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(file photo)3 Kurds and an Iranian citizen have been executed in the Urmia city of East Kurdistan.The 4 people who were accused of drug sale were hanged yesterday evening.The 2 Kurds punished with death were identified as Resid Elizade (55) and Selahedin Melayi (37), while the name of another 44-year-old prisoner
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Miguel ParedesHuntsville, TX - A former San Antonio gang member was executed Tuesday evening in Huntsville, Texas for his part in a 2002 triple slaying.Paredes was pronounced dead at 6:54 p.m. The lethal dose was administered at 6:32 p.m.The execution was carried out after the U.S. Supreme
Typical cell on Alabama Death RowVirginia's practice of automatically holding death row inmates in solitary confinement will be reviewed by a federal appeals court in a case that experts say could have repercussions beyond the state's borders.U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria ruled27
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Reyhaneh JabbariThe government of Canada condemned “in the strongest possible terms” the execution of Reyhaneh Jabbari the “latest victim of a murderous regime.”The Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird released the following statement on Saturday:“Canada condemns in the strongest possible terms
The capsized South Korean ferryGWANGJU, South Korea — Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for the captain of the South Korean ferry that sank in April, killing 304 people in the country’s worst peacetime disaster in decades.The 69-year-old captain, Lee Jun-seok, “did nothing to help25
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Over the past few election cycles, Colorado has become an important "battleground state" and a bellwether for larger electoral trends. Featuring contested races for both a Senate seat and the Governor's mansion, it is arguably the most important site of the upcoming midterm elections. The24
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Asia Bibi has been on death row for several years, and after the Lahore High Court (LHC) rejected her last appeal, Bibi's husband has become distraught over the sentence."This appeal was [a] ray of hope but the rejection of the appeal has shattered my confidence in the Pakistani legal system,"23
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Six in 10 Americans favor the death penalty for convicted murderers, generally consistent with attitudes since 2008. Since 1937, support has been as low as 42% in 1966 and as high as 80% in 1994.Americans' support for the death penalty has varied over time, but apart from a
As the state's chief executive, the governor of Florida wields significant power over the court system and has great influence on how the state keeps the public safe.Rick Scott and Charlie Crist have different views of how that power should be employed. Though both men say they endorse the death22
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Iran: Watching a public executionThe Iranian regime's henchmen hanged at least 13 prisoners on Sunday October 19, 2014 in Ghezel-Hessar Karaj Prison, Tabriz Central Prison and Rasht Central Prison.18-year-old Fardin Jaafarian was hanged in Tabriz prison for allegedly committing a crime when he was21
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In an unprecedented turn of events, reprieve has eventually come the way of Thankgod Ebhos and Sunday Eze Onyeabor, two death row inmates formerly in Benin prison, following the signing of their release order by the governor of Kaduna State, Ramalan Yero.The governor signed their release in21
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Execution in Iran (file photo)"Fardin Jafarian" who was charged with murder at the age of 14 was executed yesterday morning at Tabriz Central Prison.According to the report of Human Rights Activists News Agency (HRANA), "Fardin Jafarian" who was charged with murder was executed by hanging28
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Public beheading in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of heroin smuggling Tuesday, the interior ministry said, bringing the number executed in two weeks to four.It said a Saudi national was also executed in a separate case, raising to 61 the number of death sentences carried
5 prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) Saturday October 25, reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Gilan Province.The prisoners who were all men were identified as "M.P." (40) charged with possession and trafficking of 31 kilograms of opium, "S.A." (43)27
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A 35-year-old man, from the city of Amol, who had been charged with murder, was hanged on Friday October 24th.According to HRANA report quoted Roozeno, (H. S.), 35 years old from Amol city, accused with murder was hanged in A'mol prison's yard on Friday morning.H. S. was charged in 2008 of
The hostages were taken out of their cell one by one.In a private room, their captors asked each of them three intimate questions, a standard technique used to obtain proof that a prisoner is still alive in a kidnapping negotiation.James Foley returned to the cell he shared with nearly two dozen25
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"The Walls" Unit, Huntsville, TexasFor years Texas has executed more prison inmates than any other state, but some believe that trend is coming to an end.Kristin Houle, executive director of the Texas Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, says Texas is joining the rest of the nation
