Hamas terrorists cold-bloodedly execute 90-year-old Israeli womanAs Israeli forces continue to clear Gaza border towns of Hamas terrorists, harrowing scenes keep emerging, with particularly gruesome images being revealed in Kibbutz Kissufim."Dozens of terrorists entered Kissufim and broke into homes of innocent civilians," says a local going by the name Shmulik Harel. "While they were outside, Leggi Tutto
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 12, 2023: Hossein Bahrehmand, a man sentenced to death for drug-related charges, was executed in Hamedan Central Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Hamedan Central Prison on 11 October. His identity has been
Amnesty International says authorities in Iran and 35 other countries continue to use the death penalty for drug-related offenses in contravention of international human rights law and standards. More than 700 drug-related executions were carried out across the world between 2018 and 2022
To this day Hussain trembles when he thinks of the time, and the experiences he had still gives him nightmares. Like many others who are prisoners of the death row, Hussain himself believes that being alive there is a fate worse than death“Who eats when they are sitting on death row, waiting to
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A Texas man who unsuccessfully challenged the safety of the state’s lethal injection drugs and raised questions about evidence used to persuade a jury to sentence him to death for killing an elderly woman decades ago was executed late Tuesday.Jedidiah Murphy, 48, was
As Saudi Arabia continues to issue and carry out death sentences, ranking prominently among the top five countries with the highest execution rates, the world observes the World Day Against the Death Penalty on October 10, 2023, under the theme "Execution: Irreversible Torture."For the second
In a victory last month at the Louisiana Supreme Court, Attorney General Jeff Landry successfully defended the governor’s exclusive power to grant mercy to prisoners at the recommendation of the pardon board he appoints.Now Landry, the frontrunner to become governor on Jan. 8, has stymied a bid
The governor of Louisiana is a powerful fellow, but it was verging on cruelty for John Bel Edwards to raise hopes of clemency among the 56 of the state's 57 death row inmates who have asked for it.It was never going to happen.Edwards wanted the state pardon board to consider a mass commutation
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 5, 2023: State media have reported the execution of an unidentified man for murder in Mashhad Central Prison.According to Etemad Online, a man was executed in Mashhad Central Prison (Vakil Abad) on 1 October. His identity has only been reported as 35-year-old
Since reaching historic highs in the late 1990s and early 2000s, use of the death penalty in America has steadily declined, with a dwindling number of jurisdictions responsible for a growing portion of executions.While capital punishment remains legal in 27 states and for the federal government –
In July 2023, the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) released its report and position statement on mental health and the death penalty. The issues addressed in the report include: the imposition of the death penalty on prisoners with mental illness or developmental and intellectual disabilities
The United States Supreme Court has sent another death penalty case back to Maricopa County in the wake of a ruling that could affect many more capital cases in Arizona.On Monday, the high court overturned the Arizona Supreme Court's refusal to review an appeal from Manuel Ovante, who argued that
The State of Idaho has issued a death warrant for the execution of convicted murderer Thomas Eugene Creech. The execution is scheduled for Nov. 8, 2023 by lethal injection.The Idaho Department of Correction said in a news release it has secured the chemicals necessary for the lethal
Catholics, Protestants and other Christian groups joined rights activists in South Korea to call for an end to capital punishment, marking the World Day Against the Death Penalty on Oct. 10.The United Conference on the Abolition of the Death Penalty, a forum that includes members of several
SINGAPORE: Families of death row convicts urged the Singapore government today to impose a moratorium on capital punishment to allow for an independent review of the controversial use of executions in the city state.Five families called for a meeting with Singapore’s law and home affairs minister
I’ve long spoken up against the death penalty, a punishment so cruel, inhumane, and riddled with error and malice that it should have no place in our modern world. Its proponents claim it deters crime, yet nothing could be further from the truth – and study after study refutes that claim. Look
Jedidiah Murphy gets reprieve one day before he was scheduled to receive lethal injection over fatal 2000 shooting of an 80-year-old during a carjackingJTA — A stay of execution was upheld for a Jew on death row in Texas, one day before he was scheduled to receive a lethal injection.Jedidiah
