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Five death row prisoners in Indonesia have been moved to separate cells and are believed to be at risk of imminent execution. Indonesia’s new government has said publicly that it plans to carry out the five executions this year and 20 more in 2015.On 28 November 2014, the Junior Attorney General for General
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Mohammad Javad Larijani, the secretary of Iran’s Human Rights Council, said that Iran is looking to end the death penalty for drug related cases, which he said account for 80% of the country’s executions. His comments followed statements by the head of Iran’s judiciary, who earlier said that the
On Dec. 1, the deputy head of Iran's judiciary, Gholam Ali Mohseni Ejei, responded to a reporter's question about Soheil Arabi, who was sentenced to death for Facebook posts deemed insulting to the Prophet Muhammad. Ejei said, "Currently, there is no pardon, and he's been convicted of 'corruption04
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Kerobokan Prison, BaliThe executions of 5 drug convicts in Indonesia this month will reportedly not include 2 Australians being held in Bali.More than 60 people are sitting on death row in Indonesian prisons, but only 5 people have exhausted their legal appeals."They will be executed after a
The Supreme Court - the last stop for condemned prisoners such as Scott Panetti, a Texan who is mentally ill - appears increasingly wary of the death penalty.In May, the justices blocked the execution of a Missouri murderer because his medical condition made it likely that he would suffer from a04
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He failed to give substantive assistance, 1 of 2 requirements to escape gallowsA 49-year-old drug courier has been given the death penalty after he failed to receive a certificate of substantive assistance from the public prosecutor that would have given the High Court the option to sentence him
18 people were executed in three different Iranian prisons on Tuesday [Dec. 2, 2014] according to unofficial sources. All the prisoners were convicted of drug-related charges and there were two women and one Afghan citizen among them.Iran Human Rights, December 2, 2014: Eleven prisoners were03
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Jodi AriasWe take you now to As the Cash Register Rings, the ongoing, never-ending daytime drama that is the trial of Jodi Arias.When we last left the convicted murderer a month ago, Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens was kicking the public out of the courtroom so that Team Arias
Dick Hickock and Perry SmithWICHITA, Kansas (AP) – The son of a Kansas law enforcement officer who helped investigate the 1959 killings that inspired the book “In Cold Blood” can publish his father’s field notes that he contended Monday substantially contradict the account found in Truman Capote’s02
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A youth has been hanged in Iran after being held in prison since his arrest at the age of 14 for accidentally killing a friend, according to information received from Iran.The execution of Rahim Nosrallahzadeh in prison in the city of Tabriz is the latest in a surge in hangings in
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Scott PanelliHOUSTON - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously has refused to delay this week's scheduled execution of an inmate whose attorneys contend is too delusional for the death penalty.Board spokesman Raymond Estrada says the panel voted 7-0 Monday, rejecting a call from lawyers30
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Doha: A Qatari appeals court on Sunday overturned a ruling against an American couple over the death of their adopted daughter and said they are free to leave, ending a closely watched legal saga.Los Angeles couple Matthew and Grace Huang, who were originally jailed on murder charges following the
Firing squad execution in Somalia(file photo)December 4, 2014: Somali military court executed three men convicted of killing innocent civilians in the country.One among them was a member of Al-shabab while the remaining two were government forces who earlier killed civilians in the capital. The04
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During the past 9 days at least 43 prisoners, including 2 women and a juvenile offender, have been hanged in Iran.The surge in executions follows 2 developments with high potential for prompting public expressions of anger against the regime: firstly, the failure of Iran nuclear talks in reaching04
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Execution in ChinaBut new supply may be hard to findChina says that on Jan. 1, in response to human rights concerns, it will cease transplanting organs taken from executed prisoners, although uncertainties linger over where a replacement supply will come from, state media reported today.China had04
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The Pakistan court that a month ago said Aasiya Noreen, a Christian, must die for the crime of insulting Islam, based its ruling on a legal technicality that it now wants to eliminate.The Lahore High Court, an appeals court for Pakistan's largest province, had decided Oct. 16 that it would let03
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Scott PanettiDecember 3, 2014 A federal appeals court issued a stay of execution Wednesday for Texas death-row inmate Scott Panetti, who was scheduled to be put to death later in the day.The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, one of the most conservative in the country, stayed Panetti's execution03
