Capital Punishment

Sri Lanka’s latest hangman resigns after visiting the gallows.

A recent amendment saves one drug mule. But should death for drug crimes be ended altogether?

Will the execution of an Indonesian maid prompt a rethink of the country’s capital punishment policy?

As the debate rages over the death penalty in the Philippines, a sampling of students share their views.

Japan’s system of capital punishment is outdated and cruel, a leading critic says.