New Delhi/Belgaum: The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the execution of two death row convicts in Karnataka scheduled for on Thursday even as one of them allegedly attempted to commit suicide in ja

An obese death row inmate in the US state of Ohio has asked a court for a stay of execution, saying lethal injection would be 'torturous and lingering' due to his weight.

Ronald Post, 53, was convic

An African American man diagnosed with mental retardation will be executed on July 18 for killing a fellow prisoner, his lawyer said.

Warren Hill was sentenced to death in the southeastern state of G

Ohio on Wednesday executed a man for fatally stabbing the 15-year-old son of his former employers during a 1985 farmhouse burglary, marking the state's first execution in six months and signaling a po

Islamabad, Nov. 20: The Pakistan President, Mr Asif Ali Zardari, has stayed the execution of a Christian woman who was sentenced to death on charges of blasphemy.

The woman, Ms Aasia Bibi, was give