January 28, 2014: Papua New Guinea's Justice Minister says the execution of 13 people currently on death row will happen this year, despite vocal opposition from human rights groups. Members of the country's Constitutional Law Reform Commission have recently returned from a tour to see how executions are carried out across the world. Our... January 28, 2014: Papua New Guinea's Justice Minister says the execution of 13 people currently on death row will happen this year, despite vocal opposition from human rights groups. Members of the country's Constitutional Law Reform Commission have recently returned from a tour to see how executions are carried out across the world. Our correspondent in Papua New Guinea29
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An Arizona death-row inmate died Monday in an apparent suicide, state Department of Corrections officials said. Gregory Dickens, 48, was pronounced dead after lifesaving measures failed, according to a news release. Dickens was sentenced to death for his part in a double murder near Yuma
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David Cameron said today that he is “deeply concerned” about the case of a mentally unwell British man sentenced to death and that “the Pakistani authorities can be in no doubt of the seriousness with which we take these developments.” Speaking during Prime
A delegation of Italian MPs met in New Delhi Monday with Massimiliano Latorre and Salvatore Girone, Italian marines who may face the death penalty in India for allegedly killing two Indian fishermen. "We are soldiers, Italian soldiers. We must suffer with dignity," said Latorre, who
Qazvin public execution, Jan 28, 2014 Iran Human Rights, January 28, 2014: One prisoner was hanged in public in the city of Qazvin (west of Tehran) today Tuesday January 28, reported the official Iranian media. Based on the official and unofficial reports Iran Human Rights28
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Edgar Tamayo 27 de enero de 2014 - Washington, D.C. — La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condena la ejecución judicial de Edgar Tamayo Arias, la cual tuvo lugar el 22 de enero de 2014 en Texas, Estados Unidos, en violación de sus27
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Iran Human Rights, January 26, 2014: According to the Iranian news website Arshnews two men and one woman from the villages of Delfan (Lorestan Province, Western Iran) were executed during the last week. Two of the individuals from the village of Golestaneh were identified as “R25
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The defense in the Aurora movie theater murder case won't be able to present evidence at trial about the history of the death penalty or about how the gunman's possible execution would impact his family, a judge ruled Thursday. In 2 orders, Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos
Death penalty may be removed from the Kazakhstan's Criminal Code. Such a suggestion has been made in the country's Majilis (lower chamber), Tengrinews reports. "We believe there is a unique possibility to take a sound decision to completely remove death penalty from the Criminal Code"24
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Kenneth Eugene Hogan OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma executed a man on Thursday, who was convicted of murder after stabbing a woman 25 times more than two decades ago and then attempting to blame the crime on an intruder. Kenneth Eugene Hogan, 52, was convicted of23
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Edgar Tamayo HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Edgar Tamayo, a Mexican national, was executed Wednesday in Huntsville, Texas, for the slaying 20 years ago of a Texas police officer, Guy Gaddis, 24. The US Supreme Court had temporarily put on hold the execution of Edgar
A historic decision by India's Supreme Court commuting the death sentences of 15 prisoners and setting out guidelines to safeguard the rights of prisoners on death row and their families is a positive step for human rights in the country, Amnesty International India said today. The
In an image released by South Korea's Yonhap news agencyon December 9, 2013, Jang Song-Thaek is reportedly beingdragged away from his chair by two police officialsduring a meeting in Pyongyang. January 26, 2014: the Seoul-based Yonhap news agency reported that all relatives of28
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In a letter to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) obtained by the Observer, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3807 advocates for TDCJ to house death-row prisoners who pose the lowest security risk in cells with other inmates. The28
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Jakarta. Indonesian officials welcomed the release of two domestic workers sentenced to death in Malaysia on Tuesday, drawing to a close a protracted legal battle over the fate of two men who accidentally killed a home intruder during a scuffle at their employer’s home. Brothers28
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Lawyers for a Missouri inmate said Monday that they would appeal a decision not to grant a delay in his execution, arguing that the drug to be used was likely to be substandard, and thus could cause him severe pain, because it was produced in a compounding pharmacy not subject to federal27
