Capital punishment

US Supreme Court denies Alabama's request to carry out nitrogen gas execution
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US & Canada
Posted
12 June
Tennessee execution called off after failed lethal injection
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US & Canada
Posted
21 May
Iran carried out highest number of executions in decades
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Middle East
Posted
13 April
City's gruesome history explored in new podcast
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Bristol
Posted
10 April
Palestinians convicted of lethal attacks face death penalty under new Israeli law
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Middle East
Posted
31 March
Alabama death row inmate who didn't kill anyone is spared execution
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US & Canada
Posted
10 March
MYW: Doncaster’s Cruel Twist of Fate? Audio, 21 minutes
A cruel twist of fate means a man loses his life… for refusing a drink?
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
Iranian protester Erfan Soltani released on bail, reports say
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Middle East
Posted
1 February
Israel split over plans to bring back death penalty for deadly attacks
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Middle East
Posted
31 January
Iran judiciary denies plan to execute detained protester Erfan Soltani
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Middle East
Posted
15 January
Trump told 'killing has stopped' in Iran after violent protest crackdown
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Middle East
Posted
15 January
Who is Erfan Soltani, Iranian protester who reportedly had execution postponed?
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Middle East
Posted
14 January
Executions in Iran estimated to have doubled in 2025, report says
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Middle East
Posted
28 December 2025
UN experts urge Iran to stop execution of woman activist
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Middle East
Posted
23 December 2025
Rights groups condemn new record number of executions in Saudi Arabia
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Middle East
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21 December 2025
Singapore executes three men for drug offences over two days
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Asia
Posted
1 December 2025
95. The Mám Trasna Murders. Audio, 34 minutes
In 1882, a massacre takes place in one of West Ireland’s most remote townlands.
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BBC Radio 5 Live
Available for over a year
Last woman to be hanged calls for 'truth' in final letter
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Wales
Posted
16 November 2025
Oklahoma spares death row inmate hours before planned execution
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US & Canada
Posted
14 November 2025
Israel passes first reading of bill proposing death penalty for people it deems terrorists
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Middle East
Posted
11 November 2025
British grandmother flies home after 12 years on Indonesian death row
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Gloucestershire
Posted
7 November 2025
Crime and Punishment in the Peak District. Audio, 24 minutes
Clare joins writer Kate Morgan on a walk from Monsal Head to Tideswell.
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BBC Radio 4
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