The federal death penalty was first enacted in 1790 to punish certain federal crimes, such as treason, piracy and counterfeiting. In 1972, the U.S.

treason and terrorism. The Death Penalty Abolition Act, published in Government Gazette Tuesday, says courts can no longer deliver a sentence of capital punishment for any offence and any existing ...

The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) was adopted in 1979 by the United ...

The United Nations on Thursday welcomed Zimbabwe's abolition of the death penalty, and called on other countries to do likewise, or to at least impose a moratorium on capital punishment.