Iran Executes Two Men Accused of Spying for United States and Israel
Hemera/Thinkstock(TEHRAN, Iran) – Iran executed two men they had convicted of spying for the Unites States and Israel, according to Iran State Radio.
The radio report said one of the men hanged was Mohammad Heidari, convicted of providing the Isr…
China TV Kills Live Execution Plans at Last Minute
ChinaFotoPress via Getty Images(BEIJING) — China’s state-run broadcaster, CCTV, made a grisly announcement this week. It planned to live broadcast the execution of a Burmese drug lord and three of his henchmen for massacring 13 Chinese cre…
Convicted Murderer Who Pleaded for Death Electrocuted in Virginia
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(JARRATT, Va.) — A Virginia inmate who begged — and even killed — for the death penalty was executed by electric chair Wednesday night.Robert Gleason Jr., 42, was pronounced dead at 9:08 p.m. authorities said. He was executed a…
Mom Raises Money to Watch Daughter’s Killer Die
David J. Sams/Getty Images(SIOUX FALLS, S.D.) — Friends, family members and strangers have helped Tina Curl’s grim dream come to fruition — to watch the man who raped and murdered her 9-year-old daughter be strapped to a gurney and fight for hi…
Taliban Execution Sparks Outrage from US, Afghanistan
ABC News(KABUL, Afghanistan) — U.S. and Afghan officials have expressed outrage after video surfaced of Taliban fighters executing a woman accused of adultery. The video, apparently shot on a cellphone in a village less than an hour drive from Kabul, …
Study Questions Execution of Possibly-Innocent Texas Man
Carlos Hernandez (L), and Carlos De Luna (R). (Corpus Christi Police Department)(NEW YORK) — A brutal murder, two similar-looking suspects, and a death sentence. For Jim Liebman, these three ingredients became the catalyst for exposing one of th…
Iran Hangs ‘Israeli Spy’ for Nuclear Scientist Assassination: Reports
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The man convicted of assassinating an Iranian nuclear scientist on behalf of the Israeli spy agency Mossad has been executed by hanging in an Iranian prison, Iranian state media reported Tuesday.The Iranian governm…
Egyptian Prosecutors Call for Hosni Mubarak’s Execution
AFP/Getty Images(CAIRO, Egypt) — Prosecutors in Egypt are seeking the death penalty in the trial for ousted Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak. In their closing arguments, lawyers against the former president said Mubarak, as the erstwhile leader of …