A Chinese couple was executed for killing the man's two children from a previous marriage. Lovers threw young children out of an apartment window to start a new family together, reports NewYorkPost. Zhang Bo and his girlfriend Ye Chengchen lost their lives on January 31 as a result of an injection after...
Alabama will become the first state to execute prisoners using nitrogen gas, FoxNews reports. Alabama joins Oklahoma and Mississippi in allowing nitrogen hypoxia as a form of execution, although no state has yet attempted it. By…
An American couple faces the death penalty in Uganda on charges of child trafficking and torturing one of their three adopted children. The New York Post writes about it. Nicholas Spencer and his wife Mackenzie Lee Matthias Spencer, both 32 years old, are in custody ...
A man on death row in Texas asked for a stay of execution so he could donate a kidney before he died. The Independent writes about it. The idea came to 39-year-old prisoner Ramiro Gonzalez in a correspondence with Michael Zusman, a well-known opponent of the death penalty and a former prison…
A Chinese court has sentenced US citizen Shadid Abdulmatin to death for the deliberate murder of his girlfriend. Voice of America writes about it. The court found that in 2021, the American Shadid Abdulmatin inflicted several stab wounds on a 21-year-old girl, mainly in the face and…
Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev announced the possible return of the death penalty for citizens in Russia. The publication "Ukrainian Truth" told in more detail. On February 25, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe decided to suspend the right of the Russian Federation to be represented in two bodies of the Council of Europe - ...
A Texas nurse was found guilty of murder and sentenced to death in connection with the deaths of four patients. They died after he injected them with air after heart surgery, writes NBC News. The Smith County Jury has deliberated...
The decision was caused by a shortage of drugs for lethal injections, Voice of America reports. South Carolina passed a law requiring death row inmates to choose between firing squad, a newly introduced method of execution, and the electric chair. The state's Republican governor, Henry McMaster, signed the law into law...
A Republican lawmaker in Texas has introduced a bill that would allow the death penalty for women who have abortions. The Hill told us more. “Today I filed HB 3326 to end abortion in Texas,” Texas Rep. Brian Slayton tweeted. "Bill…
Condemned to death Brandon Bernard was executed in Indiana after the US Supreme Court rejected a pardon petition. The BBC reported in more detail. Bernard was 40 years old. He was convicted back in 1999 for a murder he committed when he was ...