In the last 50 years, the U.S. has put more than 1,600 people to death, but only about 1 percent of those executed have been women. That’s not because of lingering cultural stereotypes, but because, ...

James Hitchcock is scheduled for execution on April 30 for the 1976 rape and murder of his 13-year-old step-niece. Hitchcock has been sentenced to death four separate times for the same crime due to ...

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Saydnaya Prison isn’t just a detention center—it’s a place designed for slow, deliberate death. Thousands of detainees, many of them civilians, are held without trial or explanation. Reports describe ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A Swedish citizen has been executed in Iran, according to a statement from the NATO country's foreign minister. Minister ...

STOCKHOLM, March 18 (Reuters) - Iran executed a Swedish citizen on Wednesday, Sweden's ‌foreign minister said, adding that she had summoned the Iranian ambassador in Stockholm to condemn the decision.

The case indicates that more than two weeks into the war, Iran continues its prosecution of foreigners. Sweden said its citizen did not get a fair trial. By Lynsey Chutel See more of our coverage in ...

GTT announces that it has received, in the first quarter of 2026, an order from the shipyard Hudong-Zhonghua for the tank design of four new Liquefied Natural Gas Carriers (LNGCs) on behalf of a ...

Michael Lee King, 54, was convicted in the 2008 killing of 21-year-old Denise Amber Lee. The entrance to Florida State Prison in Starke is seen in 2023. A Florida man was executed Tuesday evening for ...

Chadwick Willacy is scheduled to be executed on April 21 for the 1990 murder of his neighbor, Marlys Sather. Willacy was convicted of bludgeoning, strangling, and setting Sather on fire after she ...

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week, even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed. Ivey ...