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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 – and a majority of US adults say they’re in favor it for convicted murderers –
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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
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"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
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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
Since the reinstatement of the death penalty, Texas has executed 583 people, which is more than any other state. Each execution, regardless of questions of actual guilt or innocence, has been contentious and controversial. But few have been more divisive than the execution of Karla Faye
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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On September 26, 2023, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that he would not seek the death penalty in the case of slain Sheriff’s Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer. “If I thought that the death penalty was going to stop people from committing brutal murders, I would seek it
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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