NEWS RELATED TO death-penalty

Africa

Zimbabwe abolishes the death penalty

World

German murdered: Thai biker receives death penalty, Germans get life

Opinion

Give freedom from suffering

World

Iraq hangs eight convicted of ‘terrorism’: sources

World

Iran hangs two women as surge in executions intensifies – NGO

World

Singapore death row families urge end to executions

EDITOR'S CHOICE

South Africa Niehaus opens case after death threats: ‘He messed with the wrong man’

News Mchunu defends police officers killing criminals after Yanga ‘Bara’ Nyalara’s death

South Africa Crime stats: Murder cases decrease by 9.8% – four provinces ‘dominate criminality’ in SA

Crime Suspect linked to Zanzou nightclub assault and torture arrested in Yeoville

Opinion VAT hike rejected, but what’s the alternative?

News

Experts divided on new call for the death penalty

World

Singapore executes fifth prisoner this year for drug trafficking

Africa

Ghana parliament outlaws death penalty

World

Singapore to execute first woman in nearly 20 years – rights groups

World

Alabama executes murderer, first since 2022 botched lethal injections

World

Iran executions in May highest since 2015 – rights group

World

Condemnation as Iran hangs three linked to Amini protests

News

Recorded executions sitting at highest in five years, Amnesty reveals

World

Iran executes five over drug trafficking

World

UN says Iran executes on average more than ten people per week

World

Death penalty around the world

World

Malaysian MPs vote to axe mandatory death penalty

Iran orders death penalty for ‘kidnapped’ German national

US carries out first execution of a transgender person

Iran defies outcry with second protest execution

NFP calls for referendum on death penalty following mass shootings

Singapore to hang mentally disabled man next week – family

Sierra Leone formally abolishes ‘inhumane’ death penalty

World

Virginia becomes first southern state to abolish death penalty

Crime

Soweto family calls for death penalty after murder of grandmother, grandchildren

Death penalty in South Africa? Can we? Should we?

‘No,no, no,’ for death penalty, says Angie Motshekga

Crime

The EFF does not support the death penalty – Malema

Courts

The death of capital punishment in SA

News

Calls for the death penalty intensify… but is it an option?

ATM asks parly, Ramaphosa for death penalty referendum