Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); October 2, 2023: Hamidreza Khodabandeh who was sentenced to death for security-related charges and four unidentified men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, five men were executed in Shiraz Central Prison (Adel Abad) on 1 October. One of the men has been identified as Hamidreza Khodabandeh Farsimdan Qashqai who Leggi Tutto
Louisiana's pardon board will consider at most five clemency applications from death row prisoners under a settlement deal that strikes a potentially fatal blow to a historic effort to empty the state's death row. A Baton Rouge judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit that sought to halt 55 death row
Robert Roberson was sentenced in 2003 for killing toddler on basis of shaken baby syndrome, now ruled as ‘scientifically unreliable’A Texas prisoner who is facing execution having been sent to death row on the basis of “shaken baby syndrome” (SBS), a child abuse theory that has been widely
Alan Dershowitz is now involved in effort to avert execution scheduled for Oct. 10Attorney Alan Dershowitz has joined a last-ditch effort to avert the execution of a Jewish man on death row in Texas.Jedidiah Murphy, 48, is scheduled to die by lethal injection Oct. 10. The date coincides with
Man in tire shop arson case sentenced to death by Hsinchu courtThe Hsinchu District Court on Thursday handed the death sentence to a man found guilty of arson that resulted in the death of eight family members in June last year.The murders by Chen Yen-hsiang were cruel and evidence of the crime
Former president and frontrunner for GOP nomination also warns ‘this country will die’ if Joe Biden wins electionDonald Trump called for shooting store robbers on Friday in a bleak speech to California Republicans –and warned “this country will die!” if Joe Biden remained president.During the
AMMAN — The Court of Cassation has upheld a November 2022 Police Court ruling sentencing a former police officer to death after convicting him of murdering a man to avenge his brother’s murder in Amman in October 2017.The court declared the defendant guilty of shooting and killing the victim
Jakarta. As many as 77 Indonesians on death row in Malaysia might have a chance to serve lighter sentences following some legal reforms in the close neighboring country, according to the Foreign Affairs Ministry.Malaysia recently decided to scrap the mandatory death penalty for a range of serious
Baton Rouge, LA - The Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Life has urged Governor John Bel Edwards to use his full executive power to clear Louisiana's death row. In a letter sent on Tuesday, Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, President of the Academy, reiterated the Roman Catholic Church (the Church)'s
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 27, 2023: Mohammad Vali Jabari was executed for drug-related charges in Isfahan Central Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a man was executed in Isfahan Central Prison (Dastgerd) on 23 September. His identity has been established
Iran joined this Commission dedicated to promoting gender equality as a new member on Tuesday, for a four-year mandate.The news was received coldly. Several new members, including Iran and Pakistan, were elected Tuesday to join the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) - an
The planets may be aligning to end the death penalty in Ohio.Bipartisan abolition bills, including one co-sponsored by an ironclad conservative, suburban Cincinnati Republican Jean Schmidt, are pending in the state Senate and the Ohio House of Representatives. And continuing an earlier call for
A recent analysis by Bloomberg Law concluded that death-sentenced prisoners have fewer avenues to relief at the Supreme Court than ever before. Bloomberg identified 270 emergency requests to stay executions since 2013 and found that the Court agreed to block an execution just 11 times. Since
CHICAGO (AP) — A day before the federal government executed a Texas man for the killing of an Iowa couple when he was 18, celebrity lawyer Alan Dershowitz pleaded with then-President Donald Trump — a former client — to call the execution off.During a Dec. 9, 2020, call to the White House
The initial hearing for the retrial of a man whose death sentence was finalized for a 1966 quadruple murder in central Japan will be held on Oct. 27, his defense team said Wednesday.The date was decided at the 6th meeting between the court, prosecutors and the defense team for Iwao Hakamata, 87
To receive the murder charge, an individual must have committed, or intended to commit select felonies in Arizona, varying from drug offenses to robbery. Earlier this week, a man was charged with 1st-degree murder after a south Phoenix armed robbery left one of his accused accomplices dead.But
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A number of new laws are now in effect, as of today. Arguably the most controversial centers around changes to Florida’s Death Penalty. Child rapists can now face execution for their crimes.The law specifically pertains to child victims under the age of 12. Higher courts have