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Most Americans favor the death penalty as a punishment for people convicted of murder, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. But the poll also finds that few people want to inflict unnecessary pain on those who are executed. According to the poll, 62 percent of Americans favor the27
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Edgar Arias Tamayo took 17 minutes to die. The 46-year-old Mexican national was taken into the Texas execution chamber, strapped down and given a lethal injection which would eventually kill him. He didn't have any final words to say, instead choosing to remain silent. Tamayo, who
The Texas execution of Edgar Tamayo for the murder of a U.S. police officer was heavily criticized by Mexican officials, who say their country rightly banned capital punishment years ago. But if the Mexican people had their way, the death penalty would be an option for justice for25
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The UK Government must take immediate steps to protect an elderly, mentally-ill British man sentenced to death today for blasphemy in Pakistan, legal charity Reprieve has said. Mohammad Asghar (71), from Edinburgh, has a long and documented history of psychological ill health. Just four24
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Iraq's Ministry of Justice said it executed 11 convicts for terror crimes Thursday, 2 days after it announced the execution of 26 convicts, despite international calls for Baghdad to abolish the death penalty. "The ministry of justice executed 11 people after they were found guilty of22
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Dennis McGuire I first began to visit [Ohio death-row inmate] Mcguire in November. He told me about the evil act he had committed, the murder in 1989 of a young woman Joy Stewart who was pregnant and whose unborn child also died. He confessed his sin to me, and expressed22
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The judge at Putrajaya Higher Court, Malaysia, has released 2 Indonesian workers from death penalty in the case of drug possession, according to information from Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, received here on Wednesday. Azhar bin Zakaria and Ismail bin Ibrahim were caught by the29
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Iran Human Rights, January 29, 2014: Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Shabani have been executed. According to sources Iran Human Rights (IHR) has been in contact with the two Ahwazi Arab activists Hadi Rashedi and Hashem Shabani have been executed. Iranian intelligence ministry offcials haveChristopher Sepulvado is scheduled to be executed Feb. 5 for 1992 death of his stepson. The Louisiana Department of Corrections does not have the drug needed to execute child killer Christopher Sepulvado on Feb. 5. But it is trying to obtain some, defense attorney Gary Clements said today28
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Utah's contraption for executions by firing squad Most states abandoned those execution methods a generation ago St Louis: With lethal-injection drugs in short supply and new questions looming about their effectiveness, lawmakers in some death penalty states are consideringDennis McGuire The inmate who gasped for air and choked during an unusually long execution process this month was urged by his attorney to put on a “big show” that could single-handedly bring capital punishment to a halt in Ohio, the head of the prison’s27
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Tokyo's execution chamber A Tokyo movie theater will kick off "Death Penalty Movie Week" on Feb. 15, showing 8 consecutive films on the issue from Japan and abroad. The movies to be shown at Eurospace in Shibuya include "Yakusoku" ("Promise"), a 2013 Japanese film depicting
Wednesday night's execution in Texas of a Mexican national convicted of killing a Houston police officer has given the candidates vying to be the state's next attorney general an opportunity to weigh in on the death penalty - revealing only slight differences in how they might have handledThe Texas execution of Edgar Tamayo for the murder of a U.S. police officer was heavily criticized by Mexican officials, who say their country rightly banned capital punishment years ago. But if the Mexican people had their way, the death penalty would be an option for justice for
Philippe El Shennawy, a French convict infamous for being the longest-serving prisoner alive in France and a string of escape attempts, will be released on parole on Friday. “It is a big relief,” his lawyer told reporters on Wednesday, adding that the convict would have to24
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Iran Human Rights, January 23: Seven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Kermanshah (western Iran) reported the Iranian state media. Five of the prisoners were convicted of trafficking of 102 kilograms of various narcotic drugs and two were convicted of murder said the report. None of22
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Public execution in Iran GENEVA (22 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on summary executions, Christof Heyns, today called on the Government of Iran to urgently halt the abrupt surge in22
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A Sri Lankan man has been executed in UAE for murdering an Emirati resident, a media report said. The execution has been carried out today after 19-year old Ravindra Krishna Pillai was convicted of premeditated murder. According to reports, he has been found guilty of running over the