Countless cases lay bare the raw injustice of the death penalty in the United States. The case of Richard Glossip is certainly one of them. He’s been on Oklahoma’s death row since 1998, facing nine separate execution dates. He’s been given his final meal three times, and, in 2015, was saved from death just hours before his execution only after prison officials
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ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A Kurdish cleric from the Kurdish city of Bukan in western Iran (Rojhelat) was sentenced to death on charges related to his support for the antigovernment protests that engulfed Iran in 2022 following the death of Mahsa Zhina Amini. Mohammed Khezrnejad, 45
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The most intellectually challenging film I have ever seen about capital punishment. Definitely a must-see. DPN review and YouTube trailer available in our 'Films & Documentaries' section — DPN editorAs far as European cinema goes, there are few figures quite admired in critical circles as
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); February 7, 2024: Two men named Ali Feizi and Rahmat Bigham who were on death row for drug-related charges, were executed in Zanjan Central Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, two men were executed in Zanjan Central Prison on 7 February
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The Hrana website has reported a troubling surge in death sentences issued by the Iranian regime, with January 2024 setting a grim record compared to the same period in 2023, witnessing a staggering 35 death sentences. Shockingly, within the span of a single month, a total of 86 individuals faced
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Former French justice minister Robert Badinter, who has died aged 95, saved many lives by dedicating his own to the fight against capital punishment, playing a pivotal role in banning the dreaded guillotine in 1981.Robert Badinter (pictured), born on March 30, 1928, was a prominent French lawyer
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"The [Houthis] are ramping up their abuses at home while the world is busy watching their attacks in the Red Sea," said Niku Jafarnia, a Yemen researcher for Human Rights Watch.A court of the Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen has sentenced 13 people to public execution on homosexuality charges, the
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's cabinet on Tuesday agreed to abolish the death penalty following months of debate in parliament, choosing instead to impose lengthy prison sentences for the worst offences.The cabinet passed a private member's bill introduced last year in the National Assembly to
Zhang Keping, who stabbed a colleague to death while drunk in 2022, was executed on Sunday after China's top court approved his death sentence.The execution was carried out by the Haidong Intermediate People's Court in Qinghai province, where Zhang was convicted of intentional homicide and
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KOTA KINABALU: Five prisoners on death row in Sabah saw their capital punishment substituted to imprisonment by the Federal Court here.Today was the first sitting of the Federal Court hearing applications filed under the Revision of Sentence of Death and Imprisonment for Natural Life (Temporary
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Joseph Giampa was indicted for 6 counts of sexual battery in Lake CountyLAKE COUNTY, Fla. – A man who was facing the death penalty in a child rape case will instead serve life in prison without the possibility of parole.Joseph Giampa was sentenced in a Lake County courtroom Friday.Giampa was the
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An Iranian man was arrested after admitting to killing his 17-year-old son because he felt “dishonored” about the teenager’s "makeup and feminine behavior.”According to local media reports, the man said he had decided to "eliminate Parsa permanently" because his behavior "humiliated the
The Iranian authorities have sentenced four Baluch men to death on the charge of "armed rebellion" through involvement in "anti-revolution terrorist groups,” the Dadban legal group reported. The sentences were issued by Branch 28 of the Tehran Revolutionary Court, which was presided over
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Doomed to hang: At Newgate prison, 17 condemned men knelt in a circle waiting to learn their fate. But for James and John - the only ones accused of 'the detestable crime' of being sodomites - there was no mercy. Christ Bryant's haunting new book: "A True Story Of Prejudice And
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Amidst mounting concerns over the fate of detained protester Reza Rasaei, Amnesty International issued a warning to Iranian authorities regarding his imminent execution.Rasaei, who denies any involvement, faces the specter of death following his conviction in connection with the killing of an
Human rights activists in Iran state that in January, the Iranian regime’s judiciary set a new record for issuing death sentences in the past year with 35 death sentences. The regime also executed 86 individuals in the same month.On February 8, the Human Rights Activists News Agency
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Convicted of killing his cousin and his cousin’s fiancée, the death row inmate hopes recanted testimony and other new details spur a review of his caseLIVINGSTON — In 20 days, state authorities are scheduled to drive death row inmate Ivan Cantu from the Allan B. Polunsky Unit, past freshly built
