The change reflects growing recognition within the Vietnamese legislative system that capital punishment is not a ...

If convicted, they face the death penalty, or life imprisonment with whipping. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala and Honduras have signed agreements with the United States to potentially offer refuge to ...

By Alimat Aliyeva Starting next month, Vietnam will abolish the death penalty for a number of crimes, including financi ...

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President Trump said yesterday that he would speak with Iran “next week,” as the cease-fire between it and Israel entered a ...

The legal change is set to spare the life of the tycoon Truong My Lan, who was sentenced to death last year for her role in a ...

The high court has dealt a savage blow to due process and has rewarded the administration for defying court orders.

There are 144 countries that by practice or law, have abandoned the death penalty. There are 195 countries in the world. ... There are 27 states with the death penalty and 23 without.

Several organizations signed a joint statement on Wednesday, calling for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Commission on Narcotic Drugs (CND) to put an end to the use of ...

Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon ...