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In May 2014, a man stabbed four people to death and injured dozens on a Taipei train. He was executed on 10 May 2016 — 10 days before President Tsai Ing-wen assumed office. The pace of executions in Taiwan has waxed and waned over recent decades — after a nearly five-year pause in executions, 33 people were executed between 2010 and 2016.
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Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe today called for the return of the death penalty, after more than 50 people applied for the vacant position of hangman.Capital punishment is on the statute book in Zimbabwe, but no one has been executed since 2005 when the country’s last hangman retired.“I think
Arkansas' highest court has ruled state prison officials must identify the manufacturer of one of the lethal injection drugs they plan to use to put a convicted murderer to death next week.LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The Latest on Arkansas' planned execution of convicted murderer Jack Greene on Nov
Last week’s Gallup poll showed us that Americans’ support for the death penalty continues to erode. Fifty-five percent said they are in favor of executing people, the lowest number in 45 years. That’s down from a high of 80 percent in the mid-1990s.But a more accurate picture would have emerged
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The main suspect in the New York truck rampage that killed eight people on Tuesday has told investigators he began planning the attack a year ago.Sayfullo Saipov, 29, said he intended to kill as many people as possible and "felt good" about the Halloween attack.The Uzbek immigrant, who faces
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Two death row inmates who had an appointment with the gallows have been pardoned by Perak Ruler Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah and will face a life sentence instead.Malay daily Sinar Harian today reported Perak Pardons Board secretary Datuk Seri Abdul Puhat Mat Nayan saying
As a prosecutor with the original Major Violators Unit of the Washoe County District Attorney's office, I sought the death penalty in 5 1st-degree murder cases. I have great respect for the rule of law.I am disturbed that the State of Nevada is about to resume executions after an 11-year
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China will continue to remove the number of crimes under the death penalty in the future, Chinese experts said, ahead of a new round of reviews of the draft Criminal Law.The 12th Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC) began a 6-day meeting on Monday, during which it will
HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to review the appeals of four condemned inmates in Texas, including a woman on death row for the 2010 slaying of her developmentally disabled baby sitter.Kimberly Cargill, of Whitehouse in East Texas, is one of six women on death row in
Amid ongoing crackdown, hearings also set to begin for journalists accused of supporting terror groupsANKARA, Turkey (AFP) — A mass trial resumed in Turkey on Monday of more than 220 suspects, including former generals, accused of being among the ringleaders of last year’s coup bid to unseat
After years of courtroom wrangling, lawyers from both sides are finally agreeing to move forward with DNA testing in the 1998 rape and murder of Montgomery College student Melissa Trotter.The agreement, expected to be finalized in court papers in the coming weeks, comes just days after a judge
This piece was originally published in December 2014. We know the basic reasons why death penalty cases are expensive: more lawyers, more experts, more time. Prosecutors and defense attorneys often spend more than a year preparing for death penalty trials. Every successful conviction is appealed
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Donald Trump’s decision to call for the death penalty for the suspect in this week’s terrorist attack in New York could threaten his chance of a fair trial, legal experts have warned.The president first called for the execution of Sayfullo Saipov on Wednesday and renewed his call on Thursday
After more than 40 years of experimenting with capital punishment, it is time to recognize that we have found no way to narrow the death penalty so that it applies only to the “worst of the worst.” It also remains prone to terrible errors and unacceptable arbitrariness.Arizona’s death-penalty
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7 prisoners, mainly charged with murder, were hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj.According to a close source, on the morning of Wednesday October 25, 7 prisoners were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj. Iran Human Rights (IHR) had previously reported about preparation of at least 10
Daniel Dougherty, locked up these last 18 years, has always insisted he did not set the fire that killed his two young sons in their Philadelphia home in 1985.Now, Pennsylvania Superior Court is granting him another chance to convince a jury – a third chance, after what appellate courts have
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SPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- Being a part of a death penalty case is a monumental and exhausting task for everyone involved-- from investigators and attorneys-- to, of course, the victim's family and friends.There are 40 death row inmates in Missouri right now, 40 people with a scheduled execution date
