A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and ...

Taiwan's Constitutional Court issued a ruling on Friday upholding the legality of the death penalty, which is still imposed ...

The ruling reflects a compromise between international pressure for abolition and domestic support for harsh punishment to ...

The already dying capital punishment system could be eradicated much sooner if evangelical Christians would stop supporting ...

Campaigners against the death penalty have long argued that the practice, carried out by shooting an inmate in the heart from ...

Taiwan is retaining the death penalty, but the top court has imposed restrictions on its implementation. Taiwan has carried out 35 executions since a moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court was hearing petitions filed by roughly three dozen prisoners on death row who argued that the ...

Taiwan’s Constitutional Court ruled on Friday that the death penalty should only be applied to the most grievous offenses, a ...

Serious flaws have been found in state's capital punishment system. Clemency should be considered for Emmanuel Littlejohn now ...

Thailand’s Office of the Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) has arrested a Singaporean national wanted for drug trafficking who ...

A ceremony will cap a history marked by legal tussles, a secret training, resignations, a deal with a serial killer and raw ...

Oluwo of Iwoland, Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, on Wednesday called for the enactment of a capital punishment law for ...