Death Penalty
As Rape Protests Rock Bangladesh, A Survivor Explains How the Country Failed Its Women
“If women were given justice the proper way, we wouldn’t be here.”
'Shawshank Redemption’-Style Escape in Indonesia Sees Inmate Flee Through Sewer
Prison officials said this was Chinese drug trafficker Cai Changpan’s second successful escape.
'Man Down!': Inside the Deadly COVID-19 Outbreak at San Quentin
How a massive outbreak at California's San Quentin State Prison spread to death row, killing a dozen condemned prisoners.
Singapore Halts Planned Hanging of Drug Trafficker One Day Before Execution
The Southeast Asian country is one of only a handful globally to still execute people for drug-related offenses
Rights Groups Slam Singapore’s Planned Execution of Drug Trafficker
Capital punishment is still on the books in the Southeast Asian country.
The Only Native American on Death Row Was Just Executed Without His Tribe's Consent
For 17 years, the Navajo Nation and the victim’s family have publicly objected to Lezmond Mitchell’s sentence.
British DJ Faces Caning in Singapore for Drug Offences After Losing Appeal
Yuen Ye Ming faces 20 years of jail time and the maximum of 24 strokes of the cane in Singapore, where caning remains to be a form of judicial corporal punishment.
A Nigerian Singer Was Sentenced to Death for a WhatsApp Video
After the video was shared, protesters burned down his family home and his family disowned him.
China Just Sentenced a Third Canadian to Death for a Drug-Related Offence
The sentence was announced amid declining Canada-China relations. Tensions started in 2018 when Canada detained Meng Wanzhou of Huawei and have worsened since.
More Dead Bodies, Gov’t Takeovers: Duterte's Authoritarian Threats Continue
In his nearly two-hour State of the Nation Address riddled with contradictions and ironies, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte laid future plans to continue to exert his power against those he considers enemies.
The Federal Government Just Executed Someone for the First Time in 17 Years
Two additional executions have been scheduled for this week at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a decades-old informal ban.
The Trump Administration Was Just Blocked From Carrying Out the First Federal Execution in 17 Years
Daniel Lewis Lee, a 47-year-old former white supremacist, was set to die by lethal injection Monday afternoon.