EU Restricts Sale of Lethal Injection Drugs to the US

The European Union announced on Wednesday that they were going to put new restrictions on all short and long acting anesthetics to country's that have not abolished the death penalty. The European Commission is strengthening export controls on ... continue

‘Baseline Killer’ Sentenced to Death in Arizona

47-year-old Mark Goudeau, dubbed the 'Baseline Killer' in Phoenix, has been sentenced to death for his convictions by a jury. The crimes committed by Baseline Killer Goudeau struck fear into the Phoenix metro area from the summer of ... continue

Illinois Law Effectively Shuts Down Death Row, Ends Death Penalty

Inmates on Illinois' death row were given a reprieve on Friday when a law was quietly passed in the state that makes it illegal to take the life of a prisoner who had been sentenced to death. The ... continue

Pakistani lawyer wants Zuckerberg dead – carries the no sense of ha-ha too far

I get that religious icons are not something that some people might not like to joke about but this call by a Pakistani lawyer for Mark Zuckerberg to be investigated for the recent contest hosted on Facebook called Draw ... continue

Prisoner Darryl Durr executed in Ohio

Despite a series of appeals in which lawyers for Darryl Durr contended their client had a severe allergy to the anesthesia used in lethal injections, the prisoner was put to death this morning in Ohio. Durr, who was ... continue

Egyptian professor calls for death penalty for fake virginity importers

This one is really hard to let you know about without wanting to bang my head against the keyboard.It seems that the growing business of restoring a woman’s virginity in Egypt is making at ... continue

Death Penalty on the way out in the United States…due to cost

While the death penalty has been long off the books in much of the civilized world, the United States has for the most part continued the practice. Well, before the recession that is. The death penalty is slowly ... continue