Death penalty
Six French Islamic State suspects could face death penalty as Iraqi court opens trial
The defendants were among 47 French Islamic State detainees transferred from prisons in northeast Syria last year as part of a broader relocation process overseen by US forces and Iraqi authorities.
‘Last Breath’: The campaign giving Iran’s condemned a face and a name
'Blow to Israel's security': Ben-Gvir slams High Court directive allowing Nukhba terrorists visits
Egyptian broadcaster and influencer sentenced to death after gang, drug convictions
Vietnam court sentences 11 to death in major drug trafficking case, state media reports
The Ho Chi Minh City People's Court handed down the death sentences to 11 defendants convicted of drug trafficking in a case that involved 227 accused people in total.
Defendant pleads not guilty in Charlie Kirk murder case as judge allows death penalty
Robinson faces seven charges, among them aggravated murder for endangering the lives of others at the event. That count carries the death penalty in Utah.
Iranian regime sentences 10 January protesters to death, six others receive 25 years in prison
According to rights groups' claims, more than 500 people have been killed by the regime since the protests erupted in January.
Accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ordered to stand trial at Guantanamo in 2028
Schrama rejected the prosecutors' proposal to open the trial in January 2027, saying that would leave too little time for the "resolution of pretrial evidentiary and compliance motions."
Supporting the death penalty: Where Israel and Hezbollah interests align - opinion
After 22 years without an execution in Lebanon, its Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty, making it the first Arab country in the Middle East to scrap capital punishment formally.
Ben-Gvir’s gallows spectacle gives Israel’s enemies ammunition- comment
Ben-Gvir said the facility would include viewing booths, just like those in the US , for the families of terror victims.
Ben-Gvir unveils hanging facility, viewing booths for terrorists in Israeli prison
The Death Penalty for Terrorists law was passed by the Knesset plenum in March and later added to the West Bank's security regulations by IDF Central Command chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth in May.
Israel should kill ‘30-40’ Gazans every night, Ben-Gvir says on ex-hostage’s podcast
"I think that we need to do targeted strikes in Gaza every night, take out 30, 40 - not just those who endanger us in that moment," Ben-Gvir said.
Iran executes man convicted of running over police during January protests
Shahram Sadeghi was accused of driving a car into police officers in Karaj on January 8, injuring seven officers, one of whom was reportedly left in a coma for three months.
Lebanon's parliament votes to abolish death penalty, Hezbollah votes against bill
The legislation will now go before Lebanon’s cabinet before being submitted to President Joseph Aoun for approval.
