Cutting across the party lines, the members of Parliament (MPs) and political leaders on Saturday favoured the abolition of death penalty from the country's statute and sought the Law Commission to submit a report suggesting for repeal of the capital punishment.As per last 15 years' data, prepared by the National Law University,
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The Iranian regime has admitted that it had executed 2 Kurdish political prisoners nearly 5 months ago in a prison in the western city of Orumieh.Authorities in the city's Central Prison told the dissidents' relatives that they had been hanged on February 19, 2015 and ordered them to pay for the12
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The Foreign Ministry has continued its diplomatic and legal work to try and free four migrant workers who have been sentenced to death for murders in Saudi Arabia.The ministry said that the 4 migrant workers, all originating from West Java, were Tuti Tursilawati and Etty Toyib from Majalengka, Ato
James E. HolmesDefense lawyers trying to avoid the death penalty for Colorado movie massacre gunman James Holmes wrapped up their case on Friday, hoping they have convinced jurors he was legally insane when he carried out one of the worst U.S. mass shootings.They concede that he killed 12 peopleMUMBAI: Uttar Pradesh awarded 506 death sentences between 1998 and 2013, the highest in the country during that period, shows a study by the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). Bihar stood second at 178, followed by MP at 162 and Maharashtra at 160. That Maharashtra was among the top
China. Iran. Saudi Arabia. Iraq. The United States of America.What you just read is, according to Amnesty International, a list of the countries that executed the largest numbers of prisoners in 2014.While the U.S. Supreme Court was making huge news last month with its decisions on Obamacare and10
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The Supreme Court reflects shifting social mores at least as much as it influences them. Rulings such as Brown v. Board of Education and Obergefell were inconceivable until enormous changes in the surrounding social and political context had first occurred. Before Brown, President Franklin D
Clifton WilliamsAfter a 2005 murder, Clifton Williams is set to be executedEast Texan Clifton Williams heads to the gurney next Thursday, July 16, after 9 years spent on death row for the murder of Cecelia Schneider. Williams, 31, was 21 years old at the time of Schneider's murder, July 9, Leggi
Hillary ClintonOn the last day of this year's Supreme Court term, the court handed down Glossip v. Gloss, ruling 5-4 that Oklahoma's death penalty protocols were constitutional, despite the significant risk that the state's experimental lethal injection procedures would result in death by
Louisiana death rowDeath row inmates at Louisiana State Penitentiary have lost their latest legal battle for relief from triple-digit temperatures inside their cells at Angola.The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals issued aruling Wednesday (July 8) against three inmates who argued the sweltering08
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Dave Keaton (photo: Edwin Tse)Dave Keaton, the 1st death row exoneree in the US and the 1st death row exoneree from the State of Florida, passed away suddenly at home in Quincy, Florida. He was 63.He is survived by his siblings Elise, Thawanna, Victor and
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David ZinkMissouri plans to execute David Zink on Tuesday, July 14 for the murder of Amanda Morton. Missourians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (MADP) condemns his wrongdoing and mourns with her loved ones over her violent passing. Killing him, however, only perpetuates a vengeful cycle of
The large number of Filipinos facing the death penalty overseas provides a powerful argument against the revival of capital punishment here at home, Pasig City Rep. Roman Romulo said in a news release Sunday."There's no question our abolition of the death penalty has given us greater leverage to
Tripeni Irianto Putro, center, the chief judge of the Medan State AdministrativeCourt, was one of five people arrested by the KPK on
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Yat Michael (left), Peter Yein Reith (right)A judge in Sudan has ruled there is enough evidence to charge 2 pastors with crimes punishable by death.The charges, including espionage and promoting hatred among or against sects, were filed July 2, months after authorities arrested Yat Michael last12
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Slated to go before Ministerial Committee Sunday, death penalty for terrorists bill indefinitely frozen by PM's technical maneuver.Prime Minister Binyamin has significantly slowed the advancement of a controversial bill on Sunday. The Ministerial Committee for Legislation was set to discuss the11
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Portrait of Indonesian president Joko Widodo by executed Bali Ninemember Myuran Sukumaran in January 2015This time last year, Joko Widodo's supporters took to the streets to celebrate his victory in Indonesia's presidential election. He was hailed
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South Korea is already among countries with no death penalty in practice, with last execution in 1997On July 6, a former death row inmate brought a bill before parliament that would abolish the death penalty and replace it with life in prison. The bill was submitted to the National Assembly by Yu09
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James E. HolmesA star witness for the defense in James E. Holmes's murder trial testified this week that Mr. Holmes was schizophrenic and legally insane in July 2012, when he opened fire in a crowded movie theater in the neighboring suburb of Aurora, killing 12 people and injuring 70.
