[1] The most notorious death execution in BC was about 399 BC when the Greek philosopher Socrates was required to drink poison for heresy and corruption of youth.[2] Mosaic Law codified many ...

The Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), set up by the Committee of Ministers end 1976, conducts the intergovernmental work of the Council of Europe in the human rights field in the light, in ...

There are scores of young offenders on death row in Iran, and the authorities are continuing to sentence them to death. Girls as young as nine can be sentenced to execution; for boys it’s 15. At least ...

And it’s fallen dramatically around the rest of the world too. In Europe and Central Asia, the only country carrying out an execution was Belarus, carrying out one in total. Globally, carried out an ...

(KTEN) — The execution date for convicted killer George John Hanson has been set for June 12. He will be put to death by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester for the ...

Admitting that there is a crisis currently ongoing in Bollywood, Randeep Hooda stated that there are many reasons behind it. Pointing out that films have become formulaic, he added, “There’s a lot of ...

A man who has been sentenced to death has had his lawyers question the execution method. Michael Tanzi, 48, is currently on Death Row for the Florida murder of a woman in 2000. Now, the man’s legal ...

Scottish Sailor Alexander Hamilton (not the guy the musical is about) wrote an account of an execution by elephant carried out in what was then Siam, now Thailand, in his 1727 book A New Account ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Pointing to his obesity and other medical conditions, lawyers for Death Row inmate Michael Tanzi are trying to halt his scheduled April 8 execution by arguing that using the ...

‘Kesari Chapter 2’ box office collection day 2: Akshay Kumar, Madhavan's courtroom drama witnesses a growth, inches towards Rs. 20 crore mark When Faisal Khan claimed he was kidnapped, given ...

A man who was handed the death penalty for the killing of a cop, as well as a store clerk, has chosen an unconventional way to complete his sentence. The execution of death row inmate Mikal Mahdi, of ...

A second death row inmate has chosen to die by a rarely used execution method - just weeks after it was used for the first time in 15 years. Now, a second man has chosen to die with the same ...