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Ivan TeleguzThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has issued a temporary stay of execution for Ivan Teleguz, a Ukrainian national who was convicted of ordering the 2001 murder of his girlfriend, Stephanie Sipe.He was scheduled to be put to death on April 13.Following his conviction, 2 witnesses
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Justin Michael Wolfe listens to one of his attorneys duringhis 2002 capital murder trial in Manassas, Va.After claiming his innocence for 15 years, Justin Michael Wolfe wrote a statement this month admitting that he is responsible for the 2001 death of fellow marijuana dealer, Daniel Petrole30
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John BattagliaA federal appeals court has stopped the planned execution of a 60-year-old former accountant who gunned down his two young daughters in Dallas while his ex-wife — their mother — listened helplessly on the phone.John David Battaglia was set for lethal injection Wednesday evening for
March 30, 2016: Two murder convicts were hanged in Pakistan in the last two days.On March 29, a double murder convict was sent on the gallows in District Jail Sargodha in the wee hours.According to the jail authorities, Ghazanfer Ali had murdered his sister and her husband in the name of honour30
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Prosecutors are rarely held accountable for misconduct and mistakes that have left innocent people imprisoned for crimes they didn't commit, according to report Tuesday by a nonprofit group that investigates possible wrongful convictions.The Innocence Project's report coincides with the 5th29
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A published report indicates that people who come out online in Saudi Arabia could face the death penalty.Oraz, a Saudi newspaper, reported on Saturday that prosecutors in the city of Jiddah have proposed the penalty in response to dozens of cases they have prosecuted over the last six months
Lethal injection is the primary method used for the death penalty and in just days it'll be used on a Georgia death row inmate, but the drugs limited availability has some states looking for a new solution.The method has been the primary use of execution since 1982 and now 1,425 executions later
The Lahore park where the suicide attack was carried out.The worst fears of Pakistan's Christians came true with the carnage in Lahore on Easter Sunday, said activists who had braced for a backlash since thousands took to the streets over the execution
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California death rowA contentious Justice Department policy that could speed up death-row executions is closer to taking effect, following a recent federal appeals court ruling.The opinion from the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals could clear the way for states to apply for a program to27
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Massey Sahib (1985) directed by Pradip Kishan A recent finding reveals that the death sentence in India is skewed against the poor. (Times of India, July 21, 2015). The findings are part of an on-going study conducted by the National Law University students with
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Kenneth FultsThe head of Georgia's Department of Corrections on Wednesday set an execution date for a man convicted of killing a woman by shooting her in the head 5 times.Department Commissioner Homer Bryson scheduled the execution of 47-year-old Kenneth Fults for 7 p.m. April 12, according to a
The refurbished gallows at Pretoria Central Prison, which have been out ofuse since 1989, the year of South Africa's last execution.South Africa on Wednesday commenced the exhumation of 83 political
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"The Supreme Court of Belarus on 29 March confirmed the death sentence against Ivan Kulesh, which had already been handed down by the Hrodna Regional Court in November 2015.Mr Kulesh is guilty of serious crimes and we reiterate our deepest sympathy to the family and friends of the victims Leggi
Bali's Kerobokan prisonAn Indian man was jailed for 14 years today for trying to bring crystal methamphetamine into the Indonesian resort island of Bali.Denpasar (Indonesia), March 28: An Indian man was jailed for 14 years today for trying to bring crystal methamphetamine into the Indonesian30
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Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)RIYADH: Saudi Arabia executed two citizens convicted of murder on Wednesday, raising to 81 the number of death sentences carried out in the ultra-conservative kingdom this year.Dhafer and Hussein al-Mutliq were found guilty of killing fellow Saudis Azeb30
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India's Supreme CourtA man, who was to be hanged on Wednesday for raping and killing a 5-year-old last year in Madhya Pradesh, got a fresh lease of life as the Supreme Court today stayed his execution and sought response of the state government on his appeal in the case.
