On March 3, 2008 the court sentenced Mohamed Kohail to be executed by public beheading.

Most of the other conspirators, including Alonso de Avila, were executed by public beheading.

A public beheading will typically take place around 9am.

The response of his administration to homegrown terrorism was a series of crackdowns including raids by security forces, arrests, torture and public beheadings.

Execution by public beheading is common for murder, rape, drug trafficking, and witchcraft, and Abdullah's policies towards the rights of women have also been criticized.

The penalty for such activities in the very recent past has been public beheading.

Criminal law punishments in Saudi Arabia include public beheading, stoning, amputation and lashing.

The 345 reported executions between 2007 and 2010 were all carried out by public beheading.

Indeed, anything short of an extensive and widespread round of public beheadings isn't likely to do very much.

The use of public beheading or stoning as the methods of capital punishment and the number of executions have attracted strong international criticism.