The move, one official said, would help the country extradite suspects from abroad. It would also spare the life of a ...

Truong My Lan had her appeal against the death penalty dismissed last year as she scrambled to repay billions of dollars, but ...

Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at ...

Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly ...

Minister Ninh noted that Vietnam has steadily reduced the number of capital crimes over the years: from 44 in the 1985 Penal ...

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If it’s left to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, who recently made an unprecedented intervention in the case, Roberson ...

The high-profile assassination of a top Minnesota lawmaker and her husband could bring about a form of punishment outlawed in ...