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Andrew Chan (let) and Myuran Sukumaran (right)Australian Myuran Sukumaran will not be executed until his co-Bali Nine conspirator Andrew Chan is formally denied presidential clemency.Indonesia will execute six death row drug convicts on Sunday, four of whom are foreigners.All had their final pleas for clemency rejected last month, on the same
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Charles Warner9 months and $100,000 later, Oklahoma plans to execute 4 prisoners using the same controversial drugs that led to gruesome scenes last AprilThe last time Oklahoma executed a prisoner, Clayton Lockett in April 2014, the triple-cocktail procedure unraveled into scenes that even a
Saudi Arabia on Wednesday beheaded a convicted Pakistani drug trafficker and 1 of its own citizens who killed a soldier.Mahmoud Massih Iqbal Massih was executed in Qatif near the Gulf coast for heroin trafficking, the Saudi interior ministry said.At the same time, Rakan bin Eid bin Bikheet15
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Jakarta. Indonesia’s attorney general announced on Thursday that the country would execute six convicted drug traffickers on Sunday, five of whom are foreign citizens.“The execution of five people will be carried out on Jan. 18 in Nusa Kambangan and one other in Boyolali, Central Java,” Attorney15
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Oklahoma's brand new death chamberWith a renovated death chamber, new training and a higher dose of drugs, corrections officials in Oklahoma were ready Thursday to carry out the first execution there since April, when the slipshod, prolonged killing of Clayton D. Lockett forced the state to suspend13
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Tommy ArthurMONTGOMERY, Alabama --- Lawyers for the state and for death row inmate Tommy Arthur are fighting in court over whether Arthur will be the first inmate Alabama has put to death since 2013.The long-running case has heated up lately as the state presses to carry out a sentence for a13
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A 56-year-old Danish man who faced the death penalty for drug smuggling in Indonesia said he was “relieved” to only be given a 13-year prison sentence.Anker Hansen from southern Jutland was detained in Indonesia on June 8th while carrying 1.48 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine, worth an
Jakarta. The Indonesian government has stepped in amid a fundamental difference of opinion between the two highest courts in the land over how many case reviews a convict can request after exhausting all other avenues of appeal.The Justice Ministry will issue a government regulation that will
MULTAN (Dunya News) – Two terrorists of a banned organization, Ahmed Ali alias Sheesh Nag and Ghulam Bashir alias Doctor were hanged till death at the Multan Jail on early Wednesday morning after their mercy appeals were rejected by President on January 3, 2015.Ahmed Ali alias Sheesh Nag had
Public execution in Iran (file photo)Four prisoners were hanged in two different prisons today. 21 prisoners have been executed in the first 6 days of 2015 in Iran. Iran Human Rights, January 6, 2015: Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Urmia (Northwestern Iran) according to unofficial06
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Parliament approves establishment of military courts to hear terrorism-related cases after school massacre by Taliban.Pakistan has voted in favour of military trials for terrorism suspects, following December's attack by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) on a military-run school that killed 148 people06
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Meth bust in Indonesia (file photo)Jakarta. Indonesian anti-narcotics officials have seized 800 kilograms of methamphetamine and arrested nine people, including five foreigners, in one of the biggest drug busts in recent years.Agents from the National Narcotics Agency, or BNN, discovered the drugs
Isil terrorists throw man off roof 'for being gay'Northern Iraq, December 2014 (file photo)Al-Qaeda-linked militants have publicly executed a woman accused of adultery in northwestern Syria, a monitoring group said Wednesday.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said that in total 14 people had15
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A Brazilian drug felon has been told he will be executed on Saturday night in a move that will strike fear into the hearts of the Bali 9 members on death row.Marco Archer Cardoso Moreira, who will be the 1st foreigner to be executed in Indonesia this year, was transferred to an isolation Leggi15
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Governor Tom CorbettA man convicted of a 2008 shooting death in York City could be the last prisoner executed by the state, at least until Gov.-elect Tom Wolf has served his term or terms in office.Wolf has said he supports a moratorium on the death penalty and he won't sign execution warrants15
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Public execution in Iran (file photo)Five prisoners were convicted of drug-related charges. At least 28 people have been executed in the first two weeks of 2015 in Iran.Iran Human Rights, January 14, 2015: Five prisoners were hanged in the prison of Arak (Central Iran) Tuesday January 13, reported
LAHORE: Lahore High Court (LHC) on Tuesday acquitted a death row convict who was sentenced for rape and murder of an eight year old child, ARY News reports.A man named Zameer was awarded death penalty by a lower court for raping and murdering an eight year old girl.He then filed an appeal in10
