Execution

The U.S. state of Georgia executed its only woman on death row on Wednesday, marking the first time in 70 years the state has carried out a death sentence on a woman, a prison official said. Kelly Gissendaner, 47, died by lethal injection at 12:21 a.m. EDT at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, …

The South Korean government says that it has been monitoring reports that North Korea’s vice-premier Choe Yong-gon was executed in May on the orders of Kim Jong-un. From the BBC: Mr Choe was executed after he “expressed discomfort against the young leader’s forestation policy”, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports. Allegedly close to 70 officials …