“These are costs above and beyond the costs of having life without parole.”LINCOLN, NE – In a first-of-its-kind study on the cost of Nebraska’s death penalty, a respected economist concluded that the State of Nebraska would save $14.6 million annually if voters replace the death penalty with life imprisonment.Dr. Ernie Goss (1), Leggi Tutto
Freddy Budiman, shortly before his execution on Nusakambangang Island.Freddy Budiman, shortly before his execution on Nusakambangang Island.Jakarta. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered the National Police to investigate claims by a recently executed drug lord that law enforcers have long been involved in drug-trafficking rings in the country.Rights activist Haris
Jeffery Lee WoodJeffery Lee WoodTerri Been’s voice shook as she read a long text message from her niece.“I had a nightmare about my dad last night,” Paige Rowan told her aunt in the text.Rowan described a dream in which she watched helplessly as the execution needle pierced her father’s skin.She woke Leggi Tutto
Louisiana death rowLouisiana death rowBATON ROUGE (AP) — The state of Louisiana has spent more than three years and over $1 million in taxpayer money to fight a lawsuit that claims three death row inmates are exposed to dangerous heat levels in their cells.A possible low-tech solution costs less than $2,000 Leggi
Hussein Humam Ahmed, 22, convicted of killing MP Dr Afrasheem Ali in 2012Hussein Humam Ahmed, 22, convicted of killing MP Dr Afrasheem Ali in 2012UN rights chief Zeid Ra'ad al-Hussein says the country's movement toward resuming executions is "deeply regrettable."The United Nations' human rights chief is urging the Maldives to stick Leggi Tutto
More than a month after the Austin Police Department was forced to abruptly shut down its DNA testing lab, it remains unclear whether any criminal convictions will be thrown out because of improper testing. In the meantime, the city has arranged interim lab arrangements and is trying to cut down on
Death row isolation cells on Nusakambangan penal islandDeath row isolation cells on Nusakambangan penal islandJakarta. The National Anti-Narcotics Agency, or BNN, will summon a former chief warden of the Nusakambangan Prison, Liberty Sitinjak, as part of its investigation into a testimony from executed drug trafficker Freddy Budiman made public by
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoğanTurkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoğanTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan told a rally of millions of people in Istanbul on Aug. 7 that he would approve the death penalty if parliament voted for it, following last month's failed coup.Erdoğan started his speech at the "Democracy and Martyrs'
Public execution in IranTwo unidentified prisoners were hanged in northern Iran on unknown charges.Iran Human Rights (AUG 6 2016): Two unidentified prisoners were reportedly hanged on unknown charges at Choubindar, Qazvin's central prison (northern Iran).According to unofficial source, HRANA, the executions were carried
John ThompsonJohn ThompsonNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man exonerated after 14 years on Louisiana’s death row for a murder he didn’t commit is leading a call for the U.S. Justice Department to investigate practices at the New Orleans district attorney’s office and look for other wrongful convictions and civil rights
'Wonderful Indonesia' campaign boosts tourism industry. Executions arecarefully left out of the picture, except on this DPN-edited campaign poster.The government’s efforts to promote tourism in the archipelago with its Wonderful Indonesia campaign have had a positive impact, the president director
Ernest Lee JohnsonErnest Lee JohnsonAttorneys for a man sentenced to death for a 1994 triple murder filed a new complaint in federal court on Monday, arguing again that a medical condition will cause pain and suffering if he is executed but offering a more detailed alternative.Because of a brain defect caused
Public hanging in Kazeroon Iran, on August 11, 2016Public hanging in Kazeroon Iran, on August 11, 2016Two prisoners were hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison on Wednesday August 10, while another two prisoners were hanged in public in two different Iranian cities on Tuesday August 11.Iran Human Rights (AUG 11 2016): On Leggi Tutto
Robert PruettRobert PruettHUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) A Texas death row inmate who faced execution later this month for the murder of a corrections officer won a reprieve Thursday.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruling halted the scheduled Aug. 23 execution of Robert Pruett, 36, who was sentenced to death for
Speaker Pantaleon AlvarezSpeaker Pantaleon AlvarezSPEAKER Pantaleon Alvarez said the debate on the method of executing death convicts should focus more on cost―the cheaper, the better.In an interview with reporters, Alvarez said lawmakers should not make a big deal of how a death convict should be killed, whether through
Mohammad AbdollahiMohammad AbdollahiNCRI - Iran's fundamentalist regime on Tuesday executed political prisoner Mohammad Abdollahi and five other prisoners in a jail in Orumieh (Urmia), north-west Iran.Mohammad Abdollahi, 35, a Kurdish political prisoner from Bukan, was arrested in March 2011 in Mahabad by the
