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The Abu Dhabi court of appeal has commuted the death sentence that was handed down to an Asian man, for smuggling, possessing and trafficking drugs, to a 10-year jail term.The court also fined him Dh50,000 along with deportation after serving his jail term. According to court records, the suspect was arrested from the Abu Dhabi International...Read more http://deathpenaltynews.blogspot.com/2013/01/uae-mules-death-penalty-commuted-to.html02
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James Holmes at initial hearingCENTENNIAL — Prosecutors will begin laying out their case next week against the man accused of fatally shooting 12 people this summer during a crowded midnight movie premiere in Aurora.James Holmes faces 166 counts of murder, attempted murder and other charges in31
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The 2 Australians on death row in Indonesia appear to have received a 1-year reprieve from facing the firing squad, despite Indonesia planning to start executions again.Of the hundreds of people on death row in Indonesia, 2 are members of the Australian drug trafficking group dubbed the Bali27
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The policeman jumped to his feet as the man walked into the station and placed the head of his sister, along with the butcher knife that decapitated her, on the table in front of him. The incