Several senior members of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime have called for the country to bring back the death penalty following Friday's attack on a Moscow concert hall.

The Democratic Republic of Congo has restored capital punishment, particularly for treason and "banditry", as it deals with increased rebel attacks in the volatile east.

Prosecutors on Thursday sought the death penalty for a man charged over a 2019 arson attack on an anime studio that killed 36 people, Japan's deadliest crime in decades, reports said. Shinji Aoba, who nearly died from burns he sustained, has admitted to starting the fire at Kyoto Animation and faces five charges, including murder,…

Bodies canvassing for the abolishment of death penalty for capital offenders in the country have commenced comprehensive training for Nigerian lawyers to increase their commitment to pro bono legal services.

At least 64 people currently face execution in Saudi Arabia, including nine who were minors when they were charged, a rights group said on Friday.

Indian police have arrested four men accused of parading two women naked in front of a mob in a northeastern state where months of ethnic violence have left at least 120 dead.

The issue of the death penalty has continued to stimulate emotions around the world, particularly in Nigeria. This is because while some countries have abolished the death sentence for all crimes, Nigeria is one of the countries that still retain the use of death sentence as punishment for grievous crimes.

Kano State Security Council has proposed death penalty for phone snatchers, stressing that the act is akin to armed robbery, hence any individual or group caught in the act should be treated as such.

hough some countries have cancelled death penalty as punishment for some highly criminal offences, Nigeria still retains it...