2011-12-26 路透社

（路透德黑蘭24日電）伊朗學生通訊社（ISNA）報導

一名因為通姦被處以石頭砸死刑的伊朗婦女，可能會被處以絞刑。

伊朗法庭2006年判處阿什蒂亞尼（SakinehMohammadi Ashtiani）石頭砸死刑，不過去年遭到國際譴責後，這項判決暫緩執行。然而，根據已在進行的司法審查，阿什蒂亞尼仍可能被處以絞刑。

2011-12-21 The New York Times

In 2006, a federal district court ordered California to stop executing people because the state’s three-drug protocol for lethal injection lacked “reliability.” Six of the 11 men executed by lethal injection in the state since 1978 may have suffered cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Constitution because the injection inflicted “excessive pain,” Judge Jeremy Fogel found. He said the state could cure the constitutional problem by being transparent in devising a new protocol and using a one-drug, anesthetic-only method (as Ohio and Washington do).

2011-12-20 European Commission - Press release

Brussels, 20 December 2011 - The European Commission decided today to extend the list of goods subject to export controls, to prevent their use for capital punishment, torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. As of today, trade of certain anaesthetics, such as sodium thiopental, which can be used in lethal injections, to countries that have not yet abolished the death penalty, will be tightly controlled. Furthermore, the scope of the EU regulation has been enlarged to include other products such as spike batons that previously were not prohibited.

2011-12-17 華人今日網

洛杉磯十六日電

一名法官今天駁回加州為實施死刑，重新提出毒針注射方案。

加州本來實施「三針注射」執行死刑方式，被一位聯邦法官判定會讓死刑犯更痛苦，認為是違憲的作法；但是，加州懲治與改正處執法官員卻又拒絕使用其他州份採行的「一針執法」行刑方式，認為違反加州法律。