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Oklahoma Death ChamberThe State of Oklahoma is set to conduct its first double execution Tuesday, April 29, beginning at 6 p.m. The two inmates, Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner, are both scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection after their original stays of execution were overturned by the Supreme
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San Quentin's Death ChamberNew research finds that almost four percent of U.S. capital punishment sentences are wrongful convictions, almost double the number of people set free, meaning around 120 of the roughly 3,000 inmates on death row in America are not guilty.The United States may be putting28
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MINYA, Egypt — An Egyptian court here on Monday sentenced to death the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood and more than 680 other people after a swift mass trial on charges of inciting or committing acts of violence that led to the destruction of a police station and the killing
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As executions decline in Texas, a small-town prosecutor decides whether to seek the death penalty.One morning in August 2011, Matagorda County District Attorney Steven Reis drove out to a crime scene at a remote, secluded farmhouse. A 78-year-old man named Glen Sam Prinzing had been found dead at25
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An Islamic court in northern Nigeria has sentenced a man of 63 to death by stoning for raping a girl of 10 and infecting her with HIV.Ubale Sa'idu Dotsa admitted raping the girl but said he had incited by the Devil, reports the AP news agency.His two wives have reportedly died
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So far this year 19 prisoners have been put to death in America, seven of them in Texas. Another 14 are scheduled to die. According to Amnesty International, America executes more people than any country except China, Iran, Iraq and Saudi Arabia—disreputable peers for the land of the free. But23
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William RousanBONNE TERRE, Mo. — Missouri executed an inmate early Wednesday who was convicted of killing a farming couple in 1993 as part of a plot to steal their cows.William Rousan's last words were, "My trials and transgressions have been many. But thanks be to my Lord and savior, Jesus13
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The 26-year-old Iranian woman Reyhaneh Jabbari might be executed in less than 48 hours. Reyhaneh is sentenced to death for the alleged murder of a former ministry of intelligence officer whom she stabbed in self defense seven years ago. Iran Human Rights urges all countries withAn Iranian national charged with spying for the United States’ Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has escaped the death penalty and will instead serve 10 years behind bars. On Saturday, Iran’s Supreme Court rejected the death penalty which was issued against Amir Mirzaei
The United States has once again violated international law, with its execution of Mexican citizen Ramiro Hernandez, who was denied the consular attention included in a Vienna convention, the United Nations charged today. "Mr. Hernandez did not have consular access, established in Article
The Vietnamese Ministry of Justice has suggested that the government consider limiting the scope of capital punishment, reducing charges subject to jail term sentences and expanding the application of non-custodial reforms. The proposal is included in a recent report submitted by the
Kaduna — Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has granted amnesty to Mr Lasisi Yusuf, a 67-year-old convict, who has been on death row in Kaduna prison for nearly 18 years. This followed intensive advocacy efforts by Avocats Sans Frontieres France, ASF, France. Lasisi, a Kogi State28
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The death penalty can be implemented in the Maldives starting today following the publication of procedural regulations in the government gazette, Minister of Home Affairs Umar Naseer has said.Speaking at a press conference this afternoon, Naseer said the chances of killing an innocent person
Lawyers and others disagree of whether a bill that passed in the legislature could legally force death row inmates with older convictions to die by electric chair if lethal injection drugs aren't available.Tennessee's legislature passed a bill that would allow death by electrocution if drugs
Photo of the public executionIran Human Rights, April 26, 2014: Three prisoners who were charged with the assassination of the prosecutor of Zabol in November 2013, were hanged publicly at the site of the assassination early this morning.According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars, the25
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that two death row inmates are not entitled to know the source of the drugs that will be used to kill them, putting them back on track to be executed as early as next week.In rejecting the inmates' claims late Wednesday, the
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Robert HendrixSTARKE, Florida — Florida executed a man by lethal injection at 6:21 p.m. Wednesday at Florida State Prison in Starke. Robert Hendrix declined to make a final statement before the lethal drugs were administered.The U.S. Supreme Court denied Hendrix's last-minute request for a stay23
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Public execution in IranNCRI - As international protests against the rising trend of group and arbitrary executions in Iran become stronger every day, Hassan Rouhani, the clerical regime's president, describes the anti-human and anti-Islamic executions in Iran as “God’s commandments” or “laws of13
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NCRI - Early morning on Sunday, the Iranian regime hangmen in Bandar Abbas Prison in Iran hanged two men, a state-run news agency reported. The two men were identified by their initials as A.M. and M.A., according to the report by Tasnimnews affiliated to the terrorist Quds Force of the13
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Public flogging in Iran. The Iranian regime's judiciary in city of Isfahan has condemned another man to have his eyes gouged, state-run news agency ISNA reported. The man has been convicted of deliberately pouring acid on the face of a woman named Massoumeh Ataei which12
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Defense attorneys requesting extension to 21-day deadline. Attorneys with the state Attorney General's Office and convicted murderer Hank Skinner's defense team say they have received copies of the court transcripts from Skinner's evidentiary hearing in Gray County on Feb. 3 and 4.
