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The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled that the scheduled execution of Billy Ray Irick should proceed as planned on Thursday, denying his request for a stay.
Shortly after the Monday evening ruling, Gov. Bill Haslam announced he would not intervene and would allow the execution to go forward.
"I took an oath to uphold the law," Haslam
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(RNS) — With America’s next executions scheduled for Thursday (Aug. 9) in Tennessee and next week (Aug. 14) in Nebraska, there couldn’t have been a better time for Pope Francis to wholeheartedly denounce the death penalty — and for Christians worldwide to double down on their commitment to end
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Supreme Court has refused to stay Thursday’s scheduled execution of a convicted child killer while the state’s new lethal injection protocol continues to be challenged on appeal.The order brings Tennessee within days of killing Billy Ray Irick with a three-drug
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Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP) parliamentary group leader on Monday said the party stands opposed to the death penalty amid ongoing speculation that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) will be introducing the punishment to Turkey’s parliament in the upcoming
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Speculation surrounding the reintroduction of the death penalty has heightened in Turkey following comments made by head of a minor Turkish party allied with the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), Cumhuriyet newspaper said.Mustafa Destici, leader of the Great Unity Party (BBP), suggested
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Students have been demanding changes to the country’s transport laws after two teenagers were killed by a privately operated bus last weekBangladesh’s cabinet on Monday will consider capital punishment for traffic accident deaths, a law ministry official said, as thousands of students held
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Three jurors have admitted their anti-LGBTI bias during sentencingCharles Rhines, a gay man from South Dakota, was convicted in the 1992 stabbing death of a donut shop worker. But instead of facing a long prison sentence, the jury gave him the death penalty.Their reason? Since he’s gay, he would
Pope Francis has declared the death penalty “inadmissible.” This means that the death penalty should not be used in any circumstance. It also alters the Catholic Catechism, a compendium of Catholic doctrine, and is now binding on Roman Catholics throughout the world.But in spite of his definitive
COLUMBIA, MO. -- Nearly two dozen former corrections officers from across the country have filed a court brief in support of a Missouri death row inmate's claim that his medical condition could cause an unconstitutionally cruel execution.Russell Bucklew was sentenced to death in 1997 for killing
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Pope Francis declares capital punishment unambiguously wrong. No exceptions.Pope Francis’s condemnation of capital punishment is simple and unambiguous: It is inadmissible. No exceptions for especially heinous crimes; no loopholes allowing execution when other lives might be in jeopardy, as in
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"He is worn down and worn out"
A close friend of condemned killer Carey Dean Moore said he is "preparing for any outcome."
Moore, 61, is scheduled to die 10 a.m. Aug. 14 at the Nebraska State Penitentiary.
"He is worn down and worn out," said Lisa Knopp, who has known Moore for
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The Union Government will soon bring a bill proposing death penalty for those guilty of the crime of lynching.The information was shared by Union Minister of State for Home Hansraj Ahir when a delegation of the Nathjogi community called on him in Yavatmal, Maharashtra.Speaking on the act of
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(NBC News)-- Nikolas Cruz, the teen who confessed to having killed 17 people at a Florida high school, told investigators that he heard voices in his head telling him to "burn, kill, destroy" and that he tried but failed to kill himself two months before the massacre, according to a just-released
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A jury has recommended the death penalty for serial killer Anthony Kirkland.The jury -- 6 white men, 4 white women and 2 black women -- recommended that Kirkland be executed for his crimes.It was the 2nd death sentence for the convicted serial killer. He was previously sentenced to die by a jury
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The Rajya Sabha [The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India.] on Monday (August 6) passed the Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill 2018 mandating a maximum penalty of death to those convicted of raping girls below the age of 12 years.The bill had already been
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An official of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines-Commission on Prison Pastoral Care (CBCP-CPPC) said Senator Manny Pacquiao has a different understanding of the Bible.CBCP-CPPC executive secretary Rodolfo Diamante made the remarks in response to Pacquiao's justification of death
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As Nebraska hurtles toward a solemn moment it has not experienced in 21 years, its public officials - and citizens - confront what may be tension between their personal views and the tenets of their religious faith.Sometimes, they conflict. Or may appear to do so.Sometimes, they require a choice
