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With lethal injection drugs in short supply nationwide, one Texan offered Gov. Greg Abbott what he called a straight-forward, low-cost, pain-free alternative to execute murderers in Texas."After administering a strong sedative," he wrote in an email, "just drain blood until they have bled to death."Other letter writers suggested carbon monoxide poisoning as
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Gallows at an unidentified Pakistani prisonFor 31 years, I have been a witness to various governments' efforts to execute people in a variety of ways. The bizarre nature of this barbaric debate continued apace on Monday, as a judge in Pakistan faced the government's demand for
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Public execution in Bandar Abbas on Sept. 1, 2015The mullahs' regime in Iran on Wednesday hanged 5 prisoners collectively in the Central Prison of Karaj, north-west of Tehran.The 5 prisoners, hanged at dawn on Wednesday (September 2), were between the ages of 28
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Amnesty International India on Tuesday urged the government to accept the findings of the Law Commission on death penalty and immediately abolish it for all crimes.In a statement, it said the Centre "must heed the findings of a Law Commission report on the unfairness of the death penalty" and02
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Roderick NunleyBONNE TERRE, Mo. (AP) - Missouri executed Tuesday evening Roderick Nunley for the kidnapping, rape and fatal stabbing of 15-year-old Ann Harrison in 1989.Nunley was pronounced dead at 9:09 p.m., according to the Missouri Department of Corrections.Roderick Nunley is the 20th
A defendant in a controversial death penalty case was declared innocent after his 9th appeal yesterday, exactly 20 years after his alleged crime.Hsu Tzu-chiang is 1 of 3 men sentenced to death in 2000 for the murder of a real estate businessman on Sept. 1, 1995.Activists and Hsu's lawyers01
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The family of an Overseas Filipino Worker (OFW) from this city who is facing death penalty in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after being convicted last May of killing her employer will finally meet with her in the next few days.Rahima Dalquez, mother of convicted OFW Jennifer, said Tuesday they01
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New lethal injection facility at San Quentin State Prison, CACalifornia on Monday asked a federal appeals panel to overturn a 2014 court ruling that — unless it is reversed — could bring a reprieve to the more than 740 inmates on death
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Public execution in Saudi ArabiaSaudi authorities executed a Pakistani man on Sunday for attempting to smuggle drugs into the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said.Up to 129 people have been executed in Saudi Arabia so far this year, including the latest execution, compared31
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Michael Taylor (left), Roderick Nunley (right)The Missouri Supreme Court has denied the latest legal challenges from a man scheduled to be executed Tuesday for raping and killing a 15-year-old Kansas City girl in 1989.The judges ruled Friday to overrule a motion that sought a stay of execution for30
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Death Row Unit, Holman Prison in Atmore, AlabamaBIRMINGHAM | Disease and suicide are claiming inmates on Alabama’s death row faster than the executioner.With Alabama’s capital punishment mechanism on hold for more than two years because of legal challenges and a shortage of drugs for
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Gathering signatures against the repealSupporters of retaining the death penalty in Nebraska turned in thousands more signatures than necessary on Wednesday to suspend the repeal and place the issue before voters.Nebraskans for the Death Penalty turned in petitions containing 166,692 signatures03
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Dylann S. RoofState prosecutors have said in court documents that they will seek the death penalty for Dylann S. Roof, who is charged with the racially motivated murders of nine people in a church in Charleston, S.C., The Associated Press reported Thursday.After the June 17 massacre of black
Firm says use of drug in death penalty against its policiesAdd another drug company to the list of potential sources of Alabama's death penalty drugs - a list state officials have long tried to keep secret.Court documents filed last month in the case of death row inmate Tommy Arthur suggest NewAmnesty International India on Tuesday urged the government to accept the findings of the Law Commission on death penalty and immediately abolish it for all crimes.In a statement, it said the Centre "must heed the findings of a Law Commission report on the unfairness of the death penalty" and01
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Public execution in Bandar Abbas, Iran on Sept. 1, 2015One prisoner on death row allegedly charged with kidnapping, armed robbery and rape was executed in public in the city of Bandar Abbas.Iran Human Rights, Tuesday September 1 2015: One prisoner on death
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Gov. Pete Ricketts says his administration will wait until death penalty petition signatures are verified before deciding whether to proceed with executions."I think it's important to take this one step at a time," Ricketts said Tuesday. "There's a process in place here I think we need to01
