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The execution of Malaysian national Kho Jabing has been set for 6 November in Singapore.The President rejected his clemency application on 19 October but can still reconsider his decision and halt the imminent execution.1) Please write immediately in English or your own language:Urging the President to immediately halt Kho Jabing’s execution and
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Three ailing condemned killers who claim Louisiana’s death row is unbearably hot can look forward to a daily cool shower, personal ice chests and more fans.But state corrections officials say opening the death-row tier doors to let cooler air flow from the guard pod is a bad idea from both an
At least 287 executions since December 2014November 2, 2015: Pakistan executed a man convicted of murder in Sahiwal, Samaa reported. “In 2003, Imtiaz Hussain had murdered a man over a dispute. He was hanged until death,” sources quoted central jail authorities as saying. Since the de facto ban
DNA testing has resulted in acquittals of some death-row inmates.“In the world of engineering, when an airplane accident occurs, a thorough investigation is conducted. But what on earth are the people involved in laws doing when serious human error is committed in
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Victim's family accepts blood money, pardons killersA member of the Kuwaiti royal family and his fellow student have escaped the death penalty in a high-profile murder case after the victim's family pardoned them, a ruling by Sharjah Appeals Court said on Sunday.A judge sentenced them to 3 years01
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Oscar Ray BolinGov. Rick Scott signed a death warrant Friday for serial killer Oscar Ray Bolin, one of the most notorious criminals in Tampa Bay history.The governor ordered that Bolin be put to death for the 1986 slaying of 26-year-old Teri Lynn Matthews.He is scheduled to die by lethal Leggi30
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Jakarta. The Indonesian government’s watchdog for child protection has demanded that convicted pedophiles face stiff prison sentences, including the possibility of death, in addition to a government proposal for forced chemical castration.“We would like to see pedophiles chemically castrated, of30
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Philippe Graffart, charged with murdering his 5-year-old son.41-year-old Philippe Graffart, the Belgian citizen charged with murdering his son (5 years old) at their Singapore home, will stay in police custody for 4 more weeks so he can be assessed by psychiatrists, reports the local
26-year-old Dang Van Hung at the trial in Yen Bai Province on October 28, 2015A court in the northern province of Yen Bai on Wednesday handed down the death penalty to a man
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Gay man thrown off rooftop by ISIS militants in Iraq in October 2015ARA News reports that Islamic State militants in Syria executed two Syrian men on Tuesday by throwing them off the rooftop of a hospital, charging them with
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A murder convict was executed at Dera Ghazi Khan Central Jail on Tuesday.Police said Abdul Majeed, son of Ghulam Hussain, resident of Chah Gulwala in Taunsa tehsil, had murdered his brother Ali Ahmad and his nephew Abdul Aziz on November 22, 2002.Police said they had had a dispute over who would
Dale Johnston, 82,spent six years on Ohio death row for a double murder hedid not commit.An Ohio man who spent six years on death row for a double murder he did not commit can pursue
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Nebraska has hired Ben England, who also has been hired by other states, to help it import drugs for use in executions. In documents confirming his work for Nebraska, England also is listed as the U.S. agent for the drug salesman in India who has been the subject of ongoing BuzzFeed News02
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George W. Bush (left) and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (right)WASHINGTON (CNN) - Jeb Bush said Sunday he was "conflicted" about the death penalty and would like to see it reformed, but stopped shy of saying he opposed it."I'm conflicted. I
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Nebraska's death penalty repeal is legally on hold for a year.But the death penalty itself is technically on hold because the state does not have the multi-syllable drugs -- sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide -- needed to comply with state protocol in putting inmates to death. Sodium01
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People For the American Way (PFAW) is calling on Republican presidential candidates Sen. Ted Cruz, Gov. Mike Huckabee and Gov. Bobby Jindal to withdraw from a conference in Iowa next month hosted by a far-right pastor who has defended capital punishment for homosexuality and who has blamed forest01
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For over a decade, Saudi Arabia has ranked among the top 5 executing countries in the world. This trend shows no sign of stopping. As of October 2015, 138 executions had already been recorded, a sharp increase on the 90 executions reported in 2014.Reprieve's recent report, Justice Crucified: the30
