Death penalty

Christa Pike has corresponded with me for over a year. She is not a monster - opinion

Christa and I have been communicating regularly via a messaging system on her prison table for over a year. Her experience is proof that she and other guilty individuals on death row are not monsters

A picture taken on December 4, 2007 shows death row inmate Christa Pike entering a Knox County Criminal Court in Knoxville, Tennessee, US., obtained by Reuters on September 30, 2026.
US President Donald Trump listens to a reporters question in the Oval Office at the White House on September 28, 2026 in Washington, DC.; illustrative

Military execution of Foot Hood gunman will not be livestreamed, Trump says

In this photo released by the Bell County Sheriff's Office, U.S. Maj. Nidal Hasan, the Army psychiatrist who is charged with murder in the Fort Hood shootings, is seen in a booking photo after being moved to the Bell County Jail on April 9, 2010 in Belton, Texas; illustrative

Retired US military officers urge government to cancel livestream of Fort Hood shooter's execution

Ali Sina Mostafavi, executed by the Islamic Republic on Wednesday.

Iran executes monarchist accused of supporting Israel, Reza Pahlavi


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.

A court building, where six French nationals accused of belonging to Islamic State are standing trial, in Baghdad, Iraq, September 20, 2026.

‘Last Breath’: The campaign giving Iran’s condemned a face and a name

This year, more than 950 people have been executed in Iran, including at least 29 people arrested in connection with January’s protests. Months later, scores are still at risk of execution.

A demonstrator wears a sticker over her mouth with the words "no execution" during a silent march denouncing the Iranian government's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic, in Paris on January 31, 2026.

'Blow to Israel's security': Ben-Gvir slams High Court directive allowing Nukhba terrorists visits

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said the High Court directive allowing visits to Nukhba terrorists would directly harm Israel’s security deterrence.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a National Security committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 31, 2025.

Egyptian broadcaster and influencer sentenced to death after gang, drug convictions

Sara Khalifa, 39, was convicted along with 11 other members of the criminal organization after authorities uncovered drug laboratories hidden in two apartments in Egypt’s capital.

Sara Khalifa

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.

Former police officer Ha Minh Duc (L) and Nguyen Van Hung (2nd R) are seen during a hearing at the People's Court in Hanoi on July 1, 2025. A Vietnam court sentenced 11 people to death on July 2, including two police officers, after finding them guilty of trafficking drugs over the border from Laos.

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.

 Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, appears during a hearing in Fourth District Court in Provo, Utah, US, December 11, 2025.

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.

People walk past a banner with a picture of the late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad Pakpour, in Tehran Bazaar, Iran, April 21, 2026

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."

 THE TWIN Towers burn

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. 

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir showcases an execution facility for the hanging of convicted terrorists being built within the already-constructed death row prisoner wing in central Israel, August 18, 2026.

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.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends a House committee meeting at the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament in Jerusalem on, June 8, 2026.