Denpasar. French national Francois Jacques Giuily, 49 was charged with drug trafficking by a Bali court on Thursday and could face the death penalty if found guilty. Giuily was allegedly caught with 3 kilos of crystal methamphetamine, worth some Rp 6.1 billion ($506,300), on arrival atKaduna — Governor Idris Wada of Kogi State has granted amnesty to Mr Lasisi Yusuf, a 67-year-old convict, who has been on death row in Kaduna prison for nearly 18 years. This followed intensive advocacy efforts by Avocats Sans Frontieres France, ASF, France. Lasisi, a Kogi StateA man who spent more than two decades on death row was found dead in his cell at North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland Sunday morning, a state corrections spokesman said.Corrections staff at the prison found John Booth-El, 60, unresponsive not long after an officer had spoken with
Iran Human Rights, April 26, 2014: One prisoner was hanged in the public in Semnan (Northern Iran) today, April 26, reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Semnan province.semnan260414The prisoner who was identified as “H. B.”, was convicted of rape, said the report.Earlier25
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Holding cells in Texas' Death House, where inmatesspend their last hours before being put to death.The Walls Unit, Huntsville, TexasHow America can - and will - abolish the death penaltyNew Hampshire has just failed to abolish the death penalty - by 1 vote. Given that the Granite State has not25
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Iran Human Rights, April 24: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Sari (Northern Iran) early this morning April 24, reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Mazanderan Province.The prisoner who was identified as “M. R. Gh.” was convicted of murdering another person under a
State media say a court in Vietnam has sentenced an American to death for heroin trafficking.The Liberated Saigon newspaper says Jason Dinh, 41, was convicted of trafficking 1 kilogram (2.2 pounds) of heroin at a one-day trial by Ho Chi Minh City's People's Court on Tuesday.The paper said22
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It wasn't immediately clear that the execution had gone wrong.All Stephen Ellis could see from the viewing room of Holman Correctional Facility's execution chamber was his client, Horace Dunkins, twitching and jerking after being administered up to 2000 volts of electricity.Almost 10 minutes13
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NCRI - Early morning on Sunday, the Iranian regime hangmen in Bandar Abbas Prison in Iran hanged two men, a state-run news agency reported. The two men were identified by their initials as A.M. and M.A., according to the report by Tasnimnews affiliated to the terrorist Quds Force of the
Oklahoma officials on Friday said the state had obtained manufactured pharmaceuticals from a secret supplier for use in the executions of two men later this month, avoiding concerns over the use of compounded drugs but leaving unanswered questions about how it obtained them. In a letter11
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D. Tsarnaev A federal judge granted a request Wednesday from defense attorneys for Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to have more time to prepare challenges to evidence they expect to be brought against him. US District Court Judge George A. O'Toole Jr., who11
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Wang Haibo, an unofficial representatives to the world on China’s organ transplant policies, recently told a well-known German journalist that the Chinese regime had no intention of announcing a schedule for weaning itself off the use of organs from executed prisoners. Wang10
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Murderers in Ohio could not face the death penalty unless the prosecution has DNA or biological evidence, a videotaped confession or another video recording that “conclusively links the defendant to the murder,” under recommendations the Ohio Supreme Court Death Penalty Task