The number of executions in Iran has drastically increased since more than two years ago, when Ebrahim Raisi took office as the mullahs’ president in August 2021.On the eve of the World and Europe Day Against the Death Penalty, we appeal to the international community to do whatever in their
A federal judge on Friday denied a request to stop the execution of a Texas inmate who had alleged in a lawsuit that the drugs he is to be injected with next week were exposed to extreme heat and smoke during a recent fire, making them unsafe.The Texas Attorney General’s Office says testing done
A manager at a North Korean pharmaceutical warehouse was publicly executed last month for stealing 20,000 doses of penicillin, sources inside the country said.The man, who was in his 40s, was shot to death on Sept. 25 in Hyesan, a northern city in Ryanggang province on the Chinese border, said a
As Richard Glossip tries to dodge a 10th execution date, one state lawmaker is looking at the potential for a new moratorium on the death penalty over the convicted killer’s innocence claims.State Rep. Kevin McDugle, R-Broken Arrow, a former Marine and supporter of capital punishment, is hosting
"The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize to Narges Mohammadi for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all," the committee said in its citation.Mohammadi is one of Iran's leading human rights
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 4, 2023: At least five men including two Baluch minorities, were executed for drug-related charges in Kerman Central Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, five men including two Baluch minorities were executed in Kerman Central Prison
Pannir Selvam Pranthaman has spent the last nine years – a quarter of his 36 years on earth – in prison. Seven of those have been on death row.The son of a pastor in Ipoh, Pannir had come to Singapore to work and made friends with the wrong crowd. They convinced him to carry packages from
Nun and famed anti-death penalty advocate Sister Helen Prejean has sued Louisiana’s prison pardon board and state attorney general Jeff Landry, arguing officials illegally agreed to halt numerous appeals from death row without the required public input.“I’m suing the Louisiana Board of Pardons,”
Today [Oct. 10] is the 21st World Day against the Death Penalty, and a pathway towards abolition of this cruel measure in the South East Asia is not unimaginable.I don’t pen these words in response to vast mobilizations against capital punishment sweeping the region. Quite the
“A chilling whisper lingered in the air as he disclosed these unsettling words, meant for my ears only. ‘You believe these sentences from the Judiciary hold weight? We don’t concern ourselves with judgments and court rulings. We execute at our discretion, whenever we see fit. You may languish for
LAGOS, Oct 9 (Reuters) - A Nigerian court on Monday sentenced to death a police officer convicted of shooting dead a pregnant female lawyer on Christmas Day in 2022, likely igniting debate on the place of the death penalty in Africa's most populous country.Nigeria has at least 3,000 people on
OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Should Oklahoma lawmakers place a moratorium on the death penalty? A legislative panel believes so. Fox 25 listened in on an interim study held at the State Capitol.People familiar with Oklahoma's criminal justice system spoke at the study. They all pointed out some flaws
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): Three individuals have been arrested for suspected drug offences, with heroin valued at more than $259,000 (RM900,000) seized.The amount of heroin seized is enough to feed the addiction of about 1,170 abusers for a week, the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) said
The mullahs’ regime continues to execute prisoners out of fear of potential uprisings by the people. On Sunday, October 1, Khamenei’s henchmen hanged five prisoners in Shiraz Central Prison. One of the executed prisoners was named Khodabandeh Farsimdan Qashqaei, who was executed on trumped-up
The world’s most famous living nun on fighting the death penalty for over 40 years, “Dead Man Walking,” faith, compassion for killers, regret, fame, Taylor Swift, opera—and Scotch.There was a moment of silence as Sister Helen Prejean pondered being described as a pop culture icon. Then she let
Mauritius' highest court has decriminalised gay sex, saying the ban reflected colonial-era, rather than indigenous values.British colonialists first criminalised "sodomy" in 1898, but the law has not been enforced in recent years.The gay man who brought the case said he was "now free to love
BATON ROUGE, LA. (BRPROUD) — On Tuesday, nearly all death row inmates in Louisiana will no longer be eligible for clemency hearings.A settlement was made between the East Baton Rouge District Attorney Hillar Moore and the Louisiana Board of Pardons and Committee on Parole.“The judge ruled in our