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Oklahoma set to execute man for 20-year-old home invasion-murder case
Grissom, 56, faces lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, marking the state's first execution of 2025.
Published on Mar 20, 2025 08:31 PM IST
AP |
USA: Florida man scheduled for first execution of 2025 for double murder
James Dennis Ford, convicted of murdering a couple in front of their toddler, is set for execution in Florida on Thursday
Published on Feb 13, 2025 12:28 PM IST
AP |
Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
Iraq arrests former security official over execution of Shiite cleric who opposed Saddam Hussein
Published on Feb 01, 2025 12:28 AM IST
AP |
China executes man for killing 35 people in deadly car rampage in Zhuhai
The 62-year-old man deliberately drove a small SUV through crowds of people exercising outside a sports complex on November 11, 2024.
Published on Jan 20, 2025 02:08 PM IST
AFP |
Iran executed over 900 people, including dozens of women, in 2024: UN
Most executions were for drug-related offences, but political dissidents and people connected with mass protests in 2022 were also amonb victims, UN said.
Published on Jan 07, 2025 07:59 PM IST
Reuters |
Saudi Arabia executes over 100 foreigners this year so far: Report
According to Amnesty International, Saudi Arabia executed the third-highest number of prisoners across the world after China and Iran in 2023.
Published on Nov 17, 2024 06:14 PM IST
AFP | HT News Desk
Richard Branson condemns execution of Marcellus Williams: ‘Shameful day’
Though Williams was convicted of Gayle's murder in 2001 after testimony from 22 witnesses, many have demanded his death sentence be called off
Published on Sep 25, 2024 10:37 PM IST
Arya Vaishnavi
Missouri inmate's lawyers seek Supreme Court intervention hours before his planned execution
Missouri inmate's lawyers seek Supreme Court intervention hours before his planned execution
Published on Sep 25, 2024 12:07 AM IST
AP |
Alabama Supreme Court authorises third nitrogen gas execution
A third person is set to be executed by nitrogen gas, Alabama authorised, months after putting a person to death with the previously untested method.
Published on Aug 15, 2024 09:32 PM IST
AP | | Posted by Shweta Kukreti
Iran executes 29, a day after protester's hanging: rights group
Norway-based Iran Human Rights said 26 men were executed in Ghezelhesar Prison in Karaj outside Tehran, while three other men were executed in Karaj's prison.
Updated on Aug 08, 2024 12:32 AM IST
AFP |
"Implementation and execution": Bowling coach Paras Mhambrey reveals India's mantra for success against Australia
As India prepare to take on Australia in the clash of cricketing heavyweights at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium on Monday, the bowling coach said that the "implementation of plans" against the Aussies will play a big role.
Published on Jun 24, 2024 04:03 AM IST
ANI |
Missouri governor turns down clemency for inmate facing execution on Tuesday
Missouri governor turns down clemency for inmate facing execution on Tuesday
Updated on Jun 11, 2024 01:50 AM IST
AP |
Who is Alan Eugene Miller? Alabama court authorises second nitrogen execution
Alabama has authorized the execution of a second inmate by nitrogen gas, months after the state became the first state to put a person to death.
Published on May 04, 2024 03:48 PM IST
AP |
Poll code can’t come in the way of judicial orders, rules Punjab and Haryana HC
In the case at hand, the adjournment was sought in February from the high court to comply with an order whereby a candidate was to be issued an appointment letter for the post of a male constable.
Updated on Apr 26, 2024 09:04 AM IST
HT Correspondent, Chandigarh
Georgia set to resume executions after a 4-year pause due to Covid
In April 2021, the state attorney general's office entered into an agreement with attorneys for death row prisoners to suspend executions.
Published on Mar 11, 2024 11:29 PM IST
AP |
Idaho fails to execute serial killer Thomas Creech after 10 failed attempts
Idaho's botched execution of nation's longest-serving death row inmate, Thomas Creech, as medical team fails to find suitable veins for lethal injection.
Published on Feb 29, 2024 06:35 AM IST
Kim Kardashian and Texas death row inmate Ivan Cantu connection explained
Kim Kardashian, who has been advocating for several inmates over the years, has appealed to Texas Governor Greg Abbott to save Ivan Cantu.
Updated on Feb 28, 2024 06:29 PM IST
Shweta Kukreti
Alabama AG says nitrogen gas execution was ‘textbook’, vows to use it again
Alabama's attorney general, Steve Marshall, said 43 other inmates sentenced to death in Alabama have urged execution by nitrogen hypoxia.
Updated on Jan 27, 2024 07:42 PM IST
Shweta Kukreti
UN rights chief on first nitrogen gas execution in US: ‘May amount to torture’
UN rights chief said, “I deeply regret the execution of Kenneth Eugene Smith in Alabama.”
Published on Jan 26, 2024 02:22 PM IST
AFP |
Supreme Court declines to halt first US nitrogen-gas execution in Alabama case
Alabama's gassing method - called nitrogen hypoxia - was designed to deprive Smith of oxygen by placing mask connected to a cylinder of nitrogen over his face.
Published on Jan 25, 2024 02:00 AM IST
Reuters |
Alabama to carry out US' 1st nitrogen gas execution despite warning, here's why
UN called on Alabama to halt Smith’s execution scheduled for 25-26 January, “and to refrain from taking steps towards any other executions in this manner”.
Updated on Jan 22, 2024 04:51 PM IST
Shweta Kukreti
Federal judge says Alabama can carry out nation's 1st execution using nitrogen gas; appeal likely
Federal judge says Alabama can carry out nation's 1st execution using nitrogen gas; appeal likely
Updated on Jan 11, 2024 08:26 AM IST
PTI |
Iran hangs nine convicted drug traffickers: Report
Iran lies on a major opium-smuggling route between Afghanistan and Europe and has one of the world's highest rates of domestic opiate use.
Published on Jan 02, 2024 06:43 PM IST
AFP |
Swedish citizen faces Iran execution 'shortly', warns UN
Djalali was sentenced to death in 2017 on espionage charges that have been denounced as baseless by Stockholm and his supporters.
Published on Dec 23, 2023 07:45 PM IST
AFP |
Double murderer executed in US state of Oklahoma
Phillip Hancock, 59, was executed at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, a spokeswoman for the state's Department of Corrections said.
Updated on Dec 01, 2023 11:11 AM IST
AFP |
New Parliament should pave way for renewed democracy
As India gets ready to embrace a new temple for democracy, Modi deserves accolades for recognising the need for a new Parliament
Updated on Sep 19, 2023 12:47 AM IST
Saudi Arabia executes US man for killing Egyptian father: Report
The death sentence for Bishoy Sharif Naji Naseef was carried out in the Riyadh region, the official Saudi Press Agency said.
Published on Aug 16, 2023 11:52 PM IST
AFP |
Police need to be sensitised about hate speeches: SC
The Supreme Court observed that while the definition of what constitutes hate speech is complex, there is a bigger problem of execution at the ground level
Updated on Aug 05, 2023 02:15 PM IST
Abraham Thomas
First time in 20 years, Singapore executes a woman convict for selling 30g drug
She was convicted of trafficking "not less than 30.72 grams" of heroin, more than twice the volume that merits the death penalty in Singapore.
Updated on Jul 28, 2023 12:28 PM IST
AFP |
Iran hangs Iranian-Swedish man over 2018 attack killing 25
Farajollah Cha’ab, also known as Habib Asyoud, had been a leader of the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz, an Arab separatist movement
Published on May 06, 2023 02:07 PM IST
AP |
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