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Orange-Osceola State Attorney Aramis Ayala announced she has organized a death penalty review panel to look at first-degree murder cases after the Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Gov. Rick Scott has the authority to take death penalty cases away from her.“With implementation of
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It took 15 years to overturn Calvin Burdine's death sentence, but at last, in 2001, the federal appeals court in New Orleans accepted a defendant's right to an attorney who remains awake at trial.It now seems odd that there should ever have been any doubt that a sleeping attorney cannot provide31
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A 30-year-old Russian woman accused of being a cocaine mule faces the death penalty in Vietnam.But Maria Dapirka, who has already written a 'farewell letter' to her mother, claims she was set up by her lover who posed as
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The Alabama Supreme Court has set execution dates for two death row inmates.Jeffrey Lynn Borden is set to die by lethal injection on Oct. 5. Borden was convicted of killing his estranged wife, Cheryl Borden, and her father, Roland Harris, during
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Nevada's 1st death penalty execution in more than 10 years is scheduled for November 2017. But, knowledge of how the inmate will be put to death remains a mystery.On Monday, lawyers for convicted killer Scott Dozier, along with the prosecution were in court arguing over his execution.The defense
The remains of 10 of the Pan Africanist Congress's armed wing Poqo who were hanged from 1963 to 1967, will be exhumed on Thursday.The National Prosecution Authority said the exhumations form part of the Gallows Exhumation Project launched by Justice minister Michael
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On the same day Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte promised the parents of slain teenager Kian delos Santos that justice will be served, he also told police that if a person violently resists arrest “you are free to kill the
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The Cairo Criminal Court postponed Monday the verdict of 493 defendants in the Al-Fatah Mosque case to 15 September, state media reported.The defendants include several high-profile Muslim Brotherhood youth cadres and preachers known to have supported the group.They are charged with murder29
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Call to condemn Tehran, condition relations on halting executionsThe religious dictatorship ruling Iran continues to issue death sentences and carry out executions. The number of prisoners executed in the month of August alone has reached over 50.Seyed Jamal Seyed Mousavi, a Sunni Kurdish28
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President continues controversial declarations telling officers they are free to kill anyone who is violent while being detainedRodrigo Duterte has told Philippines police they are allowed to kill “idiots” who violently resist arrest, two days after hundreds of people turned the funeral of a dead28
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A former banking magnate and 50 others went on trial in Vietnam Monday over a multi-million dollar fraud at a major private bank, as the communist nation cracks down on corruption in the sector.HANOI: A former banking magnate and 50 others went on trial
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In a rare move, a military court convicted five family members of the terrorist who stabbed to death three Israelis in the Halamish settlement last month of failing to prevent the attack, the army said Sunday.On July 21, Omar al-Abed left his home in Kobar and traveled
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A New Zealand court on Thursday rejected an appeal from a man challenging the government's decision to extradite him to China in the 1st case of its kind for the Pacific nation.New Zealand Justice Minister Amy Adams had twice ordered that South Korean-born New Zealand resident Kyung Yup Kim could
Iran Human Rights (AUG 29 2017): At least two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on drug related charges. According to close sources, the executions of "Fardin Hosseini" and "Massoud Vaizadeh" were carried out on the morning of Wednesday August 30.Fardin and Massoud were30
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Medical professionals say the state’s new lethal injection protocol “doesn’t make much sense.”Nearly a year ago, Nevada death row inmate Scott Dozier asked to be executed, telling a state court judge he would forego his appeals. A doctor deemed Dozier, who was convicted of the 2002 shooting and30
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Starting Sep 1, it will be an offence to possess radioactive material or any nuclear explosive devices with the intention to cause harm, said the Ministry of Home Affairs in a news release on Wednesday.This comes under new laws that were passed in Parliament in May.A person who commits a fatal30
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Most of the 26 men scheduled for execution in Ohio over three years have intellectual impairments, mental illness and childhood abuse and should not be put to death, a study by Harvard Law School’s Fair Punishment Project concludes.A report released Wednesday looked at all 26 cases of convicted29
