Minsk, BelarusMinsk, BelarusFebruary 16, 2016: Belarus sentenced to death a man convicted of killing three people, the day after the European Union (EU) announced it was lifting sanctions against the ex-Soviet country for an improved human rights record. It was the third death penalty handed down in Belarus since November 2015. Leggi Tutto
India's Supreme CourtIndia's Supreme CourtA study that will be published later this year by the National Law University shows that 75 per cent of all death sentences and 93.5 per cent of all death sentences for terrorism were given to dalits and Muslims. The obvious issue here is that of Leggi Tutto
Save the Feminist Library, eviction, Southwark Council, petitionThe only archive in London with a wide array of feminist publications accessible to the general public.Southwark Council are threatening to evict the Feminist Library on 1 March from the building on Westminster Bridge Road, London, that has been its home for 30 years.The council has given
Welcome to UtahWelcome to UtahUtah has filed 110 Aggravated Murder cases in the last 11 years, but has achieved only one execution, and only 1 new death sentence in that time.Republicans are sponsoring a bill in the 2016 legislative session to repeal the death penalty. The purpose of the bill Leggi Tutto
The following declaration was adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 February 2016 at the 1247th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies.The Committee of Ministers deplores the execution of five persons in the United States since the beginning of 2016.It recalls that capital punishment
With the recent expiration of Mississippi's lethal injection drugs, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood released a legislative agenda that could effectively nullify the logistical and ethical issues particular to the cocktails.In place of lethal injection drugs, which can be difficult to acquire
DuvaiA top court in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday sentenced four Emiratis to death after convicting them of joining the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, local media reported.The 4, who were tried in absentia, are part of a group of 11 defendants accused of "joining the terrorist Daesh group
George Stinney Jr. was electrocuted in South Carolina when he was 14.George Stinney Jr. was electrocuted in South Carolina when he was 14. He diedless than 3 months after his arrest for allegedly murdering two white girls. Histrial took a day. An all-white jury deliberated 10 minutes. He was posthumouslyexonerated by Leggi Tutto
IHRDC's final update of its chart of executions carried out by the Iranian government in 2015 counts 966 executions, an increase of nearly 34% from the previous year.The infographic highlights some of the details behind these numbers, including the charges leading to the death sentences of the
President Ronald Reagan and Antonin Scalia in 1986President Ronald Reagan and Antonin Scalia in 1986Washington (CNN) Justice Antonin Scalia's death immediately triggered a monumental election year battle in Washington over whether President Barack Obama should choose a successor that could tilt the Supreme Court toward liberals.Within two hours
A bill that would make it easier for Colorado juries to give the death penalty failed Wednesday when a Republican senator joined Democrats in saying that unanimous verdicts for capital punishment should stay a requirement.The measure was inspired by 2 verdicts last year, in which jurors couldn't
San Quentin Death RowSan Quentin Death Row“It’s a good day to die,” Clarence Ray Allen said shortly before he was executed on January 17, 2006 in San Quentin State Prison. He had turned 76 the day before, and had served 23 years and one month on death row.He was the last Leggi Tutto
Several pending cases with potentially landscape-altering implications on issues such as abortion and voting rights will likely be heard by an eight-justice court. We look at how Antonin Scalia’s death may affect the outcomes.The unexpected death of Antonin Scalia leaves the supreme court with
Former Ga. Justice: Scalia Death May Alter SCOTUS On Death PenaltyThe U.S. Supreme Court could take a different stance on capital punishment with the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.That's according to Norman Fletcher, former chief justice of Georgia's Supreme Court and an opponent of the death
Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion (L) and P.M. Justin Trudeau (R)Foreign Affairs Minister Stéphane Dion (L) and P.M. Justin Trudeau (R)It's not exactly a pardon from the governor, but the Liberal government says it will automatically plead for the lives of Canadians sentenced to death in the United States and any Leggi Tutto
President Ronald Reagan and Justice Scalia in 1986President Ronald Reagan and Justice Scalia in 1986I opened a giant wooden door that separated the West Courtroom of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from the bare hallway that connected the room to the fresh outside air. A small man with a patchy Leggi Tutto
