UKIP MEP Louise Bours has called for the UK to bring back the death penalty.
An Iranian billionaire businessman has been hanged at Tehran’s Evin prison on Saturday, after being convicted of masterminding a £1.5 billion bank fraud.
Utah lawmakers are to propose the reintroduction of firing squads to execute those on death row, following recent issues with acquiring the drugs for lethal injections.
The US state of Oklahoma is reviewing its execution procedures after an inmate was left writhing in agony following a lethal injection.
A Japanese man who has spent the last 48 years in prison, including 45 years on death row, has been freed after a court ordered a retrial of his case.