An Australian podiatrist faces the gallows after allegedly murdering his wife and throwing their dog from their Singapore...
08th Jan. 2020 3:01 PM
A FATHER killed his five children out of revenge when he discovered his wife was having an affair with a toyboy. Warning:...
12th Aug. 2019 10:08 AM
The three ‘human beasts’ who beheaded two female friends while on a hiking trip in Morocco will face a firing squad, as the...
19th July 2019 5:07 AM
A heartbroken mum shed tears and cried “my babies! Oh God!” at her ex-husband’s death penalty trial for murdering their...
22nd May 2019 5:05 AM
The leader of Brunei has made a shock announcement about the country's harsh laws that would allow gay people to be stoned...
06th May 2019 11:05 AM
Bangladesh’s Foreign Minister has told the BBC that Britain is ‘responsible’ for Shamima Begum and ‘they'll have to deal...
05th May 2019 10:05 AM
Prosecutors may call for the death penalty for the US synagogue shooter as his parents struggle to understand how their son...
02nd May 2019 9:05 AM
A 36-year-old stepmother has been sentenced to die by lethal injection for starving her 10-year-old stepdaughter to death...
01st May 2019 8:05 AM
Beginning in the 17th Century the Bloody Code consisted of more than 200 offences; a list of crimes that were punishable by...
21st April 2019 6:04 AM
Vote in our poll and let us know what you think about capital punishment for the worst crimes
07th March 2019 10:03 AM
Many would choose something gourmet, but Jose Antonio Jimenez asked for a specific combination of comfort foods before he...
15th Dec. 2018 4:12 AM
The Australian mother facing the death penalty for the alleged killing of her seven-year-old step-daughter has appeared in...
14th Dec. 2018 8:12 AM
As one of America’s most notorious death-row inmates was executed, the widow of a police officer brutally killed by his...
06th Dec. 2018 3:12 AM
Gruesome spectacles of condemned men swelling up, writhing, frothing and turning purple are becoming the norm for...
24th Nov. 2018 7:11 PM
Saudi officials have vowed to behead five suspects charged with the murder of prominent journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
16th Nov. 2018 9:11 AM
A DEATH row inmate who was executed by lethal injection just hours ago used his final words to crack a joke.
31st Oct. 2018 1:10 AM
THE Malaysian government has made an unexpected change to its capital punishment laws, and it’s good news for an Australian...
12th Oct. 2018 6:10 AM
COPS in the US say a mum from Adelaide murdered her mentally ill stepdaughter. Now she could be given a death...
08th Sept. 2018 2:09 PM
A FEMALE activist being detained in Saudi Arabia will become the first woman to possibly face the death penalty in a case...
23rd Aug. 2018 9:08 AM
A NOTE sent to a sitting judge included nine questions. When they weren’t answered, the jury sent a man to death...
01st July 2018 3:07 PM
A SYDNEY grandmother has been sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia after an appeal court unanimously overturned her...
25th May 2018 9:05 AM
A Sydney grandmother has been sentenced to death by hanging in Malaysia.
24th May 2018 5:05 PM
THE Bali Nine kingpins’ last hours after signing their execution warrants and the ‘the caravan of death had begun’ are...
05th May 2018 7:05 AM
HOW lies, arrogance and cockiness with Indonesians earned Bali 9 kingpins Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran a death sentence...
30th April 2018 7:04 PM
FROM “somebody needs to kill my trial attorney” to “kiss my a**”, these are the final words of the most notorious executed...
01st April 2018 7:04 AM
FLORIDA shooter Nikolas Cruz has been charged with 17 murder charges and 17 charges of attempted murder, meaning he could...
08th March 2018 5:03 AM
A DEATH row inmate’s attorney is seeking more information about what happened during the botched execution attempt of his...
24th Feb. 2018 3:02 PM
PHOTOS of the body of an eight-year-old girl who was lured to her barbaric death from a supermarket, allegedly by a man...
15th Feb. 2018 9:02 AM
A FATHER who almost died when his son set up an ambush that killed the rest of their family has pleaded for him not to be...
20th Jan. 2018 6:01 AM
ANTHONY Shore was dubbed the “tourniquet killer” because he strangled his victims. Today, as he was put to death, he had a...
19th Jan. 2018 12:01 PM
IT was once among the busiest death chamber in America, but this state has been forced to “fine tune” its procedure after a...
01st Jan. 2018 8:01 PM
A CONVICTED killer used his final words to proclaim his innocence. Watching on, his victims’ family didn’t hold...
10th Nov. 2017 5:11 AM
DONALD Trump loves to talk tough, but his latest spray could help a terrorist avoid the punishment many think he...
03rd Nov. 2017 9:11 AM
Australia was set to be elected uncontested to the United Nations Human Rights Council amid stern criticism of its asylum...
16th Oct. 2017 5:10 PM
US votes against UN condemnation of death penalty for gay sex
04th Oct. 2017 3:10 PM
Those who choose to die peacefully and without pain do so of their own volition.
13th Sept. 2017 7:09 AM
SCHAPELLE Corby was considered for the death penalty by Indonesian authorities but was only spared because of her young...
26th May 2017 9:05 AM
CHARLESTON church mass murderer Dylann Roof has been sentenced to death.
11th Jan. 2017 9:01 AM
Capital punishment is a divisive issue, but regardless of our feelings the death penalty has effectively been ruled out in...
06th Oct. 2016 7:10 PM
TURKEY’S President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he is preparing to bring back the death penalty.
29th Aug. 2016 10:08 AM
PROTESTS are growing in the Philippines over President Rodrigo Duterte’s brutal campaign against the drug trade.
16th Aug. 2016 5:08 PM
'After all, don’t they firmly believe that if they die in the course of their actions they will go to Heaven and be given...
09th Aug. 2016 5:08 AM
PRESIDENT Erdogan has been warned not to use the failed coup in Turkey as a “blank cheque” to bypass democratic...
18th July 2016 6:07 AM
A 73-year-old Australian woman has been sentenced to death in Vietnam for drug trafficking.
02nd July 2016 5:07 AM
THE American death penalty is dying.
14th May 2016 1:05 PM
OLD Smokey, the electric chair, is to be re-energised.
18th April 2016 7:04 AM
AFTER Moggill MP Dr Christian Rowan said he believed terrorists should face the death penalty, Sunshine Coast Daily readers...
13th Nov. 2015 12:11 PM
A QUEENSLAND MP says the government should consider reintroducing the death penalty to combat terrorists.
12th Nov. 2015 1:11 PM
Letters: TEXAS has executed its ninth victim this year. The victim was injected with a single dose of pentobarbital
22nd June 2015 5:06 AM
Independent Senator Jacqui Lambie wants the death penalty on the table for terrorists who kill Australians.
17th June 2015 10:06 AM
