar to life imprisonment for 1984 anti-Sikh riots, disappointing victims' families seeking harsher punishment.

Defendants seeking relief from capital punishment typically don’t win at the high court, but Richard Glossip’s case was a ...

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered that condemned Oklahoma death row prisoner Richard Glossip be given a new trial.

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor calls for rejection of a bill allowing executions with nitrogen gas, citing the Church's stance against capital punishment and the importance of human dignity.

Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general agreed with the death row prisoner that he should get a new trial. Oklahoma’s state criminal court disagreed.

While victims, kin of slained persons and members of the community welcomed the life-term in jail awarded to Sajjan Kumar in a murder case related to 1984 anti-Sikh riots on Tuesday, they advocated ...

A bill that would ban schools from using corporal punishment on students with disabilities passed the Senate on Tuesday ...

Top executing countries over recent years include Iran, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, US, says Volker Turk - Anadolu Ajansı ...

KARACHI: The mother of slain youth Mustafa Amir, alongside a social welfare organization, staged a protest at Karachi's Teen Talwar to demand justice for ...

Congress MP for his role in the murders, but the Delhi court cited his old age and satisfactory conduct for a life sentence.

Special judge Kaveri Baweja pronounced the judgement for the alleged killing of Jaswant Singh and his son Tarundeep Singh on ...