Court documents show that one of the three drugs Arkansas planned to use in a lethal injection this week was made by a New York company that says it won't sell its products if it fears they'll be used in executions. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — One of the three drugs Arkansas planned to use in a lethal injection Leggi Tutto
Mauritanian authorities should quash the death sentence for a Mauritanian blogger, Mohamed Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, and drop all charges against him that violate freedom of expression, Human Rights Watch said today. The Court of Appeals in Nouadhibou is due to review the case on November 8
Government calls Texas execution an 'illegal act'Mexico had vowed to exhaust all efforts to prevent the execution tomorrow of a Mexican inmate on death row in a Texas prison but now it appears those efforts were unsuccessful.The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles today voted unanimously against a
NEW YORK — Three executions set for this week all demonstrate the irreparable failings of the death penalty, experts from Amnesty International USA said today.“Three states are set to put prisoners to death this week, and every single one of these cases raises disturbing questions about the
We’ve been tinkering with the death penalty for 40 years, but haven’t been able to remove mistakes and unfairness from the system.As president of Arizona Attorneys for Criminal Justice, I joined with more than 20 former Arizona judges, former prosecutors and legal experts to urge the U.S. Supreme
TOKYO - A Japanese court on Tuesday sentenced to death a one-time millionairess dubbed the "Black Widow", who tricked elderly lovers into drinking cyanide and pocketed millions in insurance payouts and inheritance.Kyoto District Court condemned Chisako Kakehi, 70, to the gallows for the murder of
SEPANG: The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) Customs Department has thwarted three separate attempts to smuggle Methamphetamine (Meth) totaling 27kg, worth RM1.9 million, into the country.Customs deputy director-general (Enforcement/Compliance) Datuk Zulkifli Yahya said the drugs were
An appellate attorney is out of a job after speaking publicly about a lack of funding in a death penalty case - comments that Weber County officials deemed "harmful to the county's reputation."Defense attorney Samuel Newton had been representing Douglas Lovell, who was sentenced in 2015 to be
The newly announced laws against terrorism and its funding include the death penalty.The new laws state that individuals defaming and publicly insulting the King and the Crown Prince will be sentenced to 5 to 10 years of imprisonment.Terrorists conducting terror attacks while carrying arms and
The same jury last month found Jonathan Renfro guilty of first-degree murder for the May 2015 killing of Coeur d'Alene Police Sgt. Greg MooreCOEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — A jury has unanimously decided that a 29-year-old man who shot and killed a northern Idaho police officer should be sentenced to
President Donald Trump called twice for the suspect of a terror attack in New York City to face the death penalty, within two days of when the attack took place.Sayfullo Saipov was charged Wednesday with providing material support to the self-described Islamic State militant group, and with
The day after Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl was charged with desertion in 2015 after being held captive in Afghanistan for nearly 5 years, Donald Trump tweeted that the former Taliban prisoner should "face the death penalty" for abandoning his post and endangering his unit.On Friday, a military judge gave
The Legal Assistance and Defence Project (LEDAP) has berated the Federal Government for not showing interest in the plight of over 600 Nigerians on death row in foreign countries.The National Coordinator of LEDAP, Mr. Chino Obiagwu, expressed this concern during a media chat in Lagos on the
#MaternityRights, Maternity Action, report launched, unfair redundancies, government inactionThe government has neither consulted on the redundancy issue nor provided any timeframe for doing so.Maternity Action held a meeting in Parliament today to launch their report on unfair redundancies during pregnancy, maternity leave and return to work and to raise awareness about the harsh
In dozens of criminal trials, prosecutors have put the same gun in the hands of more than one defendant.Late one spring night in 1984, the doorbell rang at the home of Norman and Mary Jane Stout. The Stouts, married thirty years, with three grown kids, lived in Guernsey County, Ohio, about a
A Sugar Land man convicted in a murder-for-hire scheme to off his own family in hopes of snagging a plump $1 million inheritance is now slated for execution early next year, according to court papers filed this month. A Fort Bend County judge on Wednesday signed the papers that could send Thomas
Hillsborough report, Reverend James Jones, bereaved families, state-related deaths, public bodies, INQUEST‘The government must urgently enact these key recommendations.’‘The patronising disposition of unaccountable power: A report to ensure the pain and suffering of the Hillsborough families is not repeated’ was published last week.And in it the author, Reverend James Jones, a former Bishop of