After Mohammed bin Salman blames ‘bad laws’ for harsh rulings, brother of man sentenced to death for social media posts says de facto ruler can ‘cancel them’DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Relatives of Saudis facing heavy sentences for social media posts are calling on the kingdom’s de facto ruler
Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City on Thursday called the execution of convicted murderer Anthony Sanchez, which took place a week ago, “fundamentally at odds with the culture of life the state of Oklahoma proclaims to be building.”Sanchez was convicted of the 1996 rape and murder of
HOUSTON (AP) — A Texas death row inmate with a long history of mental illness, and who tried to call Jesus Christ and John F. Kennedy as trial witnesses, is not competent to be executed, a federal judge ruled.Scott Panetti, 65, who has been on death row for nearly 30 years for fatally shooting
After execution-free summer, death scheduled Oct. 10This summer has been one of the quietest in the history of Texas' death row. No prisoners have been executed since March. But the state is planning to put three people to death in the coming months, starting with Jedidiah Murphy on Oct. 10, a
Richard Glossip has had his last meal three times.It may be four if the US Supreme Court doesn’t agree at its private conference Tuesday to hear the Oklahoma death row inmate’s latest appeal.Glossip’s execution dates have been blocked nine times, most recently by the high court in May, since he
A series of up-and-down news stories over the last few weeks show the complexity of the effort to end the death penalty in the United States. At the heart of this complexity is the simple fact that the road to abolition goes through the capitals of the remaining 28 jurisdictions which retain
NEW YORK – In a final statement before his execution Tuesday night, Florida death row inmate Michael Zack III said he made no excuses for the crimes he committed, but said he wished he could have had “a second chance, to live out my days in prison and continue to do all I can to make a difference
On September 18, 2023, former Texas death-sentenced prisoner Clinton Young filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the Western District of Texas, accusing two Midland County district attorneys, the prosecutor on his case, and Midland County itself, for violating his constitutional right to a fair
On Saturday, September 30, 2023, Khorramabad Prison witnessed the execution of 2 inmates, according to Iran Human Rights Organization.The individuals in question were identified as Mohammad-Bagher Bazgir and 31-year-old Sasan Farzipour.Bazgir had been convicted of the murder of a cleric 2 years
Lawyers for 5 death row inmates out of appeals in South Carolina are asking the state Supreme Court to give full consideration to the state's new lethal injection rules as well as the electric chair and firing squad before restarting executions after an unintended 12-year pause.The inmates said
Ali Najafi was 17 at the time of offence and 24 at the time of execution. Ali was taken back and forth to the gallows nine times; his maternal uncle insisted on his execution being carried out.”Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 28, 2023: Ali Najafi was executed for murder charges in
Convicted killer Peter Avsenew will represent himself next month when a jury is convened to determine whether he deserves to live or die. Avsenew, 38, was convicted last year of the murders of Kevin Powell, 47, and Stephen Adams, 52, a Wilton Manors couple who took him into their home during the
Jakarta (ANTARA) - As many as 168 Indonesian citizens are facing death penalty overseas for various crimes, according to data from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as of August 2023.Of the total cases, 157 were recorded in Malaysia, four cases in the United Arab Emirates, three cases in Saudi
OKEECHOBEE, Fla. — Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against a Florida man accused of killing a Lyft driver and fleeing before being captured in North Carolina, according to our ABC news partners at WFTS in Tampa Bay.In a recently filed court notice, prosecutors in Okeechobee County say
The new law will likely draw legal challenges, as U.S. Supreme Court and Florida Supreme Court precedents have barred death sentences for rapists.TALLAHASSEE — A new law that could lead to imposing the death penalty on people who rape children under age 12 will take effect Sunday, along with
Ohio prosecutors will have close to a year to prepare for a potential death penalty trial against the father charged with executing his three young sons with a rifle just before Father’s Day last June.Chad Christopher Doerman, 32, is currently set to face a jury of his peers in Clermont County
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); September 23, 2023: State media have reported the execution of an unnamed man for drug-related in Minab Prison.According to the Judiciary’s Mizan news agency, a man was executed in Minab Prison (Hormozgan province) on 23 September. The unnamed man was sentenced to