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The Tennessee Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether a death row inmate can properly challenge the constitutionality of the possibility of electrocution as a method of execution.The lawsuit by 34 death row inmates challenges several aspects of Tennessee's death penalty protocol. In an order filed Friday, the Court agreed
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Public execution in IranMeth labs rampant as users hope to work longer.Officials say methamphetamine production and abuse of hard drugs are skyrocketing in the country, despite potentially lethal criminal penalties for users if they are caught. The increase is partly because Iran is the main15
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The Bali Nine waiting to appear in court at their original trialLAWYERS for the two Bali Nine on death row have alleged, in sensational new claims, that the six judges who gave them the death penalty offered a lighter sentence in exchange for a bribe.But apparently the lawyers had no money Leggi
Gov. John KitzhaberOregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, who is resigning from office amid scandal, has an opportunity to put a positive spin (for some) on his exit.Kitzhaber, a former emergency room doctor, placed a moratorium in 2011 on all executions in the state. He said it was one of his proudest12
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Maximum security prison: Pasir Putih onNusakambanganisland, central JavaBali nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran could be transferred as early as Friday to the penal island dubbed "Indonesia's Alcatraz" ahead of their executions.The order to transfer the men from Bali's Kerobokan11
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Andrew Chan (left), Myuran Sukumaran (right)A NEW effort to halt the momentum behind Indonesia's plans to execute Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran has begun.INDONESIAN lawyers for the pair on Wednesday lodged a challenge of President Joko Widodo's decision to deny the pair clemency
A case concerning whether the Government should be allowed to keep secret evidence which could show it has contributed to executions in Pakistan will be heard tomorrow (Monday 9 February) by the Information Rights Tribunal (IRT).Legal charity Reprieve has warned ministers that, by funding07
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Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture (Madpet) is disturbed by the recent execution of 6 persons in Indonesia in January 2015, and the possibility that many more will be executed in the near future.Indonesia seems to have had an unofficial moratorium on executions for several years from04
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Control room (left) and execution chamber (right)at Tokyo Detention CenterThe Supreme Court has upheld two separate high court rulings that overturned death sentences handed down in lay judge trials to two men facing robbery-murder charges, sources said Wednesday.The high courts commuted the04
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4 prisoners convicted of drug-related charges were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Gilan Province.The prisoners were identified as "A. M." (42) charged with trafficking of 5750 grams of crystal (methamphetamine), "Y. Gh" (41)04
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Public beheading in Saudi ArabiaRiyadh, Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia beheaded two convicted rapists and a murderer on Wednesday, the interior ministry said, bringing to 21 the number of people it has executed so far this year.The three were all Saudis.Abdul Kareem bin Abdul Sattar Meezi and Hashim04
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Indonesia has deferred the execution of a convicted Filipina drug smuggler after the Philippine government sought a review of her case, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said on Tuesday.The woman, who flew in to Indonesia from Malaysia, was arrested by authorities at the Yogyakarta Airport15
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Pakistan lifted a moratorium on executions on 17 December 2014 on prisoners convicted of "terrorism" offences in Anti-Terror Courts.The execution of 2 men convicted of non-terrorism-related offences marks a disturbing and dangerous escalation in Pakistan's use of the death penalty since a
Andrew Chan (left), Myuran Sukumaran (right)Ban Ki-moon, the UN secretary general, has joined calls for Indonesia to cancel the execution of nine people, including the Australian citizens Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, for drug crimes.The intervention came as Tony Abbott said “millions of14
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Gov. Tom WolfPennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf announced Friday that he had suspended the death penalty until he reviews a report on capital punishment in the state.“This moratorium is in no way an expression of sympathy for the guilty on death row, all of whom have been convicted of committing heinous
Serge AtlaouiThe wife of a Frenchman on death row in Indonesia for drug offences said on Wednesday she will continue to fight for his release despite fears he might be executed soon.Serge Atlaoui, has a "sword of Damocles hanging over his head", his wife Sabine Atlaoui told an anti-death penalty
Kelly Renee Gissendaner at the time of her arrestGWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. -- Kelly Renee Gissendaner, Georgia's only female death row inmate, will be executed later this month.A Gwinnett County judge signed an execution order Monday, requesting a date between Feb. 25 and Mar. 4. Tuesday morning07