Allowing a condemned killer with health problems to partially sit up during his execution next month would be a "reasonable" accommodation, according to a doctor working for Ohio's prison system.Death row inmate Alva Campbell became mildly agitated when officials tried lowering him to a normal
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2 prisoners were hanged at Mashhad Central Prison and 1 at Zahedan Central prison, all on murder charges.Executions in MashhadAccording to a report by Khorasan Newspaper, on the morning of Tuesday October 24, 1 prisoner was executed at Mashhad Central Prison on murder charges. The prisoner
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The South African constitution, which outlaws the death sentence, has saved a Botswana citizen from possibly hanging if convicted of a murder charge in his country.Keitekile Jampe, with the help of Lawyers for Human Rights, turned to the high court in Pretoria for an urgent order that he be
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AUSTIN — Nine years ago, Christopher Scott was sitting in a prison cell, serving a life sentence for a murder he didn’t commit, praying that someone would help prove his innocence.Today, he’s the subject of a successful documentary about his wrongful conviction, running a nonprofit that
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CNS) -- Florida requires unanimous juries in death cases, and judges can no longer change sentences voted up by juries.But, Florida is on a path to continue executing people who had less than unanimous jury verdicts because of when they were sentenced.In 2002, in a historic
A cadre of mental-health professionals, including 24 who practice in Arkansas, signed a letter delivered to Gov. Asa Hutchinson on Wednesday, pleading that he stop the upcoming execution of Jack Greene.Later in the day, Hutchinson also was sent a letter from American Bar Association President
UN rights chief says those responsible must answer for their ‘heinous’ crimesGeneva: Daesh executed 741 civilians in the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul, the UN said Thursday, accusing the militants of perpetrating “international crimes” during the nine-month military campaign.A total of 2,521
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SAN QUENTIN, Calif. - Condemned inmate Emilio Avalos, 40, who was on California’s death row from Riverside County, was pronounced dead this week.Officials said it happened Wednesday at 5:53 p.m. at San Quentin State Prison. The cause of death is unknown pending the results of an autopsy.Avalos
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A new report from the International LGBTI Association reveals troubling attitudes on the global level.Homosexuality is illegal in some 72 countries worldwide, but a new study suggests that number would be significantly higher if everyday citizens had their way. The International LGBTI Association
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Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman and the chairman of the Yisrael Beiteinu party submitted a request to expedite the vote on the death penalty for terrorists after receiving the approval of the legal bureau. Lieberman: "The death penalty for terrorists will be a significant tool of
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Prosecutors in Osceola County will seek the death penalty against a woman accused of stabbing and killing a man at an Osceola County hotel — the first time Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala's office will do so since she took office earlier this year.Emerita Mapp, 33, is charged with
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Friday in Florida, Haitian-American Mesac Damas (41) was sentenced to death by Collier County Judge Christine Greider for killing his wife and five children in September 2009. He was sentenced after pleading guilty to 6 counts of 1st degree murder, waived his right to a jury and also waived his
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SINGAPORE - Six abolitionist groups, who have spoken up against the death penalty in Singapore, have jointly responded to comments made by Home Affairs and Law Minister K. Shanmugam at last week's Asia Pacific Forum Against Drugs.The statement, which was posted on Facebook on Monday (Oct 30)
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The U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments Monday on a death penalty case that hasn’t attracted much attention, but could bring important new focus to the standard of whether experts must be appointed to the defense in capital punishment cases.For 15 months, the lawyers appointed to
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WASHINGTON - Nearly 3,000 inmates sit on death row across the U.S.A death sentence is usually reserved for the most vicious offenders.Advocates say it brings comfort to the victim’s family and saves the taxpayers money.But a group of conservatives say the numbers don’t add up.The Cost Leggi
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When police found 15-year-old Mayra Laguna’s body in a canal in Hidalgo County, Texas, in February 1997, they settled on a culprit just hours later: her cousin, Ruben Cardenas Ramirez.Cardenas is set to be executed on Nov. 8 after two decades on death row – only, as a Mexican citizen, his case is
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Iran Human Rights (Oct 26 2017): A prisoner was hanged at Yazd Central Prison on the charge of participation in murder while the real murderer was released after winning the consent of the plaintiff.According to a close source, on the morning of Tuesday October 24, a prisoner was executed at Yazd