The communist state has a notorious record of imposing the death penalty 'quickly' and 'in large numbers' with a range of horrible methods used.China's brutal and secretive justice system has been thrust into the spotlight this week as we learned the fate of Australian writer Yang Hengjun, five
Sixty-two death row inmates in Zimbabwe could have their sentences commuted to life in prison when the government abolishes the death penalty in 2024.This was revealed after the first cabinet meeting of the year chaired by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on Tuesday.The abolition is due to come into
Pakistan holds one of the largest death rows globallyISLAMABAD: Pakistan holds one of the largest death rows globally, with 6,039 prisoners awaiting execution nationwide, concentrated primarily in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provinces. Among them, 99% are male, while 62 are women.In a
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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); February 3, 2024: Hossein Habibi was executed for murder charges in Urmia Central Prison. Another execution was reported at the prison that day.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Urmia Central Prison (Darya) on 31 January. His
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This past week Alabama continued our country’s experiment with different ways to kill people. It executed Kenneth Smith.A brief history. In the American colonies, death sentences, imported from Great Britain, were by hanging. Hanging could be gruesome.The fall through the trap door in the gallows
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Is death for inmates by a firing squad or electric chair a form of “cruel and unusual punishment”? That’s the question before South Carolina’s Supreme Court as it is set to hear arguments on February 6, in a case that will shape the future of the death penalty in the state. It
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Eight former Indian naval officers who had been put on death row due to unidentified allegations have been freed by a Qatari court. The foreign ministry in Delhi announced on Monday that seven of the guys had already left and returned to India.Authorities declared in January that their death
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); February 8, 2024: A 35-year-old man named Yousef had his fingers amputated for the theft of five sheep in Qom Central Prison.Condemning the cruel and unusual punishment, Iran Human Rights urges international pressure for the Islamic Republic to abolish such medieval
According to data, there were 541 and 490 death row inmates at the end of 2022 and 2021, respectively, and 16 7 and 146 death sentences were awarded in 2022 and 2021.New Delhi: As many as death row inmates are currently lodged in prisons across the country, the the highest at the end of a
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Lethal injection only permitted method since death penalty reinstated in 1994TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach introduced a bill in the Kansas Legislature allowing the state corrections secretary to decide between intravenous injection of drugs or inhalation of a gas inducing suffocation when
“We didn’t see somebody go unconscious in 30 seconds. What we saw was minutes of someone struggling for their life." The first use of gas for execution in the US was on Feb. 8, 1924.In 1924, the US saw its first use of lethal gas in the execution of Gee Jon, a member of the Hip Sing Tong criminal
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It doesn't matter what side of the capital punishment argument a person falls on, some conversations are universally important to have. That includes what it's really like for those who have gotten a date for their execution. Before that conversation, though, there are a few important things
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President Vo Van Thuong has signed a decision to commute the death penalty to life in prison for five convicts.Hanoi (VNA) – President Vo Van Thuong has signed a decision to commute the death penalty to life in prison for five convicts.The decision was inked on February 6, following
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KOTA KINABALU: Seven more prisoners on death row in Sabah had their death penalty set aside by the Federal Court here, including a man who murdered his parents over money.They are Yew Wui Lam, 43, Muhammad Halid Mappa, 62, Safruddin Nasir, 37, Abdul Samid Edward, 41, Mohd Faris Mohd Johan, 60
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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); February 3, 2024: Hassan Mehraban was executed for murder charges in Qazvin Central Prison. Two others escaped the gallows after obtaining extensions in their cases.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Qazvin Central
Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, five years after he was arrested and accused of spying.The sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment after two years, according to Australian officials.Dr Yang - a scholar and novelist who blogged
Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Iran in JanuaryBased on the registered statistics at the Center for Statistics and Documentation of Iran Human Rights Monitor (Iran HRM), and through extensive research conducted in this field, the final figures of executions in January 2024 have been