Letters: The death penalty diminishes us all

Capital punishment is a dirty, rotten, stinking, nasty business. And we ought not be engaged in it. It is a remnant of a retrograde mentality. Long ago, the argument for its deterrence value went bankrupt for lack of proof. Thus, its only remaining …

DR Congo repatriates three Americans who faced death penalty over failed coup attempt

CNN  —  Three Americans have been transferred to the United States after their death sentences over a foiled deadly coup were commuted to life imprisonment last week by Congolese authorities, in the wake of talks with US government officials. The Americans …

Robert Badinter will enter the Pantheon on October 9, the symbolic date of the abolition of the death penalty.

Former Minister of Justice Robert Badinter will be inducted into the Pantheon on October 9, the anniversary of the enactment of the law he introduced in 1981 to abolish the death penalty in France. The announcement was confirmed on Tuesday, April 8, by the …

Migrant soccer coach accused of murdering child player could face death penalty

Activists decry govt’s ‘double standard’ on death penalty

uman rights advocates have denounced the government’s “double standard” on capital punishment, following a recent report that revealed its ongoing tendency to hand down the death penalty, while simultaneously repatriating a number of death row convicts to …

Government drafts Bill to update death penalty procedures: Minister

Jakarta (ANTARA) - The government is currently preparing a Bill on the Implementation of the Death Penalty as a derivative regulation of the Indonesian Criminal Code (KUHP), which will take effect on January 2, 2026. Coordinating Minister for Law, Human …

‘Bobby’s Law’ aims to create minimum penalty for fatal DUIs

A bill to create a sentencing minimum for some fatal DUIs in Montana has cleared the state House by wide margins and is poised to do the same in the Senate after passing an initial vote 45-5. Rep. Braxton Mitchell, R-Columbia Falls, is sponsoring House …

Hong Joon-pyo vows death penalty, court reform in bid

Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo is actively preparing for the upcoming presidential election by announcing a series of policy pledges.   On April 8, he emphasized the necessity of enforcing the death penalty for confirmed heinous criminals, stating, "To …

Court upholds death penalty in Dilsukhnagar bomb blast case; dismisses appeals

Hyderabad: In a significant judgment, the HC on Tuesday delivered a sensational verdict in the Dilsukhnagar bomb blast case, reaffirming the death penalty for all five convicts. The blasts, which shook the nation on February 21, 2013, claimed 18 lives and …

2013 Hyderabad Blasts: TG HC upholds death penalty to 5 convicts

Hyderabad: The Telangana High Court on Tuesday upheld a trial court's verdict handing out death penalty to five senior operatives of banned terror outfit, Indian Mujahideen, involved in a bomb blast that left 18 people killed in 2013. A bench of …