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Iran Human Rights (Aug 3, 2018): A prisoner was executed at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges.According to a close source, on the morning of Thursday, August 2, a prisoner was hanged at Zahedan Central Prison. The prisoner, sentenced to death on murder charges, was identified as Miran
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Sister Helen Prejean, an anti-death penalty activist and author of the book Dead Man Walking, joins America senior editor and chief correspondent Kevin Clarke to discuss Pope Francis' revision of the death penalty teaching.Pope Francis revises Catechism, teaches that death penalty is
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Iran Human Rights (Aug 2, 2018): According to confirmed reports by Iran Human Rights (IHR), the death sentences of at least 36 people were implemented in different Iranian cities in the month of July.So far in 2018, at least 133 people have been executed, among them four juvenile offenders.An
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Virginia death penalty opponents welcome pope's new teaching against executionsCatholic officials and death penalty opponents in Virginia - which has put to death more people in modern times than any other state except Texas - welcomed Pope Francis' new teaching against the death penalty on
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MANILA - Malacañang said Friday it is not giving up on pushing for the reinstatement of death penalty despite Pope Francis’ declaration that it is “inadmissible" in the Catholic Church’s teachings.➤ RELATED: Pope declares death penalty 'inadmissible' in Catholic teachingsThe House of
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A father from Shandong province whose newborn daughter died in a hospital has been sentenced to death for killing the doctor who treated her.Chen Jianli, 30, was convicted of the intentional homicide of pediatrician Li Baohua at Laiwu Intermediate People's Court."He stabbed the doctor to vent his
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New Castle said he will advance legislation to permanently remove the death penalty "and its ugly stain in our history -- from state law once and for all."Cuomo, who is running for re-election to a third term, said he action is in solidarity with Pope Francis and in honor of
Incumbent president Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom on Tuesday reiterated his government's commitment to enforcing the death penalty in the Maldives.Since taking office in 2013, president Yameen has been pushing to enforce the death penalty after ending the de facto moratorium that has been in place
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An Iraqi court in the province of Diyala on Sunday sentenced an al-Qaeda member to death, convicted of killing 19 people in an attack on a village 11 years ago, the court announced.Last week, the same court sentenced 4 more al-Qaeda members to death who were convicted of carrying out attacks in
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There have been far too many cases of Indonesian pilots getting caught with illegal narcotics, but this latest case is especially worrying because it involves the capture of a person whose job is to ensure the competence of pilots in the country.On Thursday, the Jakarta Metro Police Narcotics
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An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Saturday handed Imran Ali - who is currently incarcerated and on death-row for the rape and murder of 6-year-old Zainab Amin - the death penalty on 12 more counts for the rape and murder of 3 other girls.Ali, a resident of Kasur, was involved in at least 9
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Michael Graczyk has witnessed hundreds of deaths at Huntsville prison in TexasThe command is simple and direct: 'Warden, you may proceed.' With those words from a Texas prison official, the process of capital punishment in the busiest death penalty state in America begins.The colour of the room
A Bali court has sentenced a German man to 10 years prison for carrying drugs onto the Indonesian island.Siegfried Karl Achim Ruckel heard his penalty before a panel of judges in Denpasar District Court on Thursday.“The defendant is guilty of possessing and carrying drugs such as methamphetamine
The LGBTQ community has largely enjoyed mainstream acceptance in the past five years: the majority of Americans (including baby boomers) support same-sex marriage, encompassing over two-thirds of Catholics and Protestants. Republicans’ support for same-sex marriage has almost tripled since the
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Pope Francis earned a standing ovation when he told Congress in 2015 that he supports protecting human life "at every stage of its development." When he added that "this conviction" includes working to end the death penalty, the response was far more subdued."You didn't see people jumping up and
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LINCOLN, Neb. — When Nebraska lawmakers defied Gov. Pete Ricketts in 2015 by repealing the death penalty over his strong objections, the governor wouldn’t let the matter go. Mr. Ricketts, a Republican who is Roman Catholic, tapped his family fortune to help bankroll a referendum to reinstate
American lawmakers – and three or four judges in particular – should be listening.When Pope Francis makes a point of saying that the death penalty is immoral under all circumstances, and adds the condemnation to the official Catholic catechism, who is he talking to? According to Amnesty