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SHIJIAZHUANG, Jan. 10 (Xinhua) -- Yang Haijun, former deputy principal of a primary school in north China's Hebei Province, was executed on Saturday for kidnapping and killing a girl and then molesting her body.Yang, 47, former deputy head of Wang'an Township Central Primary School of Laiyuan10
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Myuran SukumaranDEATH row inmate Myuran Sukumaran has vowed that his spirit will not be broken by the decision to send him to the firing squad.In an impassioned plea through a friend, the 33-year-old Bali Nine drug runner called for a second chance, asking simply “Please show us mercy”.He told a07
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Myuran Sukumaran with selfportraitMyuran Sukumaran is one step closer to the firing squad after appearing to have lost his bid for clemency from the Indonesian president.The news prompted an emotional outpouring from the Australian Bali Nine member saying of himself and fellow Australian Andrew07
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GRAYSON COUNTY -- A man convicted of killing four people in Sherman in 1983 is scheduled to be executed next month, but a nationwide drug shortage could force the state to change its plans. The State of Texas executed ten people last year using the drug Pentobarbital, but the state's supply
Jodi AriasAfter a two-week holiday hiatus, the Jodi Ariassentencing retrial got underway this morning……for about three minutes.While the jury was waiting in the wings and families were waiting in the courtroom, Maricopa County Superior Court Sherry Stephens held yet another one of her private06
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Saudi authorities on Tuesday beheaded a Syrian convicted of drugs trafficking, the interior ministry said, in the third execution this year in the ultra-conservative kingdom.Mohammed al-Mahameed was caught smuggling a significant amount of amphetamines, the ministry said in a statement carried by2 more condemned prisoners including Lashkar-e-Jhangvi activist Mohammad Saeed alias Maulvi and Zahid alias Zahidu were hanged at Karachi central prison and Kot Lakhpat jail, Lahore, respectively, on Wednesday morning.An anti-terrorism court in Karachi had found Saeed guilty for shooting Police15
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January, 15, 2014 - Andrew and Myuran, two young Australians, face execution in Indonesia. They have admitted trying totrafficdrugs to Australia. They have exhausted their appeals. All that cansave them is clemency from Indonesia’s President, Joko Widodo. We ask you to help in respectfully seeking
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Singapore Changi PrisonThe highest court of the land has laid down the touchstone for the imposition of the death penalty in murder cases where judges have the leeway to spare offenders the gallows.When a murderer clearly demonstrates a "blatant disregard for the sanctity of human life" the14
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Andrew BrannanA decorated Vietnam War veteran was executed by lethal injection at 8:33 p.m. on Tuesday at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.Andrew Brannan, 66, becomes the first person executed in the United States in 2015.The U.S. Supreme Court and the Georgia Supreme13
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James Holmes and attorneyDENVER — To choose a jury in the trial of the man charged with killing 12 people in a packed Colorado movie theater, court officials mailed notices to 9,000 people in suburban Arapahoe County, casting such a wide net that residents ran about a one-in-50 chance
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Myuran SukumaranBali Nine member Myuran Sukumaran could face an Indonesian firing squad within months.Sukumaran is listed among 20 death row inmates slated for priority execution this year, the Indonesian Attorney General's office told AAP on Friday.The existence of the list was reported inMyuran Sukumaran with selfportraitMyuran Sukumaran received his death warrant on Wednesday.What a strange and repugnant document, this missive that condemns a man to death. It reads:There is not enough reason to give clemency to those convicted … Reject clemency plea from convicted. The decision
President Joko WidodoFour death-row inmates in Wirogunan Penitentiary in Yogyakarta are awaiting execution in the immediate future.The four are Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso, 29; Hardani; Khoirul Anwar and his son, Yonas Revalusi.Veloso was sentenced to death for her attempt as a courier of an07
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Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran (right)Myuran Sukumaran is one step closer to the firing squad after appearing to have lost his bid for clemency from the Indonesian president.A letter rejecting the clemency bid of the the Bali Nine member was hand-delivered to Kerobokan prison by an06
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(Reuters) - Doctors in Belgium have rejected an imprisoned murderer and rapist's request for medically assisted suicide, the Justice Ministry said on Tuesday, less than a week before he was due to receive a lethal injection.Justice Minister Koen Geens told local media last week that Frank Van DenPresident Joko WidodoLegal experts have lambasted President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration for backing a Supreme Court's letter that places limits on criminal convicts filing case reviews, a move deemed a violation of citizens' rights to seek justice in a legal case.The Supreme Court