The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

Shinji Aoba has admitted starting fire but has pleaded not guilty, saying a psychological disorder makes him incapable of distinguishing between right and wrong

Twenty-four executions have been carried out in 2023 — five more than last year, the Death Penalty Information Center says. Meanwhile, 50% of Americans say the death penalty is applied unfairly.

India hopeful of positive outcome in Qatar death penalty case; appeals process underway. India is engaging with Qatar authorities and extending legal and consular assistance to the concerned families. Reports of appeals process cancellation were found to be “factually incorrect”.

That the parliamentary committee that examined the proposed criminal statute, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, has not made a recommendation to abolish the death penalty is disappointing

"During the custody battle [in Saudi Arabia], Ghassan AlHaidari accused Bethany of gender mixing, adultery, and insulting Islam and Saudi Arabia. Gender mixing, a punishable crime, entails having a male friend. To prove the charge of adultery, Ghassan submitted a photograph of Bethany with a male, who Ghassan claimed to…

Judge K. Soman awarded the death penalty to the accused Asafak Alam in the Aluva child rape and murder case, deeming it a ‘rarest of rare’ case. Prosecution established guilt on oral, documentary, digital, scientific and circumstantial evidence. The court noted the premeditated nature of the crime and the lack…

Whether through diplomatic dialogues, political interventions, legal appeals, or a blend of these strategies, India has the potential to seek a resolution in the case of the Naval officers awarded the death penalty

Kochi's Asafak Alam is 1st convict to receive death penalty in Kerala this yr; Lablu Hussain, Nino Mathew, Amer-ul-Islam also sentenced to death for brutal murders. Nirbhaya case influenced conviction in Perumbavoor case, where victim sustained 51 wounds resisting sexual attack.

The proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 has increased the number of crimes which can attract the death penalty from 11 to 15