Dylann RoofDylann RoofA white supremacist who killed nine black worshippers in a church in South Carolina will offer no evidence to spare his own life at a hearing.Dylann Roof told a judge he plans on calling no witnesses when jurors decide next week decide whether he will face life in prison Leggi Tutto
U.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, KansasU.S. Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, KansasA look at the six inmates on U.S. military death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.A federal judge in Kansas lifted a stay of execution for one of the inmates.The U.S. military carried Leggi Tutto
North Carolina's death chamberNorth Carolina's death chamberThe Center for Death Penalty Litigation is staffed and supported by righteous people but in an end-of-year piece this week it needed no emotion to make the case against the death penalty in North Carolina. And, though it would be quite enough to end the Leggi Tutto
Oklahoma's death chamberPiece by piece, the death penalty continues to fall apart. Last week, the Florida Supreme Court invalidated between 150 and 200 death sentences — nearly half of all those in the state — because they were imposed under a law the United States Supreme Court struck down Leggi Tutto
Austin Myers (left) and Timothy MosleyAustin Myers (left) and Timothy MosleyThe plan was to rob Justin Back's place and kill him.Austin Myers would distract him, giving Timothy Mosley an opening to choke Back with a garrote made out of two handles and a wire cable.Then, the two 19-year-olds would dump Back's Leggi Tutto
President Rodrigo DutertePresident Rodrigo DuterteThe Philippines independent human rights watchdog has said it will investigate claims by President Rodrigo Duterte that he personally killed drug suspects while mayor of Davao.The Commission on Human Rights will also examine reports that so-called death squads killed
Florida's death chamberFlorida's death chamberThe Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that more than half the people on Florida's death row are entitled to a new sentencing hearing because of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling earlier this year that found the state's death penalty unconstitutional.The decision covers more
Fewer death sentences were handed down in the US this year than at any time in the last four decades, a study finds.Only 30 such penalties were imposed in 2016, the lowest since the US Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976 after a four-year hiatus.Five states, Georgia, Texas
Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould MkhaitirMohamed Ould Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir is pictured in a courtroom inNouadhibou, Mauritania, in April in a picture supplied by his sister. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir awaits the final verdict for a blog seen as critical of Mauritania's caste system.In the dusty Mauritanian capital of Nouakchott
Former leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult Shoko AsaharaFormer leader of the Aum Shinrikyo cult Shoko AsaharaTOKYO — A former senior member of the Aum Shinrikyo cult who is on death row has described the founder and “guru” he once revered, Shoko Asahara, as a “criminal” in a recently published memoir. Leggi Tutto
Public execution in Saudi ArabiaPublic execution in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia has executed at least 153 people this year, nearing last year's record high of 158, according to figures collated by human rights organization Reprieve.Among those executed this year were at least 4 juveniles who were killed as part Leggi Tutto
Cairo, EgyptCairo, EgyptEgyptian authorities executed a death sentence against Abel Habara, the leader of the ISIS-affiliated Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis (ABM) group, for his role in the "2nd Rafah Massacre" that killed 25 soldiers in an ambush in North Sinai in August 2013.Habara was executed after Egyptian
Jimmy DennisJimmy DennisAfter 25 years on death row for a killing he said he didn't do — and three years after a federal judge threw out his conviction — James Dennis was brought to a Philadelphia courtroom Thursday to make a harrowing choice: plead no contest to the crime and go Leggi Tutto
Judicial amputation in Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishmentsJudicial amputation in Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishmentsFour fingers of the right hand of two prisoners were amputated in an Iranian prison on Christmas day, December 25, 2016.IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS (DEC 26, 2016): Amputation verdicts on two prisoners were carried out in the prison Leggi Tutto
Donald Trump is set to inherit an uncommon number of vacancies in the federal courts in addition to the open Supreme Court seat, giving the president-elect a monumental opportunity to reshape the judiciary after taking office.The estimated 103 judicial vacancies that President Obama is expected to
Of Mice and Men by John SteincbeckSeventy years after its publication, John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men* continues to stimulate debate, pro and con, about the death penalty. But justifying capital punishment was the last thing on the mind of the author, a liberal thinker who created the character of Lennie Leggi Tutto
The execution line - IranGlobal executions in 2016 -Countries with close links to the UK and EU continued to occupy the ranks of the world’s most prolific executioners in 2016, research by international human rights group Reprieve has found.In Saudi Arabia, over 150 people were executed for the second year Leggi Tutto