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As the death penalty declines across the US, a small number of states are taking drastic measures to keep their death chambers active.In light of last year's 3 gruesomely botched executions, Ohio and Oklahoma (responsible for 2 of them) are taking the precaution of putting executions on hold. But07
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Andrew Chan, Myuran SukumaranThe lawyer who represented Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran when they were first sentenced to death has made a surprise visit to the 2 men in Kerobokan jail, hinting that he is aware of new evidence that could save them.Muhammad Rifan visited the pair on Saturday and04
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Donald NewburyAlready a three-time felon with a violent history, the convicted robber Donald Newbury was serving a 99-year prison term when he joined six fellow convicts in Texas’s biggest prison break ever in 2000.Newbury was executed Wednesday for the shooting death of a suburban Dallas policeShoaib Sarwar's family say mitigating factors were not taken into accountA Pakistani man who was due to be hanged on Tuesday has been granted a last-minute stay of execution.Shoaib Sarwar would have been the 1st person to be executed in a non-terror related case since Pakistan lifted a moratorium04
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Oklahoma death chamberOn Friday 23rd January, 2015, the US Supreme Court granted three Oklahoma death row inmates certiorari to challenge the state’s three-drug lethal injection protocol. In Baze v. Rees 553 U.S. 35 (2008), it was held that an execution protocol which provided for an initial04
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Andrew Chan and Myuran SukumaranCourts turn down application for review into cases of Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, who face executionTwo Australians convicted of drug trafficking in Indonesia have lost their final chance to appeal against their death sentences after an Indonesian15
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Tensions ran high Friday when the vote to reinstate Utah's firing squad stalled at 35-35 in the Utah House of Representatives.After a dramatic pause while remaining representatives were called to the House to cast their votes, HB11 eventually passed by just 5 votes, 39-34, with 1 lawmaker changing14
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PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has urged Indonesia to heed last-minute pleas to spare two Australians, even as embassy officials in Jakarta are invited to a meeting on the logistics of their executions.ANDREW Chan, 31, and Myuran Sukumaran, 33, have been on death row since 2006 for their roles in the
An Egyptian appeals court on Feb. 11 overturned death sentences of 33 alleged Islamist supporters of ousted president Mohamed Morsi and ordered a retrial, state media and their lawyer said.A lower court in June condemned to death 183 Islamists, including the 33, for the alleged murder of 211
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President WidodoIndonesian president Joko Widodo has defiantly defended his reasons for refusing to let two Australians and other convicted drug smugglers off death row.Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the ringleaders of the so-called Bali Nine group of heroin smugglers, have been denied11
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Virginia could keep the suppliers of the drugs used in executions secret, as well as all the components they mix to make the drug cocktail used in lethal injections under a bill the state Senate approved Tuesday.But the measure the Senate passed dropped a section of the original proposal, which07
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The death penalty may be abolished in Kansas if the Kansas Legislature passes House Bill 2129.According to the bill, "No person shall be sentenced to death for a crime committed on or after July 1, 2015." Rep. Steven Becker of Buhler, Kan., a member of the House of Representatives judicial07
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Execution chamber at Tokyo Detention CenterThe death penalty is the ultimate punishment, for the life of the offender is the price paid to atone for a crime. The Supreme Court has called for caution and fairness in issuing death sentences. This judgment is understandable.The top court has upheld
Lindsay Sandiford in her Kerobokan death row cellBritain's foreign minister is hopeful of saving a drug-smuggling grandmother on death row in Bali.British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond says he is "hopeful" that a British grandmother on death row in an Indonesian prison could escape
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Attaullah alias Qasim and Mohammad Azam alias Sharif of a banned organisation were hanged to death on Tuesday morning at Karachi Central Prison for killing Dr Ali Raza Peerani in June 2004 in city's Soldier Bazaar area.Both were awarded the death penalty by an Anti Terrorism Court on July 6, 200404
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President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's latest rejection of clemency for a group of drug-case convicts, including two Australians, which will lead to the prisoners being executed by firing squad, has sparked mixed reactions in Australia, says Indonesian Ambassador to Australia Nadjib Riphat Kesoema."It04
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Jordanian pilot Muath Al-Kaseasbeh (center) wascapturedby ISIS militants and later burned alive in cage.AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Islamic State group militants burned a captured Jordanian pilot to death in a cage, according to a purported video of the violence released Tuesday. The kingdom, which had