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Stakes for wrongful convictions are high in Japan, where the death penalty has broad public support despite international criticism over how it is carried out.
In a week marked by controversy, two US states executed four convicted murderers, reigniting the debate over capital punishment.
As the US prepares for the execution of four Death Row inmates, the controversial use of nitrogen gas raises ethical concerns.
Donald Trump hit out Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepares to replace the Democrat in the White House.
The outgoing US President took action ahead of the return of Donald Trump, who oversaw a sweeping number of lethal injections during his first term.
US President Joe Biden is facing growing calls to commute the death sentences of the more than three dozen federal inmates on Death Row before Donald Trump returns to the White House.