A woman who gave birth while imprisoned on death row has been executed by hanging, according to reports. Asma Zarei, 28, faced accusations of deliberately murdering her husband. Zarei, reportedly from ...

Alabama's plans to execute a death row inmate using nitrogen gas appeared to be thwarted Tuesday by a federal judge permanently blocking the state from using that method, declaring it violates the ...

The Iranian authorities accused the men of killing two police officers during anti-government protests in January. Human rights groups had raised concerns about the cases against them. By Yeganeh ...

After a botched execution attempt in 2024, Idaho lawmakers made death by firing squad the state's primary execution method. Lethal injection was first proposed in New York in the late 1800s, though ...