Capital punishment

US government orders first executions since 2003
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US & Canada
Posted
26 July 2019
Sri Lanka hires first two hangmen in 43 years
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Asia
Posted
29 June 2019
Five murders, six men and 16 years of stolen lives
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India
Posted
24 June 2019
Iraq court sentences French IS members to death
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Middle East
Posted
27 May 2019
Death sentence for French drug smuggler
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Asia
Posted
20 May 2019
'Execution' of Iranian teenagers condemned
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Middle East
Posted
2 May 2019
China sentences second Canadian to death
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China
Posted
30 April 2019
Saudi prisoner 'executed and crucified'
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Middle East
Posted
23 April 2019
Global executions 'fall almost a third'
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World
Posted
10 April 2019
Texas bans chaplains from execution rooms
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US & Canada
Posted
4 April 2019
US inmate has 'no right to painless death'
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US & Canada
Posted
1 April 2019
California governor halts executions
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US & Canada
Posted
13 March 2019
Two men arrested at Texas execution
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US & Canada
Posted
2 March 2019
‘The hangman was too tired to hang me – three times’
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Stories
Posted
21 February 2019
The Documentary Podcast. Malawi: Life After Death Row. Audio, 27 minutes
A ground-breaking re-sentencing project has changed the fates of more than 100 inmates
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BBC World Service
Available for over a year
Sri Lanka advertises for 'moral' hangmen
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Asia
Posted
13 February 2019
US court stays execution over imam row
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US & Canada
Posted
7 February 2019
Chinese car-share killer to be executed
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Technology
Posted
1 February 2019
China's 'crystal meth godfather' executed
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China
Posted
17 January 2019
Canadian's death sentence 'horrific'
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China
Posted
15 January 2019
US inmate chooses electric chair death
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US & Canada
Posted
7 December 2018
'Sultan of Coins' executed in Iran
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Middle East
Posted
14 November 2018