Tennessee prisons official resigns after Christa Pike’s failed US execution
The state’s governor said Frank Strada would step down as an independent review examines what went wrong.
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Christa Pike seeks firing squad, not lethal injection: Inside US executions
Women make up about 1 percent of US executions. How do states put people to death, and why is it contested?
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The case for the US going back to the firing squad
John Malcolm of the Meese Institute tells Global News Insight that the US should ‘go back to a firing squad’.
Published On 9 Sep 2026
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Who is Wassim al-Assad, sentenced to death for Syria war atrocities?
The latest sentence against Wassim al-Assad comes a week after ousted President Bashar al-Assad was sentenced to death
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Ben-Gvir calls for nightly killings of Palestinians in Gaza
Israel’s far-right national security minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has called for nightly killings in Gaza.
Published On 16 Aug 2026
Three US states to hold executions on same day for first time since 2010
The last three executions on the same day happened 16 years ago, in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas.
Lebanon ends executions: Where does the death penalty still exist in 2026?
Three-quarters of the world has abolished the death penalty in law or in practice, according to Amnesty International.
Lebanon parliament votes to end death penalty, 1st in Middle East to do so
Death sentences will be replaced with life imprisonment with aggravated hard labour.
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Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping Easter bombings
Sri Lanka sentences two officials to death for not stopping 2019 Easter bombings.
Published On 1 Aug 2026
Iran reappoints a familiar face to powerful post during Khamenei funeral
The judiciary chief has emphasised the need to avenge Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and prosecute foreign ‘aggressors’.
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine opposes death penalty, reversing past support
Support for capital punishment has steadily declined in the United States, with several states rolling back its use.
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