Governor Mary FallinOKLAHOMA CITY —Gov. Mary Fallin responded to requests from Richard Glossip's defense attorneys to delay his execution by 60 days.Glossip was convicted in 1997 of paying to have his boss, Barry Van Treese, beaten to death.Fallin released the following statement:“For months, and as part of a larger
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Convicted criminals on death row will be entitled to free legal representation under a new rule drafted by the Ministry of Justice, a ministry source told China Daily.The ministry will assign lawyers to condemned prisoners who cannot afford one during the review of their sentences to ensure equal15
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Executions in Kuwait on June 8, 2013Seven defendants were sentenced to death on Tuesday for the Islamist militant suicide bombing of a mosque in June in Kuwait that killed 27 people, the Kuwaiti news agency KUNA reported.Eight other suspects were given prison sentences ranging from
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The U.S. Supreme CourtShould the Supreme Court care that other countries have abolished the death penalty?That looming question animates Justice Stephen Breyer’s “The Court and the World,” a brisk but academic book that argues that it is relevant for the nation’s top judges to consider what other14
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A judge at the Lahore High Court has ruled that a disabled death-row inmate can be hanged, in a judgment that suggests that Pakistan’s international obligations “should be kept aside.”In his ruling, handed last week to lawyers for Abdul Basit, 43, the judge dismissed the fact that there are no13
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A man and woman have been stoned to death by Taliban militants in northern Sar-i-Pul province for having immoral contacts.Abdul Jabar Haqbin, acting governor of Sar-i-Pul province said that Taliban had kidnapped the man and woman 3 days before.He said Taliban planned to execute the hostages on13
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On Aug. 25, Nicaraguan Bernardo Tercero sat alone in a small booth on death row in Livingston, Texas, talking through a phone receiver with loved ones on the other side of the glass, not knowing whether he would be killed the next day.Later that afternoon, the execution was off like a switch
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Lindsay Sandiford playing with her granddaughter in BaliA British grandmother who faces death by firing squad in Indonesia has met her granddaughter for the first time.Lindsay Sandiford, 59, was informed she was among a group of 10 convicted drug smugglers scheduled for execution on
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In a system plagued by delays that can last decades, getting sentenced to death in California is tantamount to serving a life sentence fraught with the uncertain threat of execution, a U.S. District Court judge ruled last year. That constant tension violates the U.S. Constitution's Eight Amendment
Adam Shniderman, a criminal justice researcher at Texas Christian University, has been studying the role of neuroscience in the court system for several years now. He explains that neurological data and explanations don’t easily translate into the world of lawyers and legal text. Inverse spoke with11
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Richard Glossip, Sister Helen Prejean"Justin Sneed isn't the only person that gave conflicting statements about Richard Glossip's case. This new report reveals major discrepancies in the testimony of a forensic pathologist at Richard's second trial. The cause of death that the pathologist presented11
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Last month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted qualified immunity to Lowell Thomas Johnson and Raymond Rawson, the 2 bite mark specialists whose testimony helped convict Robert Lee Stinson of raping and murdering an elderly Wisconsin woman in 1984. Stinson spent 23 years in15
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NOTE to readers: Here is the text of the letter submitted on Monday (September 14) to Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin by attorneys for Richard E. Glossip.Enclosures referenced that are not included in this posting, along with a video of the Sept. 14, 2015 press conference at
Leggi TuttoRichard Glossip with Sister Helen PrejeanRichard Glossip is scheduled to die at 3pm this Wednesday. Time is short, but I have not given up hope and I urge you to do the same. So many good people are working around the clock to help save
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Screenshot from Monster's Ball (2001) by Marc ForsterIntroduction -'Everywhere you look...there's a problem'If there is such a thing as a lock for the death penalty, the case against Daniel Higgins appeared to be just that.Already sought for sexually assaulting a child, Higgins killed
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The Best Budget Inn on Council Road and 1-40Editor's Note: This week, attorneys Don Knight, Mark Olive and Kathleen Lord, who are working to establish Richard Glossip's innocence - released a lengthy memorandum to reporters worldwide. The memo outlined new evidence in the case
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A court in Egypt on Saturday ratified death sentences for 12 people convicted of planning attacks on behalf of the jihadist Islamic State group.6 of those whose sentences were confirmed are in custody, while 6 were tried in absentia.All were convicted of having joined IS -- which has declared a
