Japan has executed a man dubbed the “Twitter killer,” who was convicted of murdering and dismembering nine people, mostly ...

Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the “Twitter killer,” was sentenced to death in 2020 for the killings in 2017 of the nine ...

Japan executed Takahiro Shiraishi on Friday who killed nine people after contacting them on social media, the first use of ...

The justice ministry declined to confirm the hanging but NHK, citing government sources, said the prisoner was 34-year-old ...

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Texas death row inmate has the legal right to sue over the state’s laws governing DNA ...

Mississippi has executed the longest-serving man on its death row nearly 50 years after he was convicted of murder.

A death row inmate’s attorneys are asking the court to reverse a lower court’s decision that declined to decide eligibility ...

Truong My Lan had her appeal against the death penalty dismissed last year as she scrambled to repay billions of dollars, but ...

Mississippi is set to carry out its 20th execution by lethal injection as Richard Jordan, who's sat on death row for 48 years ...