Donald 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 supermarket worker more than 16
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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 Texas12
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A couple who killed their maid then tried to cover up the crime by burning her body with acid have been sentenced to death.Abu Dhabi Criminal Court handed down the verdict on Wednesday after convicting the Palestinian husband and wife of murdering the Ethiopian woman.The court was told that on
Dhaka, BangladeshLaw Minister Anisul Huq has dismissed the chances of an abolition of the death penalty in Bangladesh.However, he has said the government will try to avoid capital punishment in future laws.He spoke of the government stance while talking to reporters after a views-exchange meeting12
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Dylann RoofA federal judge on Thursday delayed Dylann Roof’s trial in the deadly attack on Emanuel AME Church because prosecutors still have not decided whether to seek execution.Roof could face the death penalty on nine of his 33 charges in federal court, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay10
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A tribunal is tomorrow (Thursday 11 Feb) due to hear arguments on whether the UK Government should be allowed to withhold information which could show it has provided support for the death penalty in Pakistan.Ministers have so far refused to publish documents assessing the risk that financial10
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Presidential hopeful Rodrigo DutertePresidential candidate and Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte's latest sound bite reinforced his iron-hand stance against crime: He not only wants the death penalty back, he also wants the execution to be opened to the public."I will work for the restoration of the09
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February 4, 2016: Two prisoners were executed in Pakistan, in two different prisons.Key facilitator of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, terrorist Bilal Ahmed alias Abu Abdullah was executed in Kohat Central Jail early in the morning.Bilal s/o Faiz Ahmed was arrested two years back from his native09
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Ali Mohammed al-NimrA young protester who was reportedly forced to admit to crimes after being tortured when he was a teenager could be beheaded in the coming days.Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested in Saudi Arabia in 2012, along with 2 others who were also minors at the time, following
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Welcome to BaliAustralian travellers have continued to flock to Bali in record numbers despite the highly-publicised and controversial executions of two Australians last year and the melodrama surrounding Schapelle Corby.Travel data from Hotels.com ranked the Indonesian island as the top
Anthony GravesFormer Burleson County District Attorney Charles Sebesta Jr. will remain disbarred for his conduct in winning the wrongful capital murder conviction of Anthony Graves. The Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals Monday upheld Sebesta's disbarment for "professional misconduct" in the08
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Hamas militants prepare to execute a Palestinian suspected ofcollaborating with Israel in Gaza City on Aug. 22, 2014.Occupied Jerusalem: Human Rights Watch has condemned Hamas’ execution of one of its own fighters after
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‘Refugee women and girls face grave risks’ and the current protection response ‘is inadequate’.The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) have decided to work together to raise awareness on the situation of women and girls in Europe fleeing conflict.European andPakistan has hanged nearly 350 inmates, mostly routine criminals, since lifting a 2008 moratorium on executions in 2014.The death sentences of 12 hardcore militants was confirmed on Thursday by army Chief General Raheel Sharif, days after they were given death penalty by the military courts for12
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Wyoming will remain 1 of 5 states in the nation without a hate crimes law.The state's House of Representatives handily voted down a bill Thursday that would have created extra penalties for violent crimes committed because of the victim's race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender11
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Thanks due to everyone who is helping ‘rescue Helens’.A fund to ‘rescue’ The Archers’ character Helen Titchener, who is experiencing domestic violence on the popular radio programme, had raised more than £20,000 for women’s charity Refuge in just over 48 hours and is pushing £51,00010
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Texas Death ChamberA 42-year-old man sent to death row for a fatal shooting during a Dallas-area sandwich shop robbery in 2002 has received an execution date.Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark said Tuesday convicted killer Terry Darnell Edwards is scheduled for lethal10
