Capital Punishment

CHARLESTON: A US jury on Tuesday condemned self-described white supremacist Dylann Roof to death over the massacre of nine black worshippers in a South Carolina church in June 2015 -- a crime that shocked the nation. Roof, 22, was…

AUSTIN: The number of US executions fell to a quarter-century low in 2016 as new death sentences plummeted, indicating capital punishment is on the decline, a study released on Wednesday showed. The number of US executions in 2016 was…

SHANGHAI: Chinese authorities have uncovered an "underground bank" which illegally transferred money overseas in a case valued at $64 billion, said to be the country's largest ever, according to a police statement.

LAHORE: More than 50 ulema and religious scholars on Monday decreed to hand capital punishment to the perpetrators behind horrific Kasur child abuse scandal, ARY News reported.

KARACHI: Sindh Police on Saturday shifted two death row convicts to Karachi Central Jail, ARY News reports.

LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday released two prisoners that were awarded death penalty, ARY News reports.

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has lifted moratorium over capital punishment in Pakistan, ARY News reported on Wednesday.