A rapper in Iran who came to fame over his lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and criticizing the Islamic Republic has been reportedly sentenced to death
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners in an independence day amnesty
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan's death sentence is a pivotal moment in Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan's death sentence is a pivotal moment in Vietnam’s anti-corruption drive
A Haitian human rights group has released a new report that details the horrific violence unleashed this year by gangs who kill, rape and maim with impunity amid a political vacuum
The attack on a Moscow concert hall, the bloodiest assault on the Russian soil in two decades, appears to be setting the stage for an increasingly harsh response by President Vladimir Putin after his tightly orchestrated electoral landslide last...
A British court says Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty
A British court says Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the U.S. on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty,
Officials say a Pakistani court has sentenced a 22-year-old student to death and given a life sentence to a teenager after finding them guilty of insulting Islam’s Prophet Muhammad
A jury foreman over the death row case involving Ivan Cantu is saying he doesn't feel like the jury did receive a complete trial ahead of Cantu's execution. CNN's Jim Acosta speaks with Cantu's attorney hours before the scheduled execution.
The Taliban have held a public execution of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium
With days before his scheduled execution, Ivan Cantu maintains that he's innocent of the two murders that landed him on Texas' death row. In light of new evidence, Cantu is hoping for a new trial. CNN's Ed Lavandera reports.
A China-born Australian democracy blogger will not appeal his suspended death sentence imposed by a Beijing court, with his family saying a legal challenge would be detrimental to his welfare
A New York judge has spared Donald Trump a “corporate death penalty” ruling, but the business did get hit hard with bans and cash penalties
Alabama carried out the nation’s first execution using nitrogen gas
Australia says it is appalled at China’s suspended death sentence for Chinese Australian writer and democracy blogger Yang Hengjun
Iranian state media say authorities executed four men convicted of planning sabotage and alleged links with Israel’s Mossad secret service
CNN's Anna Coren speaks with Deborah Denno, a professor of law at Fordham Law School, about Alabama carrying out the first known execution with nitrogen gas in the U.S. and whether more states will follow.
Alabama Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm gives further explanation on death row inmate Kenneth Smith's shaking during his execution.
CNN's Isabel Rosales reports on the controversial decision to execute Alabama inmate Kenneth Smith using nitrogen gas.
A leading Catholic charity is making a last-minute appeal to the U.S. state of Alabama to halt a planned execution using nitrogen gas