Paris - Burkina Faso's president said on Sunday that the existence of the death penalty in his country should not stop France from extraditing the brother of its ousted leader over the 1998 killing of a journalist.French police detained François Compaore, 63, at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport
As Arkansas prepares to restart its death chamber several months after the state carried out its first executions in nearly 12 years, an order from the state's highest court to release more information about lethal injection drugs could throw an obstacle in its path. At the minimum, it may raise
Four men suspected of plotting with two women to murder the North Korean leader's half-brother were Monday named by police as North Koreans who fled Malaysia after the assassination.They were identified at the trial of Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong, the women accused of
Sharjah - A Gulf national has been given death penalty on charges of beating his 25-year-old Arab wife to death.The verdict was issued by the Sharjah Sharia court on Sunday morning.The court handed down its verdict after the victim’s family refused to pardon the killer and accept blood money.The
Iran Human Rights (Nov 1 2017): One prisoner was executed at Mashhad Central Prison; one at Urmia Central Prison, both on murder charges, and one at Maragheh Prison.Execution in Urmia (Northwestern Iran)According to a report by Kurdistan Human Rights Network which was also confirmed by Iran Human
When asked if I would be willing to represent a Utah death-sentenced inmate, Floyd Maestas, I said absolutely not. I was well aware of the emotional, physical and financial toll the representation would place on me and on my practice. Yet I eventually agreed because I believe those on death row
Defense attorney David Anthony faced a dilemma Monday as he argued that his client shouldn’t be put to death with a new, untested lethal injection cocktail: As long as his client professes an unequivocal desire to die, saving him might prove difficult, if not impossible.And time is running short
#ItAin'tOver, Youth Stop AIDS, campaign, young people, AIDS, UK funding, Amsterdam meetingCalling on the UK government to recognise HIV as a youth issue.AIDS is no longer a death sentence and new HIV infections are easily preventable. But, as the campaign slogan for the Youth Stop Aids campaign says, it ain’t over.We have the tools: like condoms, safe needles and anti-retroviral
Jack Greene is set to be the first man executed in Arkansas since April, when Arkansas executed four inmates in an eight-day span. Even though Greene suffers from a severe mental illness, his execution for the 1991 murder of Sidney Burnett is scheduled for November 9. Scott Braden, one of his
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Senior Mexican diplomats on Monday condemned the upcoming execution of a Mexican inmate on death row in Texas, calling his sentence “illegal” and vowing to exhaust all possible efforts to prevent him from being killed later this week.In a news conference in Mexico City
All Is Not Lost, short films, police campaign, rape, prosecution, myths, SARC, help, Leicestershire PoliceIt is hoped that the campaign will help increase the number of successful prosecutions of rape cases in court.The first element of a major campaign being rolled out in the coming weeks aimed at increasing the number of successful prosecutions against those commit serious sexual assault was
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that an Alabama prisoner on death row for more than 30 years can be executed despite having no memory of his crime.The justices, without any noted dissents, reversed a federal appeals court ruling that had struck down Vernon Madison's death sentence for
With another execution looming next week in Ohio, a Democratic lawmaker is pushing a bill that would eliminate the death penalty in the Buckeye State.Although similar tries in 3 previous legislative sessions have gone nowhere, this time some Republicans are on board.House Bill 389, sponsored by
Budi Waseso, the head of the National Narcotics Agency (BNN), is known for his somewhat… unconventional ideas about dealing with Indonesia’s supposed drug crisis. He seems to have pretty much given up on his idea of building a special island prison for drug dealers guarded by crocodiles, but he
When he issued a moratorium on the death penalty shortly after taking office, Gov. Tom Wolf said he was moving to address “a flawed system that has been proven to be an endless cycle of court proceedings, as well as ineffective, unjust and expensive.”Nothing in that system has since improved, and
Alva Campbell is next in line to be executed by the State of Ohio.*For the last month of his life, Campbell will have been intensely monitored: two corrections officers watch him round the clock to ensure there is no suicide. The state is determined to do the killing itself.In Campbell’s case the
Amnesty International Malaysia welcomes the statement by the Malaysian government outlining its efforts to amend Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and to provide courts with the discretion to spare lives when imposing the death penalty. The organisation encourages the Government of