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Former governor urges greater spending on alternatives to alleviate poverty and prevent crime; group launches 'million conversations'Former Gov. John Kitzhaber is the most prominent voice against Oregon's death penalty, but he says repeal is a step toward a greater goal."Not only do we want to
GENEVA: Laws prohibiting blasphemy are "astonishingly widespread" worldwide, with many laying down disproportionate punishments ranging from prison sentences to lashings or the death penalty, the lead author of a report on blasphemy said.Iran, Pakistan, and Yemen score worst, topping a list of 71
The American death penalty has a big innocence problem, and it is not going away. The events of last week show why.On Wednesday, Missouri planned to execute Marcellus Williams. The problem was that he may be innocent. Governor Eric Greitens wisely put that execution on hold while a panel Leggi28
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A housewife escaped the gallows for killing her 22-month-old daughter 2 years ago after the High Court here found her to be of unsound mind when committing the offence.Daphne Phang Mei Kei, 28, clad in a pink jacket over an orange shirt and jeans, was all smiles and
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NCRI - The Iranian regime’s judiciary has sentenced to death political prisoner Mohammad Ali Taheri, his attorney told news agencies on Sunday.Mahmoud Alizadeh Tabatabaei told The Associated Press that the court has sentenced his client to death on charges of “founding a cult.”The 61-year-old
A 43-year-old Japanese man accused of murdering 2 compatriots in Manila in 2014 and 2015 for insurance payouts was sentenced to death Friday in a district court in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo.Presiding Judge Tetsumi Maruyama of the Kofu District Court handed down the capital punishment31
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Wilbert Coffin (October 1915 - 10 February 1956) was a Canadian prospector who was convicted of murder and executed in Canada.On 15 July 1953, the remains of Eugene Lindsey were found in the Gaspé region of Quebec a month after his disappearance. On 23 July 1953, the bodies of Lindsey's
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas -- A 36-year-old condemned Texas inmate scheduled for execution next week has won a temporary reprieve because of Hurricane Harvey.Hurricane Harvey brought record rainfall to Houston and flash floods all over East Texas.Since landfall, rainfall amounts have totaled between30
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The California Supreme Court's decision upholding Proposition 66, the initiative to speed up the imposition of the death penalty, fails two basic requirements of good judicial rulings: It ignores the language of the law and it ignores reality.Instead of resolving the matter by invalidating an
Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir on Tuesday granted a pardon to the prominent human rights defender Mudawi Ibrahim Adam who was charged with 6 offences, some of which are punishable by death.In a presidential decree released by the official news agency SUNA, al-Bashir ordered to free Mudawi
The High Court in London has found the UK National Crime Agency (NCA) violated regulations in supplying information to Thai police working on the Koh Tao murder case.The court said on Tuesday that the UK police gave information on the whereabouts of David Miller's phone
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As sheriff of Maricopa County, Ariz., Joe Arpaio engaged in blatant racial discrimination. His officers systematically targeted Latinos, often arresting them on spurious charges and at least sometimes beating them up when they questioned those charges. Read the report from the Justice Department’s29
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Thirty-one years after he was sentenced to death, John Valerio on Monday got another chance at life, albeit behind bars.Valerio was just 22 in 1988 when he was first convicted of murder and placed on death row for fatally stabbing Karen Sue Blackwell, a 26-year-old Las Vegas woman, at least28
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Trump Reverses Restrictions on Military Hardware for PoliceWASHINGTON — Police departments will now have access to military surplus equipment typically used in warfare, including grenade launchers, armored vehicles and bayonets, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced on Monday, describing it as28
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HRANA News Agency – Saman Naseem, death row juvenile offender in Uremia prison was transferred to the court for verification of his age at the time of arrest. The examination was conducted by forensic officers but no result has been publicized yet.According to the report of Human Rights Activists28
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Gov. Asa Hutchinson's decision to schedule a convicted murderer's execution this fall puts Arkansas back at the center of the death penalty debate months after the state resumed executions following a nearly 12-year lull. But his announcement that he will spare the life of a murderer the state had26
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President Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio Friday, sparing the controversial former Arizona sheriff a spell in jail.The move has drawn an outcry from civil rights groups, given that Arpaio's conviction was for defying a court order to stop traffic patrols targeting suspected immigrants. But others