#love dont feel bad, women's aid, Avon, campaign, coercive control, FAQsOnly 1 in 3 women understand what “coercive control” means.Women’s Aid and Avon have launched a new campaign ‘Love Don’t Feel Bad’ as new research indicated a worryingly high number of young women have experienced controlling behaviour in their relationships.In a survey of 2,000 16-24
Zaw Lin and Wai PhyoKo Zaw Lin (L) and Ko Wai Phyo (R)Critical evidence used to sentence 2 Burmese bar workers to death last year for the brutal murder of 2 British backpackers in the Thai resort of Koh Tao was secretly supplied by Britain's elite crime-fighting agency.The National Crime Agency Leggi Tutto
The Cibolo Creek Ranch where Justice Antonin Scalia was found deadThe Cibolo Creek Ranch where Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead.MARFA, Texas — The Texas death certificate for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will list myocardial infraction — a heart attack — as the official cause of death, Presidio County Leggi Tutto
The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a reliable conservative vote on any number of topics the court took up during his 30-year tenure, including a case last year dealing with Oklahoma's death penalty.Scalia died Saturday at a ranch resort in west Texas, the San Antonio Express
Justice Antonin ScaliaJustice Antonin ScaliaSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was the first Italian-American on the High Court.(CNN)U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79, a government source and family friend told CNN on Saturday.Scalia died in his sleep during a visit to Texas.The
South DakotaSouth DakotaA bill to end the death penalty in South Dakota failed in the state legislature.State Senator Art Rusch, who spent many years as a prosecutor and circuit judge, brought Senate Bill 94 to the House State Affairs Committee Wednesday.Testimony on both sides was often emotional. Lynnette
Donald FellDonald FellIn an order issued Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford said there was "strong disagreement" in "judicial and scholarly" circles about the legality of the death penaltyThe federal judge hearing the death penalty retrial of a Vermont man charged with killing a Rutland
Gustavo Garcia in 1992Gustavo Garcia in 1992Huntsville, Texas - Gustavo Garcia was executed Tuesday evening for the 1990 murder of a Dallas-area liquor store clerk, ending his 24 years on death row.Garcia's lethal injection was the 3rd this year in Texas, which carries out capital punishment more than any other
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IS extremist beheads man in Raqqa, Syria in Feb. 2016 (Terrormonitor.org)Extremists of the Islamic State (ISIS) executed on Monday a man in the city of Shaddadi in Syria's northeastern Hasakah province, after accusing him of "insulting the Caliphate".Saleh al-Rahim, 48, was publicly beheaded in
WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia’s death has given President Obama a tantalizing opportunity to reshape the Supreme Court, but cementing a lasting legacy on American jurisprudence will present a familiar challenge: breaking the will of Republicans.On Monday, Senate Republicans — including some
Feminist Review, live online, VIOLENCE,We need to understand how everyday violence is linked to governmental and institutional decisions.The complete Feminist Review archive, starting with Issue 1 from 1979, is now available online: 30 years of sophisticated, passionate feminist writing.The Feminist Review is edited by a
A convicted gambler receives a public caning at Baitul Makmur Grand Mosque in Meulaboh, West Aceh regency, Aceh. Thirty-two Acehnese people received a similar punishment on Friday for gambling, which contravenes the sharia law in place in the province.Source: The Jakarta Post, Feb 13, 2016-
Gustavo Garcia in 1992Gustavo Garcia in 1992A Plano man is set to be executed Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his latest - and likely final - appeal.In December 1990, then-19-year-old Gustavo Garcia shot and killed store clerk Craig Turski, according to police. He confessed to the crime Leggi Tutto
Yet another North Korean general is killed by the Pyongyang regime.That's the story that's been doing the rounds this week after a South Korean news agency quoted an anonymous South Korean official from an unnamed South Korean agency as saying that Ri Yong Gil, chief of the Korean People's Army
Saudi Arabia: Homophobia and hate speech in a shocking video.Popular Saudi Arabian YouTubers posted a shockingly homophobic video to YouTube – which was removed for hate speech.The clip was uploaded by Fe2aFala – popular Arabic vloggers who have more than 500,000 subscribers, racking up over 45
A proposed change in the state budget could allow opponents of the death penalty to attempt to pull funding for it.Members of Missouri's execution team are paid in cash to keep their identities hidden, per the law - that includes the doctor that administers a lethal injection and a compounding
Today the Texas Forensic Science Commission issued a landmark decision recommending a moratorium on the use of bite mark evidence in future criminal prosecutions in Texas until the technique can be scientifically validated. The Commission also and ordered a review of every conviction in Texas