Gallows trap door, Tokyo Detention CenterGallows trap door, Tokyo Detention CenterTOKYO — The European Union has called on Japan to abolish the death penalty, saying “it is a key priority of our external human rights policy” to work towards its universal elimination to protect human dignity.“As friends, we have an obligation Leggi Tutto
Arizona has agreed to settle part of a lawsuit by promising it won't again use the sedative midazolam as part of a three-drug combination while carrying out the death penalty.The state didn't acknowledge any liability in settling the claim that the use of midazolam doesn't ensure that inmates
UN building NYCTen nations with large Muslim populations have laws providing for the death penalty for same-sex activity. Only a few actually impose the death sentence. Exactly how many is a difficult question.Another attempt to remove the United Nations expert on LGBT rights has been defeated.The United
Screenshot from "Return to Paradise" by Joseph Ruben, 1998Screenshot from "Return to Paradise" by Joseph Ruben, 1998Death by firing squad, hanging or lethal injection are the possible fates of an expanding number of Australians who could face execution for drug smuggling in Asian countries. Last year, the Department Leggi Tutto
UN Headquarters NYCOn Monday, 19 December 2016, in New York, the 193 member nations of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) will vote on the resolution "Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty".Singapore has in the past shown little interest in human rights, and the government has always maintained broad
Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishmentsIran: Medieval and barbaric punishmentsSix prisoners were executed for drug charges in Karaj (west of Tehran) Thursday morning Dcember 15.According to Iran Human Rights (IHR) sources, 5 of the prisoners were hanged in the Central Prison of Karaj. The prisoners are identified as Behzad Lazemi
The Walls Unit, Huntsville, TexasThe Walls Unit, Huntsville, TexasThe death penalty is rare, even in Texas, where just seven executions were carried out this year. In some places, it's almost nonexistent. In Dallas and Harris counties, not a single death sentence was handed down this year.This is good news.Executions are
Judicial amputation in Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishmentsJudicial amputation in Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishmentsFour fingers of the right hand of two prisoners were amputated in an Iranian prison on the Christmas day, December 25.IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS (DEC 26, 2016): Amputation verdicts of two peisoners were carried out in the prison Leggi Tutto
Pakistani Christian mother of five Asia Bibi is spending her seventh Christmas in prison after her death sentence appeal was put on hold in October when a judge abruptly recused himself from hearing her case. Bibi, 45, was sentenced to death in 2010 on allegations of blasphemy after two Muslim
GallowsDecember 19, 2016: The General Assembly of the United Nations confirmed the demand for an end to the death penalty by the vote of a new resolution calling on states to establish a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the practice. This is the sixth pro-moratorium text adopted since
Justice Stephen G. BreyerJustice Stephen G. BreyerTo the Editor:“Breyer Continues His Push Against the Death Penalty” (news article, Dec. 13), about Justice Stephen G. Breyer’s dissenting opinion in the case of Ronald B. Smith, who was recently executed in Alabama, is far too generous.Twenty inmates have been executed
Public hanging in Ilam, Iran, on December 22, 2016NCRI - This morning, December 22, a prisoner was hanged in public in the city of Ilam – Western Iran.The public execution was carried out this morning, in the city center of Ilam in the presence of chief Justice, the public prosecutor, criminal Leggi Tutto
San Quentin Prison's death rowSan Quentin Prison's death rowThe California Supreme Court on Tuesday blocked a voter-approved measure intended to speed up the appeals process for the state's death row inmates to give it time to consider a lawsuit challenging the measure.In a one-page decision, the court stayed the
Ronald PhillipsRonald PhillipsExecution of Ronald Phillips dependent on outcome of his legal challenge over law shielding details about drugs, as state moves to new three-drug combinationA federal judge issued a stay on Monday in the planned January execution of an Ohio death row inmate and for the next two
GallowsArmy chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday signed death warrants of another 13 'hardcore terrorists' who were found guilty of being behind a series of terrorist attacks, including those on Charsadda's Bacha Khan University, Rawalpindi's Parade Lane Mosque and the Marriot Hotel in Islamabad.The
AlabamaThe Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday ruled the death sentences of 3 state inmates are constitutional and don't conflict with a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down Florida's similar death penalty sentencing scheme.The U.S. Supreme Court had vacated the sentences of Alabama death
Philippine President Duterte: "Looking for a confrontation so I could kill."Philippine President Duterte: "Looking for a confrontation so I could kill."Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte affirmed on Friday that he shot dead three people as mayor, dismissing any uncertainty and displaying no remorse. “I don’t really know how many bullets from Leggi Tutto