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Nitrogen gas executions are constitutional, federal judge rules
A federal judge has ruled that execution by nitrogen gas doesn't violate the constitutional ban on cruel and unusual punishment, rejecting an Alabama inmate's claim that it causes …
Federal judge upholds constitutionality of nitrogen gas executions
A federal judge has ruled Alabama's use of nitrogen gas to carry out executions does not violate the U.S. Constitution…
China executes man for poisoning billionaire Netflix producer
Xu Yao was found guilty of killing Lin Qi, the founder of the company that holds the film adaptation rights for the blockbuster sci-fi trilogy "The Three-Body Problem."…
China executes man for poisoning gaming tycoon linked to Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’
Chinese authorities have executed a man convicted of using poison to kill a billionaire gaming tycoon linked to the Netflix adaptation of “The Three-Body Problem” over a profession…
Iran hangs man over alleged spying for Israel as executions mount
Iran's judiciary described Gholamreza Khani Shakarab as "one of the operational ringleaders of Mossad abroad."…
Iran executes two over protests and alleged espionage as court sentences four more to death
Iran executed two men over the January protests and the war while a Tehran court sentenced four to death in a 2022 protest case amid UN condemnation.…
Iran hangs man for spying during war with US, Israel
Iran carries out the second-highest number of executions in the world, according to rights groups. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.…
Tennessee calls off botched lethal injection
Fourteen executions have been carried out in the United States in 2026. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.…
Tennessee death row inmate spared execution after medics fail to find vein for lethal injection — gets one-year reprieve
An attorney for Carruthers, sentenced to death in 1996 for murder, said medics struggled for more than an hour trying to find a vein, leaving her client “wincing and groaning” insi…
Iran secretly executes four as it hits global death sentence record
Four more men, including two Kurdish political activists, were put to death in secret this week without informing their families, as Amnesty International recorded 2,159 executions…
Iran hangs two men for armed rebellion, links to ‘separatists’
They were allegedly involved in armed attacks against security forces and assassination plots. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.…
Final words and meal revealed for Arizona death row prisoner who set couple on fire
Leroy Dean McGill smiled and nodded at witnesses before his execution — including an Associated Press reporter who heard the killer say: "I'm going home soon."…
After 5 decades and 600 executions, these are the last words on Texas’ death row
An NBC News analysis of every final statement shows that some convey a readiness to die. Others are defiant. And many seek salvation.…
Iran pushed global executions to a 44-year high in 2025 — more than doubling the number of people it killed in 2024
Iran carried out at least 2,159 of the approximately 2,707 executions recorded worldwide last year, according to Amnesty International.…
Death penalty rates at 40-year high globally, Amnesty International says
A crackdown in Iran drove a surge in the number of people executed worldwide in 2025, but China remains the "leading executioner," human rights group Amnesty International says.…
'This may be the last time you hear my voice': Political executions surge in Iran since start of war
Iran doubled executions in 2025 as global death penalty use hit 44-year high
Iran executed more than twice as many people last year as it did in 2024, according to a new report by Amnesty International.…
Death sentences and executions on the rise worldwide
'This may be the last time you hear my voice': Political executions surge in Iran since start of war
Since the US and Israel attacked Iran on 28 February, the UN says it’s verified the execution of at least 32 political prisoners.…
Executions nearly doubled in the U.S. last year, and soared abroad
The number of people killed in state-sanctioned executions worldwide rose to a 44-year high in 2025, according to a new report from Amnesty International.…
'Staggering' Iran toll drives up global executions to their highest since 1981, says Amnesty International
In 2025, at least 2,707 people were executed globally, and of these cases, 2,159 were in Iran, Amnesty International said on Sunday. The UK-based rights group, among others, has no…
Iran-Israel war LIVE: 'Staggering' Iran toll drives up global executions: Amnesty
Iran Israel war LIVE updates: 'Staggering' Iran toll drives up executions, says amnesty…
‘Staggering’ Iran toll drives up global executions: Amnesty
Of the 2,707 confirmed executions globally in 2025, 2,159 were in Iran. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.…
Iran has executed 21, arrested 4,000 since start of Iran war: UN
The organisation said many are victims of forced disappearances, torture or inhumane treatment. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.…
North Korea’s executions for watching K-dramas, foreign content surge during Covid-19: report
A new report reveals that the number of people executed for consuming South Korean cultural content surged by 250 per cent during the pandemic.…
Mistral AI launches Workflows, a Temporal-powered orchestration engine already running millions of daily executions
North Korean executions rose dramatically during COVID-19, report shows
Death penalty cases related to foreign culture, religion and 'superstition' jumped by 250% after the country closed its borders, the report showed.…