The Growing Gap Between the U.S. and the International Anti-Death-Penalty Consensus

Disused gallows in Smyrna prison, Delaware, 1991 In employing the death penalty, the U.S. insists it abides by international law. But it dec...

Pakistan to hang 'butcher of Swat' Muslim Khan

Muslim Khan was the face of the Swat Taliban for many months. A military court in Pakistan has sentenced a top Pakistani Taliban leader from...

Nigeria: Edo State Executes Three Inmates

December 23, 2016: Edo State government executed three death row inmates who were sentenced to death by military tribunals under the Robbery...

A Look at the 6 Inmates on US Military Death Row

U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas A look at the six inmates on U.S. military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, acc...

1916: Eric Poole, the first British officer shot at dawn during World War I

The Shot at Dawn Memorial, Staffordshire, UK A century ago today in the Great War, Second Lieutenant Eric Poole laid down his life at the c...