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Executions in the United States have been on a fairly steady decline in recent years, dropping to 28 last year - the lowest since 1991. A peak of 98 came in 1999.Difficulty obtaining lethal injection drugs after many manufacturers stopped selling their products for use in executions has made it tough for
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Chinese police busted two child-trafficking rings, rescuing178 children and arresting 608 suspects in Dec. 2011.A man has been executed in China for the abduction and trafficking of 22 children over the space of 5 years.China's top
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National law firm Alston & Bird is fighting the FDA, asking it to release execution drugs that Arizona imported from India. The state has said it will sue if the FDA doesn't do so.The Arizona Department of Corrections has enlisted the help of a national law firm in its fight against the
An effort to abolish Delaware's death penalty failed in the state House on Thursday, but proponents of the measure say they will continue fighting until capital punishment is outlawed.The legislation, which would not apply to inmates currently on death row, received 16 votes, short of the 21
Florida's Death ChamberThe Florida Legislature got direct but conflicting advice Wednesday on how to fix a death penalty sentencing system ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court.The Senate Criminal Justice Committee heard testimony from prosecutors, public defenders, retired judges and29
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Mississippi Death ChamberAttorney General Jim Hood outlined his legislative priorities Wednesday. During a news conference he outlined his focus on better laws for child victims and child trafficking. And when it came to the death penalty, he wants options so he can carry out the will of the
Manama: Indonesia has banned its citizens from working as domestic helpers in 19 countries in the Middle East, including the six member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC).The ban was decided on July 1, 2015, but the Middle East countries were formally informed about it on January 2029
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We need to do everything we can to ensure that a tragedy like this is never repeated.Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO) and filmmaker Deeyah Khan have joined forces to launch a campaign in remembrance of Banaz Mahmod on the 10th anniversary of her murder.Ten years ago28
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We hope that real live women speak out about the issues facing them.According to the last World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report, the UK has slipped from the 18th position to the 26th in terms of women’s equality.And 44 per cent of women have experienced a form of male violence, 928
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James FreemanA man convicted in the 2007 shooting death of a Texas game warden in Wharton County was executed Wednesday evening.James Freeman, 35, was killed by lethal injection just after 6 p.m. inside the Walls Unit, more than 9 years after he fatally shot Justin Hurst.He was injected with a27
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“The empowerment of the world’s women is a global imperative.”The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has announced the first-ever High-Level Panel on Women’s Economic Empowerment to provide thought leadership and mobilise concrete actions aimed at closing the economic gender gaps that persist27
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Why has an area of Leeds been given a licence for a managed sex zone?by Mary Honeyball MEP.A pilot project in Leeds where ‘sex workers’ are permitted to operate between the hours of 7pm and 7am has been made permanent.The initial pilot in the Holbeck area of the city began in October 201430
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Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed one of its citizens for murder, bringing to 55 the number of convicts put to death this year.Authorities in the southwestern region of Aseer carried out the death sentence against Owaidhah al-Saadi, the interior Leggi30
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Anthony GravesA lawyer for Charles Sebesta, the ex-prosecutor who secured the wrongful death sentence of Anthony Graves, told a panel of the State Bar of Texas on Friday that he should not be disbarred based on technicalities in the rules that govern lawyer discipline.In June, the Texas State Bar
Utah's House of RepresentativesSalt Lake City — (KUTV) A new death penalty bill is making its way through the Utah Legislature.Rep. Paul Ray, who made waves last year with his successful bill reinstating the firing squad, is sponsoring House Bill 136. It would make aggravated human trafficking a29
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Dylann RoofThe Charleston County Clerk of Court will call 600 potential jurors as attorneys work to seat a jury for the state's case against Emanuel AME Church mass shooting suspect Dylann Roof.The pool of potential jurors will report on June 28, some 2 weeks before the start of the July Leggi
A coalition of Republicans and Democrats voted Tuesday to send a bill repealing Missouri's death penalty to the state Senate for debate.The measure passed the Senate General Laws and Pensions Committee on a 4-3 vote with support from 2 Republicans and 2 Democrats. The measure will head to the full29
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Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Thursday executed one of its citizens for murder, bringing to 55 the number of convicts put to death this year.Authorities in the southwestern region of Aseer carried out the death sentence against Owaidhah Al Saadi,
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Current EU legislation “ignores today’s science on endocrine disrupting chemicals.”EU legislation on materials which come into contact with food is seriously inadequate, according to the Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL).HEAL is seeking proper regulation of all types of “Food Contact28
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The Delhi High CourtThe Delhi High Court on Wednesday commuted to life capital punishment awarded to serial killer Chandrakant Jha in 2 identical cases of murder and upheld imprisonment of life till death awarded to him in a 3rd similar case by a trial court here.A bench of
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Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Saudi Arabia has beheaded an Egyptian national after sentencing him to death on charges related to robbery and murder.The convicted Egyptian man, identified as Mahmud Jumaa Morsi, was beheaded in the capital Riyadh on Wednesday, the Saudi Interior27
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HeForShe IMPACT CEOs from Fortune 500 companies reveal gender data.Ten of the world’s leading companies have released new workforce gender diversity figures, including details on leadership roles and board membership, in UN Women’s inaugural HeForShe Parity Report.The unprecedented disclosure27
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Wild dogs. Sirte, Libya, January 21, 2016. (Terrormonitor.og on Twitter)January 21, 2016: ISIS militants in the Libyan town of Sirte have executed at least three men and whipped another for drinking alcohol, according to a 'photo report', published by the terror group. Published on an anonymous
Gallows at an unidentified Pakistani prisonA death row convict was hanged in Mianwali Central Jail on Thursday.According to details, Mumrez had been convicted in a double murder case.He had killed one Fateh Khan and his son Amir in 2005 over a marriage feud.His execution was carried
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Brandon JonesATLANTA — Prison officials are getting ready to execute the state’s oldest inmate currently on death row. Some are calling his decades in jail an affront on the justice system.Brandon Jones was sentenced to death in 1979 for the killing of convenience store manager Roger Tackett.At29
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Chinese police officers rehearsing execution procedureChinese authorities have executed a Tajik national convicted of drug trafficking.Tajik Foreign Ministry officials told RFE/RL that Hasan Yusufov, 51, was executed early in the morning on January 28.Tajik Embassy representatives were allowed to
Several years ago, on a hot July night, a little girl named Elizabeth Knapp was raped and murdered in Contoocook, N.H.The mother's live-in boyfriend, Richard Buchanan, became the prime suspect and was charged with 1st-degree murder.This quickly became a highly publicized case and the N.H29
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BNN drug bust: 100 kg of methamphetamineJakarta. The National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, has arrested eight men, including four Pakistan nationals, with around 100 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine worth billions of rupiah in a drug bust at a warehouse in Jepara, Central Java on
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Screenshot from "Monster's Ball" by Marc Forster (2001)IN Missouri, one of a handful of US states where the death penalty still applies, executioners are handed an envelope filled with hundred-dollar bills.On the envelopes are instructions not to open until services have been completed.
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New campaign tells those experiencing financial abuse about their rights – and offers help.One in 5 people in the UK have experienced financial abuse in an intimate relationship.Financial abuse can take many forms, but however it is done, it is a way of controlling a person’s ability to
President Hassan Rouhani: The Smiling Face of the MullahsThe Iranian Resistance calls on the international community and human rights defenders to condemn the criminal execution of dervish, political prisoner Fardin Hosseini.His secret execution in Kermanshah's prison on January 21 as Rouhani, the27
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Wild dogs. Sirte, Libya, January 21, 2016. (Terrormonitor.og on Twitter)January 21, 2016: ISIS militants in the Libyan town of Sirte have executed at least three men and whipped another for drinking alcohol, according to a 'photo report', published by the terror group. Published on an anonymous27
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Are women ever really safe?“There’s always the possibility of keeping a certain distance of more than an arm’s length – that is to say to make sure yourself you don’t look to be too close to people who are not known to you, and to whom you don’t have a trusting relationship”.This was thePublic beheading in Saudi Arabia (file photo)January 25, 2016: The Saudi Ministry of Interior said in a statement that a capital sentence against a murderer was carried out in Jeddah governorate, Makkah region as a punishment for killing a Saudi man after a quarrel between
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