NCRI - A notorious torture expert and official of the mullahs’ regime has attempted to justify the executions in Iran of young adults, who were under 18 when they were charged.On August 4, Mohammad-Javad Larijani, who in a bizarre twist is the secretary of the Iranian regime’s so-called Human
Iran ExecutionNCRI – Four prisoners were executed on Saturday, August 6, in Lakan Prison in the northern Iranian city of Rasht.The state broadcaster IRIB quoted Ahmad Siavoshpour, the head of the regime’s judiciary in Gilan Province, as saying that the victims were between the ages of 26 and 65 and one Leggi
Shahram AmiriShahram AmiriTEHRAN, Iran - Iran confirmed on Sunday that it has executed an Iranian nuclear scientist who gave the U.S. intelligence about the country's contested nuclear program.The official IRNA news agency quoted a spokesman for Iran's judiciary, Gholamhosein Mohseni Ejehi, confirming the
Hanging in IranNCRI - Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged four prisoners on Wednesday, a day after more than two dozen Sunni political prisoners were mass executed by the regime prompting international condemnation.Three of the victims were hanged on Wednesday, August 3, in a prison in the city of Saqqez, in the
DAKAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Human rights activists on Thursday demanded clemency for a Senegalese maid who was trafficked to Saudi Arabia and may face the death penalty after being charged with killing her employer.Mbayang Diop, 22, was arrested in June, weeks after arriving in the
North Korean soldiersJuly 29, 2016: North Korea publicly executed six officials in charge of supervision of its workers overseas in May following the defection of 13 workers at a North Korean-run restaurant in China a month earlier, a local Pyongyang watcher said. "North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ordered six
Student Hassan Afshar is first child offender executed in country this year Concerns that ‘rape’ offence may in reality have been consensual gay sexAmnesty International has revealed that a teenager has been executed in Iran after being convicted of the rape of another boy, the first confirmed
Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" WidodoIndonesian President Joko "Jokowi" WidodoJAKARTA, Indonesia — Sixteen years ago, Zulfiqar Ali left his native Pakistan for Indonesia in search of a new life. Last month, that life was on the verge of ending in front of a firing squad.Mr. Ali has been on Indonesia’s death row Leggi Tutto
Early morning Tuesday August 9: Iranian authorities executed at least six prisoners in the West Azerbaijan province, northwestern Iran.Iran Human Rights (AUG 9 2016): At least five prisoners, including political prisoner Mohammad Abdollahi, were executed at Darya, Urmia's central prison, on
Iran executes juvenile offendersScores of Youths Likely Face Execution in IranThe mass execution of 20 people in Iran’s Rajai Shahr prison was not the only grim news from that country this past week.On August 1, Alireza Tajiki, who was sentenced to death at age 15 following a trial that fell Leggi Tutto
Shahram AmiriShahram AmiriWashington (CNN) - The execution of an Iranian nuclear scientist accused of spying for the US is reverberating from Tehran to the presidential campaign trail.Critics, including opponent Donald Trump, are slamming former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for having received emails
Sen. Manny PacquiaoSenator Manny PacquiaoMANILA, Philippines -- Sen. Manny Pacquiao on Monday took the Senate floor to push for the reimposition of the death penalty, saying the Bible allows it and that it will benefit millions of Filipinos by punishing those in the drug trade.Pacquiao, in his first privilege speech
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Indonesia's Attorney General H. M. PrasetyoIndonesia's Attorney General H. M. PrasetyoJakarta. The Commission for Public Prosecutions, or Komjak, will file a complaint against Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo for what it claims was the unlawful execution of two death-row prisoners, whose clemency applications were still being
Public hanging in IranNCRI - Germany's foreign ministry has condemned the mass execution of Sunni political prisoners earlier this week and the hanging of a juvenile offender last month in Iran.In a statement on Friday, August 5, Bärbel Kofler, Federal Government Human Rights Commissioner at the Federal Foreign Office
Mass execution in Iran (file photo)Mass execution in Iran (file photo)Mohammad Jafar Montazeri, the Attorney General of Iran, has confirmed the execution of 20 Sunni prisoners at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison on Tuesday August 2.Iran Human Rights (AUG 3 2016): In an exclusive interview with Iranian state run media IRIB, Mohammad
Turkish soldiersTurkey's parliament has no immediate plans to reintroduce the death penalty following last month's failed military coup, a senior MP from the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) has told EUobserver."It is not on our agenda at the moment, it is not on the agenda of the parliament," Sena Nur
President ObamaPresident Obama granted clemency to a record 214 inmates on Wednesday, far surpassing his previous single-day record, as part of an ongoing effort to release federal inmates serving prison terms deemed to be unduly harsh.To date, Obama has commuted the sentences of 562 federal inmates, more than