The two convicts were sentenced to death by trial courts and their appeals against their conviction and sentence as well as the references to confirm their death sentence are currently pending before the high court.
Last year, 51 death penalties were imposed for murder alone, down from 87 in 2016, the London-based organisation said quoting the National Law University's Centre on Death Penalty.
The US Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected the state of Arkansas' request to execute the first prisoner in a tight schedule of…
India registered an increase of 81 per cent in death sentences imposed in 2016 compared to 2015, a study released…
