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Scott PanettiDecember 3, 2014 A federal appeals court issued a stay of execution Wednesday for Texas death-row inmate Scott Panetti, who was scheduled to be put to death later in the day.The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative in the country, stayed Panetti's execution "pending further order
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November 30, 2014: A criminal court convicted a young Asian of killing an elderly Qatari woman in her home some months ago and sentenced him to death by a firing squad.The convict had confessed in the court that he had killed the woman in the garden of her home in revenge for humiliating Leggi
D. TsarnaevPublicity again cited in petitionLawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have again asked a federal judge to move the trial, arguing that ongoing publicity is prejudicing the jury pool."The nature and extent of the impact of the Marathon bombings and related events03
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Widespread support for government to bring empty homes back into use. New research from a national campaigning charity, the Empty Homes Agency, and the Halifax has found more than three quarters of British adults believe the government should prioritise the issue of empty homes. The Empty Homes
Dick Hickock and Perry SmithWICHITA, Kansas (AP) – The son of a Kansas law enforcement officer who helped investigate the 1959 killings that inspired the book “In Cold Blood” can publish his father’s field notes that he contended Monday substantially contradict the account found in Truman Capote’s
The Criminal Court has sentenced Mohamed Niyaz of Kaaf Thulusdhoo Redrose to death after he was found guilty of murdering 35-year-old Ali Shiham at Thulusdhoo on the night of July 31.The Criminal Court sentence (Dhivehi) read that Niyaz was proven guilty based on his confession to investigators01
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Scott PanelliHOUSTON - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously has refused to delay this week's scheduled execution of an inmate whose attorneys contend is too delusional for the death penalty.Board spokesman Raymond Estrada says the panel voted 7-0 Monday, rejecting a call from lawyers01
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BPAS and a range of other organisations believe the time has come to act – and need your help. Over recent years there has been an escalation in anti-abortion activity outside clinics in the UK. Women attending pregnancy advice and abortion centres are now regularly exposed to groups of
November 28, 2014: In a recent official statement from the Saudi Arabian government, the death sentence will now be imposed on anyone who attempts to smuggle Bibles into the country. In actuality, the new law extends to the importing of all illegal drugs and "all publications that have a prejudice30
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Witnessing a public execution in Iran (file photo)NCRI - On Saturday morning a prisoner was hanged in the main prison in the Iranian city of Qum. Another prisoner was hanged in the main prison in the city of Kashan.The inmate hanged in Kashan was identified as Reza Karim Dadeh Zehi, 38,
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Witnessing a public execution in Iran (file photo)Three prisoners were hanged in public two different cities of Khorasan-Razavi Province today. One of the prisoners was hanged charged with the vague charges of “immoral acts”. Iran Human Rights calls for international condemnation of the recent28
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16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. A United Nations call to “Orange Your Neighbourhood” kicked off on 25 November with people around the world displaying the colour to symbolise hope for a future free from violence against women and girls. And for the first time ever both the iconic
18 people were executed in three different Iranian prisons on Tuesday [Dec. 2, 2014] according to unofficial sources. All the prisoners were convicted of drug-related charges and there were two women and one Afghan citizen among them.Iran Human Rights, December 2, 2014: Eleven prisoners were03
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Jodi AriasWe take you now to As the Cash Register Rings, the ongoing, never-ending daytime drama that is the trial of Jodi Arias.When we last left the convicted murderer a month ago, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens was kicking the public out of the courtroom so that Team Arias02
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A desperate and uncertain fate awaits two young residents from Sydney's north-west, behind bars in China tonight, accused of trying to smuggle kilos of the drug 'ice'.Sydney pair Peter Gardner and Kalynda Davis only met a few weeks ago, but have been charged together by Chinese authorities after02
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It is crucial that juries are informed about the myths, stereotypes and realities of sexual violence. Campaign group JURIES (Jurors Understanding Rape Is Essential Standard) is petitioning the Justice Secretary to introduce mandatory briefings of juries on myths about rape and sexual violence at
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A youth has been hanged in Iran after being held in prison since his arrest at the age of 14 for accidentally killing a friend, according to information received from Iran.The execution of Rahim Nosrallahzadeh in prison in the city of Tabriz is the latest in a surge in hangings in
