Death Penalty
2 Men Sentenced to Death for Throwing Drug Parties in a Psychiatric Hospital
The drug-fuelled raves would see patients and hospital staff partying in a revamped hospital room equipped with strobe lights, DJ tables, and an assortment of narcotics.
Man Receives Life Sentence for Slamming 9-Month-Old’s Head Over Spilled Drink
The judge said the child's murder didn't warrant the death penalty, prompting comparisons to Singapore's ruthless use of capital punishment in drug cases.
Why It Still Sucks To Get High in the Arab World's Biggest City
Egypt has been trying to eliminate drug use since the medieval era. But for just as long, people in Cairo have been finding ways around the clampdowns.
Richard Glossip Has Survived 3 Execution Dates. Now He’s Set for a Fourth.
Richard Glossip, 59, was sentenced to death in Oklahoma in 2004. Since then, he's eaten his last meal three times.
‘I’d Rather My Brother Die of a Heart Attack’: A Family’s Last Days With a Death Row Inmate
Come Friday, Nazeri bin Lajim will be hanged by the Singaporean government. VICE World News met with his family as they navigated his final days.
As Malaysia Softens Death Penalty Stance, Singapore Sentences More to Be Hanged
“I'm hopeful that change will happen. What I worry about is how many more lives will it take for it to happen?”
Supreme Court Sides With Georgia Inmate Who Wants to Die By Firing Squad
In a 5-4 ruling, the Supreme Court said a death row inmate with “compromised veins” appropriately challenged his lethal injection.
The Buffalo Shooting Suspect Can Now Get the Death Penalty
New federal hate charges mean the suspect, charged in a racist attack that killed 10 people, is eligible for the death penalty.
A Dead Hamster Just Helped a Man Get Off Death Row
The man was sentenced to hang in Singapore for possession of cannabis, but a chance encounter and a tattoo of a pet hamster has helped get him acquitted.
Arizona Just Executed Its First Inmate Since 2014 Botched Lethal Injection
Clarence Dixon is the first Arizona death row inmate to be executed since Joseph Wood repeatedly gasped and took two hours to die in 2014.
Huge Spike in Drug-Related Executions in Iran
126 people were hanged for drug offences in Iran in 2021, two rights groups said, in a year in which the rate of executions doubled overall following the election of President Ebrahim Raisi.
Singapore Just Executed an Inmate at the Heart of a Growing Anti-Death Penalty Movement
The Malaysian man, assessed to have “borderline intellectual functioning,” was seen weeping as he held his mother's hand prior to his execution.