An Arizona prisoner is asking to be executed sooner than the state wants
An Arizona death row prisoner has asked the state’s highest court to skip legal formalities and schedule his execution earlier than authorities were aiming for ...
Righting a wrong, name by name − the Irei monument honors Japanese Americans imprisoned by the US government during World War II
Taking the project name “irei” from the Japanese phrase “to console the spirits of the dead,” the project was inspired by stone Buddhist monuments that the detainees built while incarcerated in ...
Zimbabwe abolishes death penalty almost 20 years after its last hanging
Zimbabwe has abolished the death penalty, a widely expected move in a country that last carried out the punishment nearly two decades ago ...
Japan sees no executions in 2024 for 2nd year in row, possibly linked to Hakamada acquittal
Japan is set to register no executions in 2024 for the second consecutive year, possibly affected by the high-profile ...
Japan’s ‘Black Widow’ death-row inmate dies
Tokyo – A Japanese death-row inmate, dubbed the “Black Widow” after she used cyanide to kill her elderly lovers, has died in ...
Editorial: Japan investigators show no remorse over wrongful conviction in 1966 murders
The Supreme Public Prosecutors Office and Shizuoka Prefectural Police recently released the findings of their review into the ...