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California death rowSeventy condemned inmates have died from natural causes since California reinstated the death penalty in 1978An inmate sentenced to death over 30 years ago was pronounced dead Saturday morning of natural causes in a California jail. Bernard L. Hamilton, was sentenced on March28
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South Carolina death rowA Judge Overturned a Death Sentence Because the Prosecutor Compared a Black Defendant to King Kong. The South Carolina prosecutor is known as 'Death Penalty Donnie.'A federal trial judge in South Carolina last week overturned the death sentence of a man convicted of
Father Tom UzhunnalilThe Indian Catholic priest kidnapped by ISIS-linked terrorists in Yemen earlier this month was crucified on Good Friday, it has been claimed.Father Thomas Uzhunnalil, 56, was taken by Islamist gunmen, reportedly linked to ISIS, who attacked an old people's home in Aden27
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Joshua BishopJoshua Bishop was 19 when he began his short journey to Georgia's death row.He seemed to be headed in that direction all along, authorities say."I'm not going to say I'm surprised he killed 2 people," said Baldwin County Sheriff Bill Massee. "I was disappointed that life had brought27
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Daniel Dougherty and his two sons14 years after his boys died in a house fire, Daniel Dougherty was sent to death row for their murder. Now, he's back in court with a new try for freedom.On a summer night in 1985, flames swept through Daniel
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John BattagliaA father who killed his 2 young daughters is scheduled to be executed March 30Texas will wrap up a busy month at the death chamber on Wednesday, March 30, when the state executes 60-year-old John Battaglia for the May 2, 2001, murder of his 2 daughters, 9-year-old Faith and Leggi
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHindraf Makkal Sakthi, an ad hoc apolitical human rights movement, has urged the government to put in place a moratorium for all pending executions until it introduces a Bill in Parliament to abolish capital punishment in totality. "This has been assured by the de facto Law30
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Citing a threat to the “social fabric” of the nation, the Saudi Arabian judiciary is proposing the death penalty for men found guilty of engaging in or soliciting homosexual activity as well as “men’s attempts to look like women.”Describing them as “perverts,” officials have noted the deleterious30
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Meth bust at Malaysian airport (File photo)March 28, 2016: A Vietnamese woman shed tears of joy in court after she was spared the gallows in Malaysia for allegedly trafficking in 2.1kg methamphetamine at the Penang International Airport in 2011. Nguyen Thanh Ngoc Tuyet, 28, in
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Premier Simon Chang said Tuesday that there must be a high degree of public consensus before capital punishment can be scrapped, and that he believes society is far from reaching that high degree of consensus.The premier noted that a lot of people want to scrap the death penalty, but pointed out29
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Colin RossTHE rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl in a Melbourne CBD laneway 95 years ago was not the only grave injustice committed in one of Victoria’s greatest murder mysteries.An innocent man hanged for the crime, which shocked staid Melbourne.Colin Campbell Ross went to the gallows29
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John BattagliaHUNTSVILLE — The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has turned down a clemency petition from a Dallas man set to die this week for fatally shooting his two young daughters nearly 15 years ago.Board spokesman Raymond Estrada says the board voted 7-0 Monday, refusing to recommend that28
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Meth bust in IndonesiaPAMEKASAN -- A lawmaker has called for immediate execution of drug convicts on death row to help combat the spread of illicit drug trafficking."We ask the Indonesian president to implement the decision on the execution of drug convicts on death row soon to stop drug Leggi
Public hanging in IranExamining the death penalty as currently imposed across the world leaves one glad to be living in the U.S. Nonetheless, the death penalty is still wrong.WASHINGTON, March 27, 2016 — The debate about putting someone to death for committing a crime is an issue often
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Imagine being told you are going to die in a month. Then it's a few hours. Then another month. You may be set free or you may be killed, and it all depends on events that are completely out of your control. How long could you stand it?The poem, "O Death, rock
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The Oporoma Judicial Division of the High Court in Bayelsa State has sentenced to death by hanging 1 of the killers of the 11 policemen at Lobia 2 community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State on April 5, 2013.The accused, Mr. Jackson Feutubobai, known along the creeks Leggi
Peter Gardner was charged with drug trafficking afterbeing caught with 30kg of methamphetamine in China.The New Zealander allegedly caught trying to leave China with $25 million of methamphetamine is expecting to find out his fate within
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Michael LambrixMichael Lambrix has spent a lifetime on death row, successfully dodging his execution over a period of 3 decades and 6 governors, with the help of timely intervention by the courts.In his latest case of good timing, he might even outlast the system that produced his death