Richard GlossipNational attention is focused on the pending execution of Richard Glossip, and on his potential innocence. As a murder victim's family member, it has always bothered me that the victim and family seem to be a side note. Barry Van Treese, the victim in Glossip's case, was a victimRichard Glossip, Sister Helen PrejeanThe Oklahoma citizens who sentenced Richard Glossip to die are just like you and me -- ordinary folk. As fact finders, they are supposed to receive all the information they need to make an informed judgment. So if facts are falsified or
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Richard GlossipAs the final seconds tick away before his almost-certain execution for murder in Oklahoma, a despondent Richard Glossip has spoken out to The National ENQUIRER to declare he's ready to meet his awful fate!"I don't want people thinking that I want to die as a martyr, because I12
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Two independent United Nations human rights experts welcomed today the recommendation to abolish the death penalty by India, as well as the decision to reduce the number of crimes subject to the death penalty by the Chinese authorities.In August, the Indian Law Commission issued a report11
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Four months after the Bali Nine executions, Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has said diplomatic relations between Australia and Indonesia have been absolutely repaired.Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by Indonesian authorities in April. Prior to that, Australian PM Tony11
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Anna Arceneaux and Montez SpradleyMontez Spradley is finally free. He walked out of prison late last week, after spending more than 9 years behind bars - including 3 1/2 years on Alabama's death row - for a murder he did not commit.I began representing Montez seven years
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Kerry Max CookAUSTIN — Nearly 40 years after Linda Jo Edwards was murdered and mutilated in her Tyler apartment, the man convicted of the crime — and almost executed for it — wants to be exonerated, based on new DNA tests.Lawyers for Kerry Max Cook, who Smith County prosecutors
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Saudi Arabia has dismissed the final appeal of a prisoner sentenced to death as a child, leading to fears his execution could take place in a matter of days.Ali Mohammed al-Nimr was arrested when he was 17 and initially held at a juvenile offenders facility. There is evidence that he was tortured14
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September 10, 2015: An Iraqi convicted of murder became the 132nd person executed in Saudi Arabia this year, the interior ministry said. Kazim al-Abasi, a sheep herder, was found guilty of killing a Saudi with whom he worked, the ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press13
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Nicholas YarrisOne in a series on issues pertaining to the death penalty in Pennsylvania.On Jan. 16, 2004, Nicholas Yarris walked out of prison a free man after 22 years on Pennsylvania's death row.Yarris, now 54, is one of 15 people in the United States - and the only person in
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The Next to Die aims to bring attention, and thus accountability, to these upcoming executions. As impartial news organizations, The Marshall Project and its journalistic partnersdo not take a stance on the morality of capital punishment, but we do see a need for better reporting on a punishment13
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Oklahoma death chamberA group of doctors have filed a brief in the federal court of appeals saying the doctor who oversaw Oklahoma's troubled execution should be named and be held accountable for any "professional errors." It's claim is the public should know which doctors are participating in12
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LINCOLN — A pro-death penalty group has submitted more than enough “approved” signatures to force a referendum on capital punishment during the 2016 general election, the Nebraska Secretary of State’s Office reported Friday evening.As of Friday, the office said that county clerks across the state12
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A quarter of a century ago a top law enforcement official in Barbados made a bold, albeit private, prediction. It was: "You will never see another execution in our country."How come?For one thing, he replied, capital punishment solves nothing. It may satisfy people's need for vengeance but it12
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Richard Glossip, Sister Helen Prejean"If Richard Glossip's case doesn't have enough holes to merit a 60-day stay from Gov. Mary Fallin, I don't know what does." Sister Helen PrejeanRichard E. Glossip was at the center of a major Supreme Court case this year, arguing along with
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Delaying setting sail for a week resulted in the arrests of 5 Indonesian sailors and the seizure of RM3.1 million worth of drugs from the boat they were in during a raid on Tuesday.Customs Department Penang branch director Datuk Mohd Pudzi Man said the authorities suspected something amiss when11
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Public hanging in Iran (file photo)2 prisoners sentenced to death for drug related charges were executed in the province of Hormozgan, southern Iran.2 prisoners sentenced to death for drug related charges were executed at Bandar Abbas Central Prison on the morning of Tuesday September 8, say