Death penalty

Central Asia

Draft amendments on introducing death penalty in Kyrgyzstan available for public discussion

10:52, 14 October 2025

Around the World

Japan rules out ending death penalty despite panel's call for review

17:21, 14 November 2024

Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct.