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Presidential hopeful Hillary ClintonHow can we reserve the death penalty for the "worst of the worst" when we can't rely on the judicial system to not sentence the innocent to death?The death penalty made a rare appearance on the presidential campaign trail last week with Hillary Rodham
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A new law resulted from last year's botched execution of death row inmate Clayton Lockett and the problem Oklahoma has had acquiring the drugs needed to carry out lethal injections.Written by state Rep. Mike Christian, a former Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and staunch advocate of the death
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The execution of Malaysian national Kho Jabing has been set for 6 November in Singapore.The President rejected his clemency application on 19 October but can still reconsider his decision and halt the imminent execution.1) Please write immediately in English or your own language:Urging the
Three ailing condemned killers who claim Louisiana’s death row is unbearably hot can look forward to a daily cool shower, personal ice chests and more fans.But state corrections officials say opening the death-row tier doors to let cooler air flow from the guard pod is a bad idea from both an
At least 287 executions since December 2014November 2, 2015: Pakistan executed a man convicted of murder in Sahiwal, Samaa reported. “In 2003, Imtiaz Hussain had murdered a man over a dispute. He was hanged until death,” sources quoted central jail authorities as saying. Since the de facto ban
DNA testing has resulted in acquittals of some death-row inmates.“In the world of engineering, when an airplane accident occurs, a thorough investigation is conducted. But what on earth are the people involved in laws doing when serious human error is committed in
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Nebraska's death penalty repeal is legally on hold for a year.But the death penalty itself is technically on hold because the state does not have the multi-syllable drugs -- sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide -- needed to comply with state protocol in putting inmates to death. Sodium01
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People For the American Way (PFAW) is calling on Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Mike Huckabee and Gov. Bobby Jindal to withdraw from a conference in Iowa next month hosted by a far-right pastor who has defended capital punishment for homosexuality and who has blamed forest01
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For over a decade, Saudi Arabia has ranked among the top 5 executing countries in the world. This trend shows no sign of stopping. As of October 2015, 138 executions had already been recorded, a sharp increase on the 90 executions reported in 2014.Reprieve's recent report, Justice Crucified: the30
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16th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Oct 24, 2015 in Austin, Texas.Photo: Todd Willinghma - Innocent and Executed (Facebook Group)Todd Willingham was remembered by anti-death penalty supporters and activists at the 16th Annual March to Abolish the Death
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"Death penalty states are struggling to obtain execution drugs."A federal judge on Wednesday said he won't resume a civil rights lawsuit against the state of Arizona until it reveals which execution drugs it has in its possession.The order issued Wednesday requires the state to tell the court29
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Jerry CorrellJerry Correll, 59, was executed tonight by lethal-injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford. He was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m.Jerry Correll was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m., but it appears the state waited on a last appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.The court denied03
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Australia is reportedly considering cooperating with Indian authorities on a terror case that could end with the suspect getting the death sentence.Attorney General George Brandis last week had talks with India's Union Home Minister Shri Rajnath Singh on security cooperation.Indian media reports03
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Problem: life expectancy figures are substantially higher than healthy life expectancy.At present the age at which you become entitled to the state pension is 65 for men and 62 years and 8 months for women.Women’s state pension age is rising in stages, a month at a time, and will reach 65 by02
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Nebraska has hired Ben England, who also has been hired by other states, to help it import drugs for use in executions. In documents confirming his work for Nebraska, England also is listed as the U.S. agent for the drug salesman in India who has been the subject of ongoing BuzzFeed News02
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George W. Bush (left) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (right)WASHINGTON (CNN) - Jeb Bush said Sunday he was "conflicted" about the death penalty and would like to see it reformed, but stopped shy of saying he opposed it."I'm conflicted. I
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TUC calls for companies to publish action plans to close the pay gap in workplaces.In July the Prime Minister David Cameron pledged to end the gender pay gap ‘within a generation’ by forcing large companies – those employing more than 250 people – to publish information about the difference01
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Ernest L. JohnsonThe Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied a motion to stay the execution of a man convicted of a 1994 triple murder at a north Columbia convenience store.Ernest L. Johnson, 55, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Driven by
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Ron LaffertyA district judge denied Utah death row inmate Ron Lafferty's appeal Friday in which he said that execution by firing squad is cruel and unusual punishment.Utah legalized the use of firing squad for death penalty in May as a backup in case lethal injections were not available.Lafferty30
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“There is a whole wealth of evidence out there about what the problems are.”On 31 October 2015, the families and friends of those who have died while in the custody of the state will hold their annual remembrance procession from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street.They will assemble at 12noon30
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Jakarta. The Indonesian government’s watchdog for child protection has demanded that convicted pedophiles face stiff prison sentences, including the possibility of death, in addition to a government proposal for forced chemical castration.“We would like to see pedophiles chemically castrated, of30
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Philippe Graffart, charged with murdering his 5-year-old son.41-year-old Philippe Graffart, the Belgian citizen charged with murdering his son (5 years old) at their Singapore home, will stay in police custody for 4 more weeks so he can be assessed by psychiatrists, reports the local
The Bali Nine duo's lawyer Julian McMahonLeading up to the execution of Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, their lawyer Julian McMahon solely focused on their case.Refusing to take on any new paying clients, the 2016 Victorian Australian of the Year worked tirelessly Leggi03
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President Pranab Mukherjee has rejected the mercy petition of a serial rapist, convicted for raping 4 minor girls and brutally killing 2 - aged 5 and 10 years.Kolhapur resident Mohan Anna Chavan had first raped a minor girl in 1989, for which he received a 2-year jail term and was soon out on03
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Building networks between local schools, specialist domestic violence services and local authorities.Women’s Aid, a national charity for women and children working to end domestic abuse, has just held its first Safer Futures conference in central London.Local specialist services, teachers02
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Two hanged in public in Aliabad-e Katul on Nov. 1, 2015Iran Human Rights, November 2 2015: Two prisoners, both reportedly 30 years old, were hanged in public in Aliabad-e Katul (a city located in the province of Golestan) early morning Sunday November 1. According to a
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The Constitution prohibits excluding jurors on the basis of race, but there isn't much the justices can do to remedy that.Timothy Foster has spent almost 30 years on Georgia's death row. On Monday, his lawyer will appear before the Supreme Court to fight for his life.That's because Foster v02
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Cashing in pension pots is ‘the biggest con of all’, nothing more than a tax fishing exercise.On the International Day for Older People last month, the Midlands TUC Pensioners Committee, in conjunction with the British Pensioners Trade Union Action Association, held a ‘Putting Pensions Right’01
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Victim's family accepts blood money, pardons killersA member of the Kuwaiti royal family and his fellow student have escaped the death penalty in a high-profile murder case after the victim's family pardoned them, a ruling by Sharjah Appeals Court said on Sunday.A judge sentenced them to 3 years01
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Oscar Ray BolinGov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant Friday for serial killer Oscar Ray Bolin, one of the most notorious criminals in Tampa Bay history.The governor ordered that Bolin be put to death for the 1986 slaying of 26-year-old Teri Lynn Matthews.He is scheduled to die by lethal Leggi30
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A charity known for its specialist services for helping and supporting women victims of violence.It is with huge sadness that we report this: Eaves has announced that it will cease operations on 30 October 2015.Eaves has been a member of the End Violence Against Women campaign – an30
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Justice Antonin ScaliaIn a speech last week at the University of Minnesota, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said "it wouldn't surprise me" if the death penalty became a thing of the past in the United States.He could even imagine it happening during his tenure, he said - which, considering30
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Or ten ways to stop ignoring women and stop not dealing with the past.The United Nations’ Security Council Resolution 1325 (UNSCR 1325) recognises the important role played by women in the “prevention and resolution of conflicts, peace negotiations, peace-building, peacekeeping, humanitarian
26-year-old Dang Van Hung at the trial in Yen Bai Province on October 28, 2015A court in the northern province of Yen Bai on Wednesday handed down the death penalty to a man
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