PHOENIX — In an execution in 2010 in Arizona, the presiding doctor was supposed to connect the intravenous line to the convict’s arm — a procedure written into the state’s lethal injection protocol and considered by many doctors as the easiest and best way to attach a line. Instead he chose to use
Leggi Tutto18
Ago
2014
California Death RowThe countries the US most rails against for their undemocratic tyrannies: Iran, China, Afghanistan etc.. are countries that the US has more in common with than it would like. America has democratic structures that the other ‘less enlightened’ countries don’t possess: a powerful18
Ago
2014
Concerned about the potentially adverse health effects of increased exposure to harmful chemicals as a result of fracking. What is fracking? “Hydraulic fracturing” or “fracking”, for short, is the term given to the technique used to access gas held within shale beds. During this process, a borehole
17
Ago
2014
Andrew Chan, Myuran SukumaranTwo Australians on death row in Bali should have their sentences reduced to life, the Kerobokan prison governor has announced.And other Bali Nine drug mules who have applied for their life sentences to be reduced to a fixed term should also have their wish16
Ago
2014
Kerobokan Jail, BaliPolice on the Indonesian island of Bali said on Saturday an American couple arrested in connection with the death of the woman’s mother could be charged with premeditated murder, which carries a maximum penalty of death.Nineteen-year-old Heather Mack and her 21-year-old
Texas Gov. Rick PerryAUSTIN, Tex. — A grand jury indicted Gov. Rick Perry on two felony counts on Friday, charging that he abused his power last year when he tried to pressure the district attorney here, a Democrat, to step down by threatening to cut off state financing to her office.
Leggi Tutto15
Ago
2014
The man behind a Kenyan draft bill that would see gay people sentenced to death by stoning says they are "very rotten".Edward Nyakeriga is the author of Kenya's Anti-Homosexuality Bill.It would introduce harsh punishments for same-sex sexual activity, with life imprisonment or the death penalty15
Ago
2014
New research reveals that 870,000 people between 65 and 89 now have unmet needs for social care. The research uncovers the fact that nearly a third (31.1 per cent) of people who have difficulty in carrying out some essential activities of daily life do not receive any help formally from care
14
Ago
2014
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal judge has scheduled a hearing for next month in a lawsuit filed by a group of death row inmates over Oklahoma's execution procedures.U.S. District Judge Stephen Friot on Tuesday scheduled a hearing for Sept. 18 in the case, which was filed by 21 inmates following the14
Ago
2014
Government policies are causing significant hardship. A report published recently by campaigners Just Fair says that the UK government is in breach of its legal obligations to respect, protect and fulfill the human rights of disabled people. The report is the first comprehensive analysis of the
13
Ago
2014
‘The health of our young people – both mind and body – is a critical asset.’ Did you know that nearly one fifth of the global population is comprised of youth aged 15-24 years? On a global level, approximately 20 per cent of them experience a mental health condition each year. Clicke here and help
12
Ago
2014
Execution chamber at Tokyo Detention CenterA Diet members' group formed to end the death penalty plans to resume operations as early as next month after suspending its activities following the 2012 election, sources said Monday.The group headed by Shizuka Kamei, 77, an independent in the Lower18
Ago
2014
The numbers of women in low paid, insecure work are still alarmingly high. New research for a report by the Fawcett Society shows that women – and especially those on low pay – are firmly shut out of the UK’s widely-reported economic recovery. The new report -The changing labour market 2: women
17
Ago
2014
Oklahoma Death ChamberLogs pertaining to the botched execution of an inmate were requested over 3 months ago.Logs from the final hours before Clayton Lockett's botched execution still haven't been released by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, more than 3 months after initially requested16
Ago
2014
(Reuters) - The Taliban executed five people in a busy opium market in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province and left their bodies hanging overnight after accusing them of kidnapping a businessman, officials told Reuters.The militant group has stepped up its fight for control of the southern16
Ago
2014
Texas is paying 4 times more for its execution drugs from a new supplier, putting it in line with a local consumer rate but well below the cost in at least 1 other death penalty state.The prison agency in the nation's busiest death penalty state paid $13,500 for its most recent
Leggi Tutto
