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Reading out a death sentence: a daily occurrence in ISIS-controlled territoriesMarch 2, 2016: Islamic State militants have released a “death list” of 1,065 people they have murdered in one city in the past year. The grim document has been put up
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Mahmoud IshtiwiGAZA CITY — The death of Mahmoud Ishtiwi had all the trappings of a telenovela: sex, torture and embezzlement in Gaza’s most venerated and secretive institution, the armed wing of Hamas.Mr. Ishtiwi, 34, was a commander from a storied family of Hamas loyalists who, during the 2014
Mark James AsayThe Florida Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the execution of Mark James Asay, just hours after hearing oral arguments in his case.Asay, convicted in 1987 of 2 Jacksonville murders, was scheduled to be executed March 17. But a January ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court in Hurst02
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Delaware Supreme Court3 assistant public defenders have argued to the Delaware Supreme Court that the death penalty law is unconstitutional - and therefore needs to be fixed by lawmakers.The attorneys from the Office of Defense Services filed a written argument Monday explaining why they believe02
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Perhaps not since Pol Pot led the Khmer Rouge has an Asian society been this on edge about its future. Granted, the Indonesian government has not declared martial law nor has it begun to ship the Muslim-majority country's LGBTQ community into forced labor camps. But a recent string of announcements01
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Execution of Mumtaz Qadri, who killed Punjab governor Salman Taseer in 2011, prompts muted celebration and protests.The execution of a man who killed the head of government of Punjab province over his call to reform strict blasphemy laws has revived the question of capital punishment in
U.S. Supreme CourtJustices weigh whether judge who had helped prosecute the case should have recused himselfWASHINGTON—The U.S. Supreme Court appeared ready on Monday to raise ethical standards for state courts, with some justices clearly troubled that an elected Pennsylvania justice who voted to29
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Signing a petition against the Nebraska death penalty repealThis November major issues will appear on the ballot in Nebraska beyond who's elected to the presidency.The death penalty debate is heating up again, bot sides launching re-newed campaigns.Last Wednesday, the advocated for abolishing the28
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Meth bust by Indonesia's National Narcotics Agency (BNN)Indonesia, following President Joko 'Jokowi' Widodo's anti-drug campaign, executed a total of 14 drug dealers in January and April of last year.The rise in the number of drug users in Indonesia had led civil society organizations to Leggi
A bill to repeal the death penalty in Utah has taken its first step by clearing a judiciary committee and moving to the full Senate.Sponsored by Sen. Steve Urquhart, R-St. George, SB 189 would remove the punishment for first-degree felony aggravated murder within the state beginning May 10, 201625
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Iran: A theocratic regime meting out medieval and barbaric punishmentsThe authorities in Iran have “severely curtailed the rights to freedom of expression, association and assembly, arresting and imprisoning journalists, human rights defenders, trade unionists and others who voiced dissent, on25
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Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)February 23, 2016: A Saudi who kidnapped and tried to rape his employer was put to death in the kingdom’s 64th execution of the year. Mufrih bin Ahmed Khamis worked as the victim’s driver, the interior ministry said in
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Public execution in Saudi ArabiaMarch 1, 2016: A Qatari and a Jordanian were among five people executed in Saudi Arabia, bringing to 69 the number of people it has put to death this year.The Qatari, Mohammed Jarboui, was executed in the eastern region of Al-Ahsa after being
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Florida's death chamberTALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A sharply divided Florida Senate is rejecting a proposal to require a unanimous jury recommendation in death penalty cases.The Senate voted twice Wednesday on whether to require all 12 jurors to agree on death sentences.The proposal was rejected by votes
A longshot proposal for conservative Utah to join 19 states and the District of Columbia in abolishing the death penalty passed an initial vote in the state Senate Tuesday after a 5-minute presentation where no lawmaker asked a question or contested the proposal.Steve Urquhart, the Republican02
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Bali's Kerobokan PrisonThe Surabaya District Court on Tuesday (01/03) sentenced to death a female prison inmate for controlling a drug syndicate from behind bars with the help of a police officer and his wife, who also received the death penalty.Tri Diah Toriassiah, also known as Susi, was servingFebruary 29, 2016: A court in Pakistan has sentenced two brothers to death twice for killing their sister and her husband over ‘honour’. The brothers, Ahsan and Zeeshan Butt, had shot dead their sister, Saba, and her husband, Shafiq, for marrying out of their own will six years ago. Sessions
The Connecticut Supreme Court is set to rule on whether to confirm or overturn its decision last year to abolish the state's death penalty.Justices are expected to release their ruling Monday in the appeal of Russell Peeler Jr., who was sentenced to death for ordering the 1999 killings of a woman29
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The authorities in Pakistan were bracing for the possibility of violence and escalating protests on Monday after the execution of the killer of Salmaan Taseer, a governor who had campaigned for changes in the country’s blasphemy laws.Mr. Taseer’s assassin, Malik Mumtaz27
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IS militant reading out a death sentence in Raqqa, Syria, on Feb. 23, 2016Two teenage girls accused of committing adultery have been stoned to death by Islamic State militants in Syria.Hasna, 17, and Madiha, 16, died after the assault in
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The Iranian regime's henchmen in the main prison of the northern city of Gorgan secretly hanged a 52-year-old man who had been arrested on drug-related charges.The Iranian regime's judiciary has recently confirmed death sentences for at least 40 prisoners that are being held in Gezel-Hessar PrisonIran Human Rights (FEB 25 2016): Talking to state run news agency Mehr on Tuesday February 23 about the huge problem of drug usage and offenses in Iran, Shahindokht Molaverdi, Iranian Vice President for Women & Family Affairs (appointed by Hassan Rouhani in 2013) said: We have a village in25
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Portrait of Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, by Myuran Sukumaran,executed by firing squad on Nusa Kambangan, Indonesia, on April 29, 2015.Jakarta. President Joko Widodo has reiterated the importance of Indonesia's
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Jessica Kumala WongsoJakarta. Police remained tight-lipped on Wednesday (02/03) about Indonesia's guarantee that murder suspect Jessica Kumala Wongso, a permanent resident of Australian, will not face the death penalty.The Jakarta Police have sought assistance from the Australian Federal Police in02
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Death row inmates in Ghezel Hesar Prison, IranIran Human Rights (MAR 2 2016): In the last month Iran's Supreme Court has reportedly confirmed 100 death sentences for drug offenses.At least 100 prisoners in Ghezel Hesar Prison (in Karaj, northern Iran) are in imminent danger
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Missourians and future legislators would be able to see where in the state budget is the money that pays for executions, under a change approved by the House Budget Committee.The Committee approved putting money for Missouri's executions in a separate budget line - it used to come out of an
Larry Fitzgerald witnessed 219 executions while he was the spokespersonfor Texas Department of Criminal Justice in the 1990s.So far this year, the State of Texas has executed 3 death row inmates. 10 more
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South Carolina executions have long been carried out by lethal injection, with the electric chair as an option if inmates so choose.But 2 senators are proposing the Senate consider allowing nitrogen gas as a 3rd option, one adopted last year by Oklahoma, because of the lack of lethal injection29
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New Hampshire's scenic Mount Washington ValleyNew Hampshire's state Senate is poised to take up a bill that would effectively end use the death penalty in the state without flat-out repealing it.Republican Sen. Kevin Avard is the primary sponsor of a bipartisan measure to "suspend" use of Leggi28
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Justice Minister Michael Keenan's approval required for AFP to assist with possible death penalty case in IndonesiaIndonesia has guaranteed that an Australian permanent resident charged with murdering her friend with cyanide-laced coffee will not face the death penalty.Justice Minister Michael27
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Ricky GrayRICHMOND, VA (WWBT) -Convicted murderer Ricky Gray's execution is now on hold so the Supreme Court can weigh in on his case.An order filed in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday put the March 16 execution on hold until the Supreme Court could decide whether to
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Tifatul SembiringTifatul Sembiring later takes down tweet amid criticismIn the latest incident of anti-gay rhetoric in Indonesia, a member of Parliament from the Islamist Prosperous Justice Party posted on Twitter that gays should be put to death.Tifatul Sembiring, who is the country’s former25
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February 24, 2016: four murder convicts were hanged in Pakistan in two days. Three prisoners were hanged in two jails on February 23.In Toba, Mumtaz Ahmad of Bhakkar was hanged for killing Noor Muhammad Khaira in Chak 264/GB Rajana some 24 years ago. In Sahiwal, two murder convicts were hanged
Public beheading in Saudi ArabiaManama: A government prosecutor called for the death penalty for 28 suspects -- 27 Saudis and one Afghan -- and for severe jail terms for the remaining four, three Saudis and one Iranian.A business analyst and a security serviceman are among the 32
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