Vatsa was summarily executed alongside nine others by the Babangida government over allegations of coup plotting.

The move could affect plans to execute two prisoners in March. "This case has always been about Louisiana’s execution ...

Volker Türk said Tuesday that his office "confirmed cases of summary execution of children by M23 after they entered the city ...

The M23 armed group has summarily executed children in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the United Nations said on Tuesday.The UN rights office warned the situation in eastern DRC was ...

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Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry announced the state will resume executions after a 15-year hiatus, potentially using the ...

“On one level, this seems designed to invite courts to push back because much of it is illegal and the overall message is a boundless view of executive power,” said Jack Goldsmith, a Harvard ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCSC) - A federal district court denied a motion from a death row inmate to halt his execution which is set for Friday night. Marion Bowman Jr., 44, filed a motion for a preliminary ...

TWO political prisoners are set to be barbarically executed in Iran after being thrown in prison on trumped-up charges. Insiders say paranoid Iranian leaders are hellbent on ramping up repression ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed a raft of executive orders, including one proclaiming that the United States will only recognize “two sexes, male and female”—a move ...