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Scott PanettiA group of conservatives said on Monday that Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) should stop the execution of a man whose lawyers say he is severely mentally ill, as long the state's parole board recommends it."Rather than serving as a measured response to murder, the execution of [Scott]02
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A desperate and uncertain fate awaits two young residents from Sydney's north-west, behind bars in China tonight, accused of trying to smuggle kilos of the drug 'ice'.Sydney pair Peter Gardner and Kalynda Davis only met a few weeks ago, but have been charged together by Chinese authorities after02
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President JokoIn a blow for the two members of the Bali Nine who are on death row in Bali, Indonesian President Joko Widodo has ruled out granting clemency to convicted drug traffickers sentenced to death.The sentences should be carried out for convicts who have exhausted all avenues for appeals01
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Scott PanelliHOUSTON - The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles unanimously has refused to delay this week's scheduled execution of an inmate whose attorneys contend is too delusional for the death penalty.Board spokesman Raymond Estrada says the panel voted 7-0 Monday, rejecting a call from lawyers30
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More than 1/2 of US death sentences come from 2 % of counties. Duval County in Florida tops the list. By and large, residents there are death penalty supporters.Jacksonville, the site of early European settlements on the northeast Florida coast, is a fine enough place - excellent sun, great crab30
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President JokoJakarta. The Attorney General’s Office said five inmates who are currently on death row will be executed by the end of the year.Basuni Masyarif, deputy attorney general for general crimes, said the five condemned prisoners have all exhausted their chances for appeal as well as
"Attempting to smuggle crystal methamphetamineinto the Indonesian island resort of Bali."A New Zealand man faces the death penalty after he was arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle crystal methamphetamine into the Indonesian island resort of Bali, a customs official said Friday.Anthony
Public beheading in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia Wednesday executed a Syrian convicted of drug smuggling, bringing to 75 the number of locals and foreigners beheaded in the kingdom this year despite international concerns.The sentence against Ridwan Awad Mohammed Awad was carried out in the city of
Nevada murder cases in which prosecutors seek the death penalty can cost nearly twice as much as those with a lesser punishment, according to a state audit released Tuesday.A death penalty cases cost the public, on average, between $1.032 million and $1.307 million, according to the audit. In a04
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Lawmakers in Cameroon, which is battling to stop the advance of Nigerian Boko Haram militants on its territory, will vote in the coming days on whether to impose the death penalty on those found guilty of involvement in acts of terrorism.Opposition figures accused the government of seeking to use03
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November 30, 2014: A criminal court convicted a young Asian of killing an elderly Qatari woman in her home some months ago and sentenced him to death by a firing squad.The convict had confessed in the court that he had killed the woman in the garden of her home in revenge for humiliating Leggi
D. TsarnaevPublicity again cited in petitionLawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have again asked a federal judge to move the trial, arguing that ongoing publicity is prejudicing the jury pool."The nature and extent of the impact of the Marathon bombings and related events
State auditors this afternoon are expected to release findings from a study on the cost of administering the death penalty in Nevada.The capital punishment debate here tends to draw more fiscal than moral objections from critics, who point to an overburdened criminal justice system whose
The Criminal Court has sentenced Mohamed Niyaz of Kaaf Thulusdhoo Redrose to death after he was found guilty of murdering 35-year-old Ali Shiham at Thulusdhoo on the night of July 31.The Criminal Court sentence (Dhivehi) read that Niyaz was proven guilty based on his confession to investigators01
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More than 1/2 of US death sentences come from 2 % of counties. Duval County in Florida tops the list. By and large, residents there are death penalty supporters.Jacksonville, the site of early European settlements on the northeast Florida coast, is a fine enough place - excellent sun, great crab
November 28, 2014: In a recent official statement from the Saudi Arabian government, the death sentence will now be imposed on anyone who attempts to smuggle Bibles into the country. In actuality, the new law extends to the importing of all illegal drugs and "all publications that have a prejudice30
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Witnessing a public execution in Iran (file photo)NCRI - On Saturday morning a prisoner was hanged in the main prison in the Iranian city of Qum. Another prisoner was hanged in the main prison in the city of Kashan.The inmate hanged in Kashan was identified as Reza Karim Dadeh Zehi, 38,
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