The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) commended Vietnam’s National Assembly on Friday for its decision to abolish the death penalty for eight criminal offenses while also ...

Vietnam’s 15th National Assembly on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to abolish the death penalty for eight categories of criminal offenses: embezzlement, bribery, counterfeiting medicines, espionage, ...

Virginia's Democratic Gov. Ralph Northam supports abolishing the death penalty, and after the Senate's vote on Wednesday, said he looks forward to signing the bill.

Under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida has executed more people so far this year than any other state, setting a new ...

Vietnam will remove the death penalty for eight offences from next month, including embezzlement and activities aimed at overthrowing the government, parliament said on Wednesday, sparing the life ...

Michigan became the first English-speaking government to abolish the death penalty for murder in 1845, followed by Wisconsin in 1848 [7]. However, many states later reinstated the practice.

The abolition of the mandatory death penalty removed the compulsory sentence for 11 offences, including murder and terrorism, allowing judges the discretion to impose alternative punishments such as ...

The 2001 execution of South African Mariette Bosch remains emblematic of Botswana’s clandestine approach. Bosch was hanged ...

The National Assembly, the country’s lawmaking body, unanimously ratified the amendment to the Criminal Code earlier on Wednesday to abolish the death penalty for the crimes, it said in a ...