Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, was taken to the hospital after her heart continued to beat despite receiving two lethal injections during her execution.
The government explains that the death penalty has not deterred drug trafficking and proposes abolishing it for the rape of children under 16 to align with criminal policy and international obligations.
Ngo Duy Khanh was sentenced to death after he burned his girlfriend, Nguyen, to death in a locked room, following an argument over her contact with an ex-partner.
Sarah Khalifa, a well-known television presenter specializing in legal programs, has been accused of establishing an organized crime group for the production and sale of drugs.
Kolthoum Akbari, 56, received ten death sentences after confessing to murdering '13 or 15 husbands' over two decades through poisoning and strangulation.
Incensed after hearing his partner's mother and brother advise her against continuing to live with him, Lu Phuoc Hai used a knife to attack three individuals, resulting in one fatality.