Public flogging, Iran, Aug. 13, 2014NCRI- The Iranian regime's henchmen lashed two men on Wednesday in public for 'disrupting public order' in a city near the country's capital Tehran.A police commander in Qods city was quoted by state-run Mehr news agency as saying: "the men who were thugs in the
The last public hanging in the U.S.An estimated 15,000–20,000 people showed up for what would be the last public execution in the United States.Around 5:20 a.m., August 14, 1936, Rainey Bethea was led to the gallows in Owensboro, Kentucky for robbing, raping and murdering Lischia Edwards, a 7015
Ago
2014
Calling upon the Irish State to finally admit the wrongfulness of symphysiotomy. The Chairman of the UN Human Rights Committee has condemned symphysiotomy as practised on Irish women as forced medical experimentation amounting to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment under Article 7 of the
14
Ago
2014
Iran Human Rights, August 13, 2014: Four prisoners were hanged in two different Iranian prisons, reported the state run Iranian media today.Three of the prisoners were hanged in the prison of Bandar Abbas (Southern Iran) reported the official Iranian news agency IRNA. The prisoners who were13
Ago
2014
Gwynne Evans and Peter Allen were the last peopleto be hanged in the UK. Photograph: Peter LomasAs they were led to the gallows there was little fuss. No public outcry, no headlines indicated that the executions of Gwynne Evans and Peter Allen would be remembered as anything other than12
Ago
2014
For ‘a different approach and a better way forward’. Green Yes, the Scottish Green Party‘s campaign for a Yes vote in Scotland’s independence referendum, is urging undecided women voters to seize the opportunity to create a more equal society. The latest Scottish Social Attitudes Survey reported
12
Ago
2014
Denpasar. Customs officers in Bali have arrested a Lithuanian man for allegedly attempting to smuggle almost four kilograms of methamphetamine into the island, in what an official called the biggest single drug bust of the year.The suspect, identified only by the initials V.L., 41, was arrested in18
Ago
2014
A study carried out by law firm Slater & Gordon has found concrete evidence of what feminists have been saying for years: women are often routinely discriminated against after having children.
Leggi Tutto
17
Ago
2014
Beirut/Amman - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil) militant group has executed 700 members of a tribe it has been battling in eastern Syria during the past two weeks, the majority of them civilians, a human rights monitoring group and activists said on Saturday.The Syrian Observatory16
Ago
2014
Killing ones’ own citizens has become a harsh endeavor these days, but as always money buys everything, drugs and bills of secrecy to hide the dirty deeds. Nobody seems to care though, why bother to stand by those on death row who have a legitimate right to know how they are
Leggi Tutto16
Ago
2014
NCRI - At least four more people were hanged in Iran last week, including a 22-year-old who was under 17 at the time of arrest.Three prisoners were executed on Tuesday August 13, in the central prison in the city of Bandar Abbas, southern Iran. The public relations office of the regime’s Leggi
Max SoffarMax Soffar has a long history of self-medicating. When he was 4, his parents found him passed out next to their car, gas cap in hand. Since birth, Max's brain has been damaged. That damage has been made worse by years of physical and mental abuse by adoptive parents and
Leggi Tutto
Two Kolhapur women, who were sentenced to death in 2001 for kidnapping 13 children and killing nine of them, may become the first women ever to be hanged in India. President Pranab Mukherjee late last month rejected Renuka Kiran Shinde and her sister Seema Mohan Gavit's mercy petitions. The buffer14
Ago
2014
Sign up for Anonymous Voter Registration. Scottish Women’s Aid has launched #safevotes, a new campaign to encourage women and young people who are eligible to vote but fear being traced, to sign up for Anonymous Voter Registration (AVR). Anonymous Voter Registration means voters will be able to
14
Ago
2014
Women need support that extends far beyond any refuge stay. A new report from the Child and Women Abuse Studies Unit (CWASU) and Solace Women’s Aid looks in depth at the long-term needs of domestic abuse survivors and their families. In a first of its kind for Europe, a three-year study tracked 100
13
Ago
2014
Affirmative action, not positive discrimination, needed to address structural imbalances in the system. One of the strongest advocates for a change in the justice system has called again for more parity in the appointment of judges. Baroness Hale, Britain’s only female Supreme Court Judge and the
12
Ago
2014
More cartoons on capital punishment HERE
Leggi Tutto12
Ago
2014
The humble Lego brick – the centre of criticism because of the company’s marketing. Lego was created in the 1930s by philanthropist Ole Kirk Kristiansen, who had a vision of it contributing to creative play and healthy child development. The name Lego, translated from Danish, means ‘play well’, and