BAGHDAD (WCSC) — Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was executed by hanging nearly 20 years ago. Hussein had ruled Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow and capture by a US-led coalition in 2003. He ...

The Iranian government has reportedly treated a 19-year-old athlete to a public execution, hanging him on Thursday. The country’s judiciary went through with plans to put wrestler Saleh Mohammadi to ...

A man convicted of double homicide was put to death Tuesday by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, telling supporters, "I love y’all," as victims’ relatives looked on—later saying the ...

Capital punishment remains legal in several U.S. states, and while executions are relatively rare, the methods authorized by law continue to spark intense legal, ethical, and medical debate. Over time ...