This marks the first execution order signed by minister of justice Cheng Ming-chien since assuming office in May last year. In 2017, the Supreme Court upheld Linkai’s death sentence for the ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan carried out its first execution in five years late on Thursday, upsetting both rights groups and the European Union which called on the government to maintain its de ...

FILE - The federal prison complex in Terre Haute, Ind., is shown Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) ...

is shown Friday, Aug. 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy, File) This photo provided by the U.S. Department of Justice shows a vial of pentobarbital used in the executions of two inmates in July 2020, ...

The federal government will no longer use pentobarbital in executions due to concerns of "unnecessary pain and suffering," a decision made less than one month after Tennessee announced it would be ...

Drug Used in Federal Executions Under Trump May Cause 'Unnecessary Pain and Suffering,' Garland Says WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions ...

The Justice Department is rescinding its protocol for federal executions that allowed for single-drug lethal injections with pentobarbital WASHINGTON -- The Justice Department is rescinding its ...

A flight from Kinshasa carrying “the third batch” of prisoners has arrived at Angenga, Minister of Justice Constant Mutamba said, though it’s unclear when their execution will occur.

Syria’s interim justice minister has come under scrutiny following the resurfacing of old videos reportedly showing him reading execution sentences in Idlib. The videos, verified by the fact ...

A top Iranian resistance leader is warning there has been an uptick in executions inside the country since President Masoud Pezeshkian took over, undercutting the notion that Tehran’s new leader is a ...

They’re aged between 18 and 35, Mutamba said in a statement. He did not say when the executions would take place. Some have welcomed the measure as a means of restoring order and security in the ...