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Gathering signatures against the Nebraska repeal of the death penaltyThere's a new storefront in Norfolk, Nebraska, but they aren't selling anything, they're just asking for signatures. Volunteers in Norfolk have joined forces with a group called Nebraskans for the Death Penalty to
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Colombia's government on Tuesday reported advancements in discussions with Chinese authorities to repatriate convicted drug-traffickers, some of whom have been sentenced to death in the Asian country.There are reported 108 Colombians imprisoned China on drugs-trafficking charges, three of which
Minister Tahiri has praised calls to restore the death penalty, after the murder of two Czech tourists. Through a detailed post on the social network Facebook, Tahiri writes that he has proposed two new initiatives."The call for death penalty? It is not a vindictive instinct, but is the strongest08
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Uzoma Elele Alpha, a Nigerian national, was sentencedto life in prison for possession of 7 kg of crystal meth.Depok. The Depok District Court on Monday handed down a life sentence to Uzoma
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Superstar boxer Manny PacquiaoAs we told you yesterday, superstar boxer Manny Pacquiao is currently in Indonesia. Part of the reason for his visit (his first to Indonesia) is to shoot a commercial for Tolak Angin which he is currently filming in Semarang:But another reason is to visit Mary Leggi12
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Lithuanian national Verikas MindaugasJakarta. The Medan District Court on Thursday sentenced a 28-year-old Lithuanian man to life in prison for smuggling more than three kilograms of crystal methamphetamine into Indonesia.Presiding Judge Indra Cahya ruled that Verikas Mindaugas was guilty ofNew Delhi: A discussion on a law commission consultation paper on whether capital punishment should be retained or abolished evoked a mixed response on Saturday.While former President APJ Abdul Kalam, DMK leader Kanimozhi and former West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi supported the abolition11
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Bill is due to be put before the Ministerial Committee for Legislation on SundayA bill introducing the death penalty for terrorists who murder Israelis, which has been put forth by the ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party, has led to divisions within Israel's ruling Likud party, Israeli daily
Kim Jong-un inspects the Taedonggang terrapin farm in Pyongyang in May 2015Kim Jong Un had ordered the execution to make an example of the manager - and to reinforce North Korea's politics of fear.Kim Jong Un may have executed the manager of a terrapin farm the North Korean leader visited in May09
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Executions are set to resume in Ohio next year, but state officials are still having trouble finding someone willing to sell them lethal-injection drugs, according to the state's prisons director."We have had difficulty finding and acquiring drugs, period," said Gary Mohr, director of the Ohio09
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Mary Jane VelosoA government prosecutor has found basis to file cases in a Nueva Ecija court against the alleged recruiters of Mary Jane Veloso, a Filipina death row inmate in Indonesia.Set to face cases of qualified trafficking, illegal recruitment, and estafa* are Maria Cristina Sergio and09
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Oklahoma death chamberOKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - An Oklahoma court on Wednesday set execution dates for three inmates who lost a battle to have the U.S. Supreme Court put their capital punishment on hold because of problems they claimed with the state's lethal injection mix.The Oklahoma Court of
Dale CoxIn a much-discussed dissent from the Supreme Court's ruling on lethal injection last week, Justice Stephen G. Breyer laid out the problems, as he saw them, with the death penalty. Among them was "arbitrariness in application," including how simple geography can determine whether someone08
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The state of Tennessee wants a group of death row inmates challenging the lethal injection execution procedure to suggest a better way to die.If they can't, attorneys for the state say Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman has to uphold the state's lethal injection procedure as it is08
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Ohio's death chamberA U.S. appeals court on Tuesday granted an Ohio death row inmate's request to stay his potential execution, saying lower courts failed to properly weigh his intellectual abilities.The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati said in its opinion that Ohio state