US court clears way for execution of only woman on federal death row
Montgomery was convicted in 2007 in Missouri for kidnapping and strangling Bobbie Jo Stinnett, then eight months pregnant
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One-week ultimatum for Delhi rapists on death row
The men were initially handed the death sentence in 2013.
SC reserves verdict on Asia Bibi’s appeal against execution
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court on Monday reserved its verdict on an appeal of a Christian woman challenging the death sentence awarded to her for blasphemy.
A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from her counsel.
The chief justice said the delay was "for reasons to be recorded later", and told media they could not publish comments on the hugely inflammatory case, which has incited violence in the past.
Asia Bibi, a mother of five, has been on death…
Iraq executes 13 death row militants to avenge killings
Iraq executes 13 death row militants to avenge killings over the Islamic State group's murder of abducted civilians.
Six Taliban inmates on death row hanged: Afghan govt
KABUL: Six Afghan Taliban inmates on death row were hanged on Sunday, government sources said, in the first set of executions endorsed by President Ashraf Ghani since he came to power in 2014.
Executions toll rises to 162 as 7 more death row prisoners sent to the gallows
Seven prisoners across the country were hanged today, taking the executions toll to 163 since the APS massacre forced government to implement the death sentence.
11 more executed today — raising total since APS attack to 123
ISLAMABAD: A total number of eleven death row convicts were executed in different cities and towns of Pakistan early Tuesday morning, ARY News reported.
Pakistan executes murderer in Lahore
LAHORE: A death row convict Ahmed Khan was executed in Pakistan's Punjab province early Saturday morning, ARY News reported.
Another death row convict hanged in Multan
MULTAN: A death row convict was executed in central jail of Multan on Tuesday, ARY News reported.
Woman who spent 23 years on US death row cleared
WASHINGTON: A woman who spent 23 years on death row in the United States over the killing of her young son saw her murder charge dismissed Monday and the case against her closed.