Vietnam applies the death penalty to 22 offences, including murder, armed robbery, drug smuggling, crimes against children, ...

Reprinted with permission of the publisher.] As far back as the Ancient Laws of China, the death penalty has been established as a punishment for crimes. In the 18th Century BC, the Code of King ...

Stuart Tibaweswa for The New York Times The law also allows for the death penalty for anyone convicted of “aggravated homosexuality,” a sweeping term defined as acts of same-sex relations with ...

For the second consecutive year, a bill seeking to remove the death penalty from Delaware’s constitution is up for debate in ...

Maintaining a system that risks killing the innocent along with the guilty is itself a crime — and one that underscores the ...

Crimes punishable by death include murder, rape and drugs offenses but also more vaguely worded charges like "corruption on earth" and "rebellion" which activists say are used against dissidents.