capital punishment

Virginia Grants Death Row Inmates with New Privileges

By Kanika Gupta - Oct 19, 2015 11:48 AM EDT

Virginia Attorney General Mark also agreed that the condition of prisoners is now significantly more progressive than other states that follow capital punishment

Activists Slam Saudi Arabia's Record For Executions

By R. Siva Kumar - May 09, 2015 07:22 PM EDT

Five foreigners were recently beheaded publicly in Saudi Arabia's, which has shown a rise in the number of executions this year.

Arizona execution takes 2 hours

By Dustin M Braden - Jul 24, 2014 10:30 AM EDT

It took the state of Arizona nearly two hours to complete the execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood, enough time for his lawyers to file a petition for a stay of execution even though the lethal drugs had already been administered.

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