Belarusian MPs have blasted a recent resolution of the European Parliament on death penalty in Belarus as an attempt to interfere in the country’s internal affairs. ­The Belarusian parliamentary commission on international affairs has issued an official statement saying that the European Parliament’s resolution on the death penalty in Belarus was a continuation of the practice of pressuring Belarusian... 

Prosecutors in the trial of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak have called for death by hanging, saying the former leader is personally responsible for every protester death during the country’s recent revolution. ­ “The prosecution demands the maximum penalty against Mubarak, and the rest of the accused, which is death by hanging,” said Mustafa Khater, one of a five-member... 

Mohamed Ahmed Hussein was found guilty of pre-meditated murder. Egypt has sentenced a man to death for killing six Coptic Christians and a Muslim policeman in January 2010. Mohamed Ahmed Hussein was found guilty of shooting the group outside a midnight Mass for Coptic Christmas in Naga Hamady, southern Egypt. The attack was thought to be revenge for the alleged rape of a 12-year-old Muslim girl by... 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, flanked by his lawyers Mark Stephens and Jennifer Robinson, addresses the media outside Belmarsh Magistrates Court today. Lawyers for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said today they fear he could face execution in the United States if he is extradited to Sweden. The 39-year-old whistleblower is wanted by the Swedish authorities over claims that he sexually assaulted... 

Omar Armando Loera, the lone suspect in a brutal July 24th Valley Village murder, was arrested in Mexico and quickly transported back to L.A. He could face the death penalty. Parolee is linked by DNA and other unspecified evidence found at the scene where a bride-to-be was stabbed to death and her house was then set on fire. Had it gone according to plan, Adam Culvey and his fiancee, Chere Osmanhodzic,... 

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the Senate needs more time to review the record of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor after new material surfaced from her time with the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund. “Just a day or so ago, we discovered that there are 300 or so boxes of additional material that has just been discovered from her time working with the...