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There is no place for sexism on our high streets. Tweet to help.Last month The Times revealed that shops on the UK’s high streets were on average charging women 37 per cent more than men on a range of everyday products – a difference now dubbed the ‘sexist surcharge’.In response, a Change.org
Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)RIYADH - Saudi Arabia executed on Monday an Egyptian man convicted of smuggling drugs, the interior ministry said, bringing to 59 the number of convicts put to death this year.Ibrahim Mohammed Salman was caught trying to smuggle opium which
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‘Decent work for all’ campaign focusses on 5 issues.Trade union activists targeted Sports Direct over its shameful employment practices in a protest at Rangers’ Ibrox stadium on the weekend.Protest banners also appeared in other parts of Scotland, including at the Forth Bridges, Glasgow’s09
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Pablo Ibar in 2009Pablo Ibar has always maintained his innocence over 1994 triple murderThe Florida Supreme Court on Thursday ordered a new trialfor a Spaniard who had been on death row for over 15 years after being convicted of the 1994 murders of three people.Lawyers
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Following a set of recommendations made by a committee appointed to look into the death sentence issued on several convicts, it has been decided to convert the death sentence imposed on 34 of those convicts into life imprisonment. President Maithripala Sirisena had taken the decision after08
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Indonesian police drug bust (file photo)Jakarta. Security officers at Kualanamu International Airport in North Sumatra have handed a 54-year-old woman over to police after finding 1,500 ecstasy tablets and nearly 30 grams of crystal methamphetamine in her possession on Sunday (07/02).The woman
Noval Fajar BaktiDepok. Noval Fajar Bakti, the 31-year-old man suspected of having killed a 7-year-old girl in a dispute over a loan with her mother, will face the death penalty, the Bogor Police chief has said.Adj. Sr. Comr . Suyudi Ario Seto, the chief of Bogor Police, said on
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Will the disproportionate vilification of women ever end? The list of things that women should and shouldn’t do seems never-ending.In fact, it grows incessantly.Throughout our lives, we women are dictated a list of dos and dont’s with regard to our behaviour, life choices, and bodies, to12
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In the middle of a controversial investigation into the state's lethal injection, Attorney General Scott Pruitt is talking about the future. He wants the state to open its own compounding pharmacy to mix and create the deadly cocktail of drugs that have become harder to get a hold of."Accessing11
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The UK’s largest ever exhibition of work by pioneering female comics artists is up – until 15 May.Called ‘Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics’, the exhibtion is at The House of Illustration, at 2 Granary Square, King’s Cross London N1C 4BH.This exhibition gives you the chance to explore10
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Philippe Marcel Guy Graffart (center)A Belgian man accused of killing his 5-year-old son in their D'Leedon condominium home in October last year will be remanded in Changi Prison for another 6 weeks, pending the completion of a forensic investigation report.Philippe Marcel Guy Graffart appeared in10
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Reveal the cover names of undercover agents and the groups spied upon.Women affected by undercover relationships are among those calling on the Pitchford Inquiry into undercover policing to release the cover names of officers.A letter was sent earlier this week to Lord Pitchford, who is
The Afghanistan Independent Human Rights Commission says Ghor is among the provinces with the highest number of so-called Taliban "desert courts."Afghan officials say a woman has been executed after being accused of adultery in a remote Taliban-controlled village in the western province of09
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We need to ensure that the many ‘taboo’ subjects are discussed more easily.You have to be impressed by the way the media can distract the public from something important.Now the furore has died down, we would like to draw your attention to the UK’s Chief Medical Officer’s report, ‘The Health
James E. Holmes (L) was sentenced to serve life in prison + 3318 years forthe Aurora mass shooting. "Not enough," some Colorado lawmakers say.Lawmakers are considering legislation that
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The number of reports has risen from 33 in 2009 to 184 in 2014.Figures released recently show there has been a six-fold increase in reports of online-dating related rape offences over a 5-year period, according to analysts.The National Crime Agency’s Serious Crime Analysis Section (SCAS)08
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The Apothecary ShoppeMissouri paid a family-run pharmacy in Oklahoma more than $30,000 in cash for execution drugs. Federal law requires recipients of large amounts of cash alert a federal financial crimes unit - but the pharmacy isn't saying whether it did.Over the past 2 1/2 years, the state of