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Richard GlossipOKLAHOMA CITY - Lawyers for Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip will release new information in the case that they say jurors never saw. This on the same day supporters go on Dr. Phil to make an emotional plea to save his life.In an hour-long episode of Dr. Phil
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The Dutch public employees' pension fund, the world's third largest, has sold all its shares in pharmaceuticals maker Mylan after it emerged that one of the company's products is in stock at a U.S. prison where death sentences are carried out.The move comes amid increasing pressure from European31
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Public execution in Iran (file photo)The inhuman mullahs’ regime in Iran hanged 16 prisoners in various cities on August 26, 27 and 29.On August 26, in addition to the criminal execution of political prisoner Mr. Behrouz Alkhani in Urumia Prison, twelve other prisoners were collectively hanged31
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Indonesia's struggling economy could be one reason why there has been little word of the country's next round of executions, according to the lead lawyer for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.Australians Chan and Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine, were among several foreigners
Chad executed by firing squad 10 members of Boko Haram on Saturday, the security minister said, marking the 1st use of the death penalty since the country bolstered its anti-terror measures last month.The 10 men were sentenced to death on Friday after being convicted of crimes including murder and
James E. Holmes (left), Dexter Lewis (right)For the 2nd time this summer, a first-rate team of Colorado prosecutors could not secure a death sentence for the perpetrator of crimes of almost indescribable horror.Dexter Lewis, like James Holmes, will spend the rest of his life behind
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At a time when other states in the US are backing away from the death penalty, Missouri has done the opposite. It is currently executing its death row inmates faster than any other state in the country, at a rate of about one per month.At 21:09 local time on Tuesday evening,
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LOS ANGELES — California has agreed to an overhaul of the use of solitary confinement in its prisons, including strict limits on the prolonged isolation of inmates, as part of a landmark legal settlement filed in federal court on Tuesday.The settlement is expected to sharply reduce the number of
Abdul BasitA Lahore High Court (LHC) division bench Tuesday dismissed a petition against the execution of a disabled death row prisoner.The division bench comprising Justice Anwaarul Haq and Justice Erum Sajad Gull heard the petition, which was filed by Nusrat Parveen against the execution of her01
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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge has officially asked Gov. Asa Hutchinson to set execution dates for 8 death-row inmates who have exhausted all appeals.The request Tuesday came after a 10-year hiatus on executions in the state because of legal challenges to the state's death-penalty
Frazier Glenn Miller Jr.The man who admitted killing 3 people at 2 suburban Kansas City Jewish sites gave jurors a Nazi salute Monday after they convicted him of murder and other charges for the shootings, which he said would allow him to "die a martyr."It took the jury
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Missouri Death ChamberDefense lawyers call it a crisis; the state says it's just doing its job.Since Texas carried out the country's 1st lethal injection in 1982, the state has performed far more executions than any other state. To date, 528 men and women have been put to death in
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Benjamin ColeBenjamin Robert Cole did not respond to most questions, as attorneys argues his mental state has deteriorated while imprisoned for 2002 murder of daughterAn Oklahoma man scheduled to die for killing his 9-month-old daughter mumbled about religion Friday during a hearing about his31
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Abdul BasitJail authorities in Lahore have been given 24 hours to explain how they will physically hang a disabled prisoner.At a hearing at the Lahore High Court today, lawyers for Abdul Basit, 43, argued that his execution would constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment, prohibited under30
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China's top legislature on Saturday adopted amendments to the Criminal Law, removing the death penalty for nine crimes, and ruling out commutation for most corrupt figures.The 9 crimes punishable by death include smuggling weapons, ammunition, nuclear materials or counterfeit currency
Victor SaldanoWhen Lidia Guerrero met with Pope Francis in Rome last year, the Argentine native told her he knew all about Guerrero's son, who has been on death row in Texas for 19 years."I've prayed so much for that young man from Cordoba,' she says Francis told her, referring to
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Two recent high-profile cases have once again highlighted America's complex relationship with the death penalty. In Colorado, a jury declined to impose the death penalty on theater shooter James Holmes. And in Connecticut, whose legislature had recently abolished capital punishment prospectively