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Justice Antonin ScaliaIn a speech last week at the University of Minnesota, Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia said "it wouldn't surprise me" if the death penalty became a thing of the past in the United States.He could even imagine it happening during his tenure, he said - which, considering29
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Jerry CorrellJerry Correll, 59, was executed tonight by lethal-injection at Florida State Prison in Raiford. He was pronounced dead at 7:37 p.m.Jerry Correll was scheduled to be executed at 6 p.m., but it appears the state waited on a last appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.The court denied
Edward SnowdenBRUSSELS — The European Parliament narrowly adopted a nonbinding but nonetheless forceful resolution on Thursday urging the 28 nations of the European Union to recognize Edward J. Snowden as a “whistle-blower and international human rights defender” and to shield him from29
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Larry SwearingenThe Texas Court of Criminal Appeals for the second time Wednesday reversed a state district judge’s order that would have allowed East Texas death row inmate Larry Swearingen to test DNA from evidence in his murder case.Swearingen, 44, was convicted of kidnapping, raping and29
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Changi prison, SingaporePresident Tony Tan has rejected the clemency appeal of Malaysian Kho Jabing to be spared the death sentence.The 31-year old from Sarawak, along with an accomplice, Galing Kujat, were arrested in 2008 for the murder of 40-year old Cao Ruyin.Mr Cao, a Chinese national, was
Raif Badawi: sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting IslamBRUSSELS, Oct 29 (Reuters) - Saudi blogger Raif Badawi, who has been sentenced to 1,000 lashes and 10 years in jail for insulting Islam and
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Two hanged in public in Aliabad-e Katul on Nov. 1, 2015Iran Human Rights, November 2 2015: Two prisoners, both reportedly 30 years old, were hanged in public in Aliabad-e Katul (a city located in the province of Golestan) early morning Sunday November 1. According to a
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The Constitution prohibits excluding jurors on the basis of race, but there isn't much the justices can do to remedy that.Timothy Foster has spent almost 30 years on Georgia's death row. On Monday, his lawyer will appear before the Supreme Court to fight for his life.That's because Foster v01
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Ernest L. JohnsonThe Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday denied a motion to stay the execution of a man convicted of a 1994 triple murder at a north Columbia convenience store.Ernest L. Johnson, 55, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. Tuesday. Driven by
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Ron LaffertyA district judge denied Utah death row inmate Ron Lafferty's appeal Friday in which he said that execution by firing squad is cruel and unusual punishment.Utah legalized the use of firing squad for death penalty in May as a backup in case lethal injections were not available.Lafferty30
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16th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty Oct 24, 2015 in Austin, Texas.Photo: Todd Willinghma - Innocent and Executed (Facebook Group)Todd Willingham was remembered by anti-death penalty supporters and activists at the 16th Annual March to Abolish the Death
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"Death penalty states are struggling to obtain execution drugs."A federal judge on Wednesday said he won't resume a civil rights lawsuit against the state of Arizona until it reveals which execution drugs it has in its possession.The order issued Wednesday requires the state to tell the court
The Bali Nine duo's lawyer Julian McMahonLeading up to the execution of Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, their lawyer Julian McMahon solely focused on their case.Refusing to take on any new paying clients, the 2016 Victorian Australian of the Year worked tirelessly Leggi29
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A day after Hillary Rodham Clinton said she opposed abolishing the death penalty, Senator Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor on Thursday and declared that “the time is now for the United States to end capital punishment.”In seizing an opportunity to appeal to liberals who might be29
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2 opposition politicians face imminent hanging for crimes committed during the 1971 Independence War after serious flaws occurred in their trial and appeal processes, Amnesty International said today.In 2013 Ali Ahsan Mohammad Mojaheed and Salauddin Quader Chowdhury were sentenced to death by the29
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Myths and Realities provides ‘quick answers to common questions’ about the death penalty.The ‘myths’ covered, for example, include: ‘The death penalty keeps societies safer’, ‘the death penalty is applied fairly’, ‘there is nothing in international law to stop countries using the death penalty’
Hillary Rodham Clinton had planned to focus her remarks Wednesday at a Politics and Eggs breakfast in Manchester, N.H., in support of the politically fraught, if somewhat arcane, issue of the Export-Import Bank and how it helps small businesses in the United States.But a voter’s question about the