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More than 1/2 of US death sentences come from 2 % of counties. Duval County in Florida tops the list. By and large, residents there are death penalty supporters.Jacksonville, the site of early European settlements on the northeast Florida coast, is a fine enough place - excellent sun, great crab01
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Women and girls can’t wait 20 more years to enjoy their full human rights. From the European Women’s Lobby. Seventy organisations have joined the European Women’s Lobby (EWL) for a joint statement to the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW). Adopted two years after the Vienna World Conference
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Doha: A Qatari appeals court on Sunday overturned a ruling against an American couple over the death of their adopted daughter and said they are free to leave, ending a closely watched legal saga.Los Angeles couple Matthew and Grace Huang, who were originally jailed on murder charges following the
Hosni Mubarak (file photo)An Egyptian court on Saturday dismissed all remaining criminal charges against former President Hosni Mubarak, raising the possibility that Mr. Mubarak could go free for the first time since he was removed from office in the 2011 uprising that defined the Arab28
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A 14-year-old Nigerian child bride is accused of murdering 4 people, including her 35-year-old husband, by lacing food she had prepared for a post-marriage celebration with rat poison.The case had outraged human rights activists, who said a girl married to a man more than twice her age should be27
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Some campaigners have dubbed 4 November ‘Equal Pay Day’. A new analysis has revealed the strategies needed to tackle the growing gender pay gap which sees women effectively working for free two months a year. The analysis, by the Fawcett Society, has revealed that for every year a man works
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Scott PanettiA group of conservatives said on Monday that Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) should stop the execution of a man whose lawyers say he is severely mentally ill, as long the state's parole board recommends it."Rather than serving as a measured response to murder, the execution of [Scott]03
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“We have to make next year a great year for transformation”. Nicole Ameline has been a member of the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) since 2008 and its Chair since 2013. She is a Deputy in the French National Assembly and, among the many roles she has held
State auditors this afternoon are expected to release findings from a study on the cost of administering the death penalty in Nevada.The capital punishment debate here tends to draw more fiscal than moral objections from critics, who point to an overburdened criminal justice system whose02
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President JokoIn a blow for the two members of the Bali Nine who are on death row in Bali, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ruled out granting clemency to convicted drug traffickers sentenced to death.The sentences should be carried out for convicts who have exhausted all avenues for appeals02
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We need to talk about it now, because austerity is making the problem worse. By Ellie Mae O’Hagan. There was a sharp leap in domestic violence in the last quarter of 2013 – with a rise of 15.5 per cent of victims suffering abuse at home. We don’t know whether that’s because of increased reporting
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Scott PanelliHOUSTON - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously has refused to delay this week's scheduled execution of an inmate whose attorneys contend is too delusional for the death penalty.Board spokesman Raymond Estrada says the panel voted 7-0 Monday, rejecting a call from lawyers30
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More than 1/2 of US death sentences come from 2 % of counties. Duval County in Florida tops the list. By and large, residents there are death penalty supporters.Jacksonville, the site of early European settlements on the northeast Florida coast, is a fine enough place - excellent sun, great crab30
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President JokoJakarta. The Attorney General’s Office said five inmates who are currently on death row will be executed by the end of the year.Basuni Masyarif, deputy attorney general for general crimes, said the five condemned prisoners have all exhausted their chances for appeal as well as29
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In 1992, Kenneth Rouse, an African-American man with an IQ between 70 and 80 - "borderline intellectual functioning," in the clinical parlance - prepared to stand trial in North Carolina on charges that he had robbed, murdered and attempted to rape a white, 63-year-old store clerk.Rouse's lawyers28
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November 26, 2014: “ISIS gunmen executed two former female candidates in Mosul after the Sharia Court issued death sentence on them,” Saad Mamuzin, the head of the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) in Mosul, Iraq's second largest city, told Rudaw. The women, who ran in Iraq's parliamentary27
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An Iranian man has been sentenced to death for “insulting the Prophet of Islam”. Soheil Arabi has now had his sentence upheld by Iran’s Supreme Court. He was sentenced for posts deemed offensive to the Prophet he had made on Facebook.Photographer Soheil Arabi, 30, was sentenced to death on 30