Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the ...

Hideki Makihara defended Japan's use of capital punishment, despite debate sparked ... FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. Makihara's stance has been largely ...

Infographic showing the number of people ... 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment, two human rights groups said on Thursday. Norway-based Iran Human ...

Capital punishment is vengeance rather than retribution and, as such, is a morally dubious concept The anticipatory suffering of the criminal, who may be kept on death row for many years ...

The UNHCR report raised concerns that Japan's use of capital punishment might contravene ... analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. It also called Japan's method ...

Capital punishment is the death penalty. It is illegal in the UK. It was abolished for the crime of murder in 1965. It was then abolished for all crimes in 1998. In 2004 the UK agreed not to ...