Death sentence

Sowell had been found guilty of murdering 11 people and disposing of the bodies on his Columbus, Ohio property.

Jones was sentenced to death nearly 20 years ago, despite many criticizing the way that his case was handled. Kardashian West and other celebrities have spoken out against his sentencing.

The former army chief and president was sentenced to death Monday in absentia by a 2-1 special court decision.

"He has to be careful. They may think: 'Here's this rich guy who got caught and the president can't get him out so why is he more special than us?'"

Respicius Mtazangira, 51, was found guilty of killing pupil Sperius Eradius, 14, by a high court this week.

Australian man Luke Cook and his wife Kanyarat Wechapitak were allegedly involved in a criminal network.

The attack in Tokyo's subway killed 13 people and injured 6,000 others.

Live video footage proved that young students, in their school uniforms, were in attendance.

2016 is likely to see a record-low number of new death sentences nationwide.

Social media defies the Saudi government, repeating claims likening the Kingdom's methods it ISIS's

Since the ruling on November 17, artists across the world have denounced the sentence handed to the Palestinian poet and artist.

Gallup found that 61 percent of U.S. adults support the execution of a person convicted of murder.

An Oklahoma Court granted the death row inmate a stay to give itself time to consider new evidence.

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a federal jury in May.

The Connecticut Supreme Court barred the state from executing 11 prisoners currently on death row.

Other infamous convicts, including the "Shoe Bomber," also are housed at the Colorado prison.

The move was expected from his legal team following his conviction and sentencing earlier this year.

Like many states, the feds are having trouble getting the killer drugs.

Assistant U.S. Attorney said the ethnic Chechen had turned against his adopted country.

Jakarta resists international pressure and orders executions of drug traffickers, including two Australians, to proceed.

Since the 1970s, 1,407 people have been executed and 152 have been exonerated from death row.

The U.S. carried out the fifth most executions in 2014, a new report shows.

A First Amendment lawsuit is hoping to expose the cruel barbarity of the death penalty.

Capital punishment was repealed in the state nearly two years ago

An international campaign couldn't save Reyhaneh Jabbari, who was hanged on Saturday after failing to win a reprieve from the family

Mariam Yahya Ibrahim's sentence and detention for converting from Islam to Christianity triggered international outrage