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Pope Francis(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Thursday called on all men and women of good will to fight for the abolishment of the death penalty in “all of its forms” and for the improvement of prison conditions.The Pope was addressing a group of members of the International Association of CriminalOctober 21, 2014: At least three Afghans were hanged to death in Iran over drugs smuggling charges, Afghan officials said.The officials further added that the deceased individuals were originally residents of northeastern Takhar province.Provincial governor spokesman for Takhar province
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The High Court cannot impose the death penalty on murderers in Zimbabwe until the legislature enacts a law spelling out the circumstances under which one can be hanged, Justice Charles Hungwe has said.The landmark ruling spared Jonathan Mutsinze of the Jerusalem Church of Marondera the hangman's22
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Catholic leaders in Pakistan will appeal to their country's Supreme Court after a lower court upheld the death penalty for a blasphemy ruling against a Christian mother of 5 children."Like it or not, we have to accept the court order," Father Emmanuel Yousaf Mani, director of the National21
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Oscar Pistorius(Reuters) - Olympic and Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius started his five-year jail sentence on Tuesday for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp, marking the end of a trial that has gripped South Africa and millions around the world.His uncle, Arnold Pistorius, indicated he20
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D. TsarnaevA federal judge refused Friday to suppress evidence in the case of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev that was uncovered when the FBI searched his computer, Dartmouth dorm room, and his family's Cambridge apartment in the days and months after the bombings.US DistrictIn a recent survey of California registered voters, the National Asian American Survey found that like most Californians, Asian/Pacific Islander Americans were in favor of keeping the death penalty, with 47.1 % in favor.Overall, 55.9 % of Californians were in favor, with 57.3 % of non-Hispanic28
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An Afghan soldier who murdered three Australian troops has lost his final appeal against the death penalty.The fate of the remorseless killer, Sgt Hekmatullah, now rests in the hands of the families of those he killed and the Afghanistan's recently-elected president.The secret judgment against
The Chinese government is considering a reduction in the number of crimes eligible for capital punishment, part of a long-term trend that has seen a decline in executions, though China still leads the world in the number of people put to death annually.The proposal, which was put before the
The 1st of 11 death-row inmates with scheduled execution dates in Tennessee did not meet the executioner as planned on Oct. 7. The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Sept. 25 to postpone Billy Ray Irick's execution, as he and the other 10 death-row inmates with scheduled execution dates are in the25
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After a leaked report revealed China executes 3 times more people than the world combined, here are the facts about capital punishment across the globeThis week the Dui Hua Foundation exposed the shocking number of executions that took place in China in 2013.According to the US-based pressure23
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NCRI – The authorities in a prison in a northern city of Iran hanged a young man after he had been on death row for six years.The 35-year-old prisoner was executed on Wednesday (October 22, 2014) in a prison in Amol – a city in the northern Mazandaran province.The head of
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CAIRO, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- An Egyptian military court on Tuesday sentenced to death seven members of Islamist militant group Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis and two to life in prison on charges of planning and executing attacks on the military, state-run media Ahramonline reported.The attacks, known as the22
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The High Court has granted a man convicted of killing MP Dr Afrashim Ali one month to appoint a lawyer.Hussein Humam had requested the period at the first hearing of the appeal at the High Court this morning.The Criminal Court sentenced Human to death on January 16, finding him guilty of Leggi21
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Jodi AriasMore than a year after she was found guilty of murdering her ex-boyfriend, Jodi Arias is back for her death penalty trial . The 34-year-old Arizona woman is facing a new jury who will decide whether or not she deserves the death penalty — something the original jury couldn’t agree on21
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Austin MyersThe teen sentenced to death for the murder of 18-year-old Justin Back in Warren County has been transferred to the Chillicothe Correctional Institution.That's where male inmates on Ohio's death row are housed.According to the website for the Ohio Department of Correction and20
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(file photo)October 19, 2014: four men were executed in the main prison of Rasht, the official IRIB news agency reported. The head of the judiciary in Gilan province did not identify the prisoners but said they were 32, 46, 44 and 32 years old and had been arrested on drug related
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