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Hopes for a pardon for the writer are fading, worries his wife who lives in Sherbrooke, Que., and posted that her husband was taken to a remote Saudi prison reserved for those who have received a final verdict.Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who was sentenced to receive 1,000 lashes for his liberal writings,
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Timothy Ray Jones Jr. with his attorneys.LEXINGTON COUNTY, SC -- Timothy Ray Jones Jr. is facing the death penalty in connection with the deaths of his five children in Red Bank more than 15 months ago.Eleventh Circuit Solicitor Donald Myers served notice of that decision
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The President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo administration has failed to deliver on its campaign promise of human rights protection in its first year, a study has revealed.The Setara Institute for Democracy and Peace recorded a slight fall of 0.04 points from 2014 to 2015 on the achievement index of human09
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A division bench of the Lahore High Court Tuesday acquitted 2 real brothers- Ali Abbas and Nadeem Abbas- who were convicted for killing a woman after abduction.The bench comprising Justice Qazi Muhammad Amin Ahmed and Justice Ch Mushtaq Ahmad acquitted the convicts while accepting their appeals
Rudolph Roybal in 1992A judge has overturned the death sentence in the murder of an Oceanside housewife, finding the prosecutor committed “egregious misconduct” by telling jurors the Bible calls for murderers to be sentenced to death.U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Miller wrote that the repeated08
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Wyoming's disused gas chamberRussell Bucklew and Ernest L. Johnson are rare survivors on Missouri's rapidly shrinking death row.Though 18 other Missouri inmates have been executed over the past 24 months, Bucklew and Johnson have been spared a 1-way trip to the state's death chamber, at least08
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Oscar PitoriusOscar Pistorius, who murdered his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day 2013, was granted bail on Tuesday and has the freedom of South Africa's capital Pretoria as he waits to appeal his conviction in April.The Paralympic champion, nicknamed "Blade Runner" because of the07
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Public beheading in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Saudi Arabia on Monday executed a man convicted of killing his wife, adding to a toll which rights group Amnesty International says is the kingdom's highest in two decades.Hawas al-Shammry, a Saudi, was put to death for stabbing his
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Florida's death chamberFlorida's Legislature again finds itself under the watchful eye of the courts, and this time it's literally a matter of life and death.Having endured withering criticism from state courts for a botched redrawing of political boundaries, lawmakers now await a verdict from the
Meth bust in Indonesia (file photo)The Supreme Court has once again sentenced to death Meirika Franola, notoriously dubbed Indonesia's "drug queen", after being spared the death penalty during Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's presidency.Supreme Court spokesman Suhadi said that the court's decision to06
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"Mongolia has set an example which we hope will quickly ripple across Asia. The countries that continue to execute have been shown a clear path to follow to end this cruel and inhumane punishment." -- Roseann Rife, East Asia Research Director at Amnesty International.Mongolia’s parliament became04
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Iran Human Rights (DEC 1 2015): An Iranian-American man has reportedly been hanged in Iran. According to confirmed sources, Iranian authorities carried out the death sentence for Hamid Samiee and another prisoner at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison on Wednesday November 4. Samiee, reportedly accused of10
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Iran Human Rights (DEC 9 2015): A court in the north of Iran has reportedly sentenced a woman to lashings, 25 years in prison, and also death by stoning for allegedly assisting in the murder of her husband, Arash Babaieepour Tabrizinejad.Her sentence was reportedly issued by Branch 2 of a criminal10
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A UN human rights expert has warned the UN's drugs agency that it is not doing enough to prevent a global surge in the death penalty for drugs offences.In a letter dated 7th December, Dainius Pūras – the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to health – told Yury
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Dhaka airport Bangladesh anti-drugs officers seized US$6.2 million (S$8.72 million) of cocaine at Dhaka airport and arrested a Spanish national on suspicion of smuggling, officials said on Wednesday (Dec 9), the country's second-biggest haul of the substance.P.J. Julian, 47, was arrested at the09
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A young prisoner charged with rape was hanged in public in Iran in Nov. 2015Iran cemented its shameful status as the world's top official executioner of juvenile offenders after two young men were re-sentenced to death for
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Public executions in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Tuesday executed a convicted Pakistani heroin smuggler, adding to a toll which rights group Amnesty International says is the kingdom`s highest in two decades.The ministry of interior said Khan Iqbal was put to death in Leggi08
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Colombo: Saudi authorities have agreed to retry a Sri Lankan housemaid sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, her country’s deputy foreign minister said Tuesday.Harsha de Silva told parliament in Colombo the government had secured a fresh trial for the woman after Sri Lankan diplomats visited
Brian Keith TerrellA lawyer for condemned murderer Brian Keith Terrell is again raising questions about the compounded lethal injection drug that Georgia uses in executions.Terrell is scheduled to die on Tuesday. He was originally slated for execution on March 10, 1 week after the scheduled
Nebraska Gov. Pete RickettsNebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Friday that the state will hold no executions and will stop attempting to secure execution drugs until after a referendum vote on a death penalty repeal measure is held in 2016.WASHINGTON —Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts announced late
The Ohio Supreme CourtThe Ohio Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the death sentence of Rayshawn Johnson in a 4-3 ruling that found a murderer's troubled upbringing, among other mitigating factors, should carry more weight at sentencing than a lower court had held.Ohio Supreme Court cites04
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Jeb BushPrivate emails and interviews with associates show a man preoccupied with speeding up executions.During the 1986 gubernatorial campaign, one candidate demanded that the [Florida] Supreme Court start "burning the midnight oil" to plow through the [death row] appeals backlog. Another
Robert L. Roberson III was convicted in 2003, in Anderson County, Texas, of murdering his two-year-old daughter. In determining his punishment, the difference between a death sentence and one of life in prison hinged on the demonstration of what Texas law calls a “sufficient mitigating10
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Gallows at Tokyo Detention Center, JapanThe Japan Federation of Bar Associations on Wednesday condemned capital punishment as "inhumane" and called on Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki to set up an panel of experts to review the policy.It said the body should start a national debate about a Leggi
Nevada Death ChamberNevada officials are contracting with a Las Vegas firm to design a new execution chamber at the Ely State Prison.The state Board of Examiners voted Tuesday to approve a $94,000 contract with the architectural firm Kittrell, Garlock and Associates.The funds will go toward09
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Singapore's Changi PrisonA suspected drug syndicate leader was arrested following an operation mounted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on Tuesday evening.3 other suspected drug offenders were also arrested and more than $103,000 worth of drugs were seized, including about 400g of Ice and09
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Brian Keith TerrellJACKSON, GA. — Brian Keith Terrell was put to death at 12:52 a.m. Wednesday for the 1992 murder of 70-year-old John Watson of Covington.Terrell accepted a final prayer and refused to record a final statement, the Georgia Department of Corrections said in a release.The U.S
Norfolk “Fuzzy” BestLawyers for death row inmate Norfolk “Fuzzy” Best were optimistic in 2012 when they found six boxes of evidence in the attic of the Whiteville City Hall, evidence not shared during Best’s 1993 trial for the murder of an elderly couple.The police notes, names of alternate08
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Iran Human Rights (DEC 8 2015): On Sunday December 6, three men with alleged murder charges were reportedly hanged to death at Zahedan Central Prison and also one woman was reportedly hanged in Ghazvin Central Prison for allegedly murdering her husband. According to close sources, the names of the07
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A former death row inmate whose appeal resulted in capital punishment being eliminated in Connecticut has been resentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.Hartford Superior Court Judge Carl Taylor sentenced 36-year-old Eduardo Santiago on Friday for a 2000 murder-for-hire06
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Former death-row inmate Sadamichi Hirasawa. (Mainichi)Supporters of a former death-row inmate who left a large trove of paintings when he passed away in prison in 1987 are trying to have his works put in museums to pass them on to future generations.Sadamichi Hirasawa, who died in prison LeggiSingapore's Changi PrisonFormer cop Iskandar Rahmat was sentenced to death today (Dec 4) for committing the Kovan double murder that shocked the nation more than 2 years ago.Iskandar, 36, was convicted under Section 300(a), which entails the mandatory death penalty upon conviction, for killing car
LITTLE ROCK — An Arkansas judge struck down a portion of the state's execution law that keeps secret the source of drugs it uses, saying Thursday that drug suppliers do not have a constitutional right to be free from criticism.Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen sided with death row
Omaha Senator Ernie ChambersOmaha Sen. Ernie Chambers filed a grievance Thursday against Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson over his advice to the state regarding its efforts to obtain lethal injection drugs.The complaint against Peterson to the Counsel for Discipline of the Nebraska Supreme