In this series, we are looking at how the nation’s capital wound up with its record on crime, how it affects its standing in the world, and what can be done to turn the problem around.

Do humans have the right to judge and kill other humans? This program includes a history of capital punishment around the world through documentary footage and commentary. The electric chair ...

Capital punishment is still a polarizing topic in the United States. However, the practice has been long outlawed in various ...

Zimbabwe has officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law a bill on Tuesday which will commute sentences of around 60 prisoners on death row to jail time.

According to Amnesty International Japan, 144 of the 199 nations and territories in the world had abandoned or suspended capital punishment as of the end of 2023. (This article was written by ...

death penalty no longer serves its purpose The advocacy to abolish capital punishment around the world has, over the years, gained traction and made progress with about 170 States abolishing or ...

Her focus is reporting on abortion rights, race, education, sexual abuse and capital punishment ... and argued that USAID's work saves lives around the world and that shuttering it would be ...

Iran executed at least 975 people last year in a "horrifying escalation" of its use of capital punishment ... who say that Iran is the world's most prolific executioner after China, accuse ...

chanting slogans against capital punishment. Videos shared on social media on Wednesday show prominent activists, including Narges Mohammadi, Sedigheh Vasmaghi, Alieh Motallebzadeh, Kambiz ...

The government has retained capital punishment partly based on its opinion polls. The one conducted in 2019 found that more than 80 percent of respondents said the death penalty is “unavoidable.” ...

This was a key attitude behind capital ... or led around the town wearing a Scold's Bridle – a heavy iron cage for the head with a tongue iron in the mouth. The different punishment for women ...