North Korea executes 30 teens for watching K-dramas

North Korea reportedly executed around 30 teenagers for watching South Korean dramas earlier this month. The deceased, who were all middle s...

Singapore executes 1st woman in almost 20 years over 31 grams of heroin

A woman caught with narcotics in Singapore in 2018 was executed on Friday, making her the first woman the city-state has punished with the d...

Mel Gibson urges China to release Texas man on death row

Actor Mel Gibson has joined the call for the release of a Texas man currently on death row in China. The Academy Award-winning actor sent a ...

What it’s like for Singapore’s death row inmates in the days leading up to their execution

While facing execution is a daunting prospect under any circumstances, the conditions of death row confinement in Singapore underscore deepe...

Activists, family of man sentenced to death in Singapore over cannabis pleads for clemency

The family of Tangaraju Suppiah — who was convicted in Singapore of trafficking cannabis — and activists are pleading for clemency ahead of ...

Atlanta spa shooter’s death penalty hearings delayed to May

As the nation commemorates the second anniversary of the deadly Atlanta-area spa mass shootings, gunman Robert Aaron Long still faces the de...

Half Moon Bay shootings suspect charged with 7 murders

The man accused of two mass shootings in Half Moon Bay, California, on Monday has been charged with seven counts of murder and one count of ...

SCOTUS to decide whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to death

The Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) will rule on whether comedian Jeff Ross’ roast of a convicted murderer can be used to sentence him to...

Atlanta spa shooter’s death penalty trial delayed to 2023

Robert Aaron Long, who pleaded guilty to the Atlanta-area spa shootings of March 2021, will begin his death penalty trial in Fulton County ...

2 Vietnamese psychiatric patients sentenced to death for running drug operation out of hospital

Two men were sentenced to death on Aug. 31 for storing, facilitating, using and selling over 15 kilograms (33 pounds) of drugs at the Natio...

California OKs death penalty for notorious ’80s serial killer Charles Ng

The Supreme Court of California on Thursday upheld the death penalty for Charles Ng, a Hong Kong man convicted of killing 11 people during a...

Thai travelers risk death penalty if they bring weed into Indonesia; embassy warns against it

Although Thailand legalized marijuana earlier this month, its neighbor Indonesia warned travelers not to cross into the country with it, wh...

Singapore defends their execution of mentally disabled Malaysian man caught with 1.5 ounces of heroin

Singapore’s Central Narcotics Bureau and Attorney General’s Chambers issued separate statements defending the execution of the mentally dis...

Mentally disabled Malaysian man to be hanged after Singapore court dismisses final appeal

Singapore’s Supreme Court dismissed a Malaysian woman’s final challenge to her son’s death sentence, scheduled to be carried out on Wednesda...

Attorneys for Atlanta spa shootings suspect file motion to remove death penalty consideration

Robert Aaron Long’s defense attorneys filed more than two dozen motions in a Fulton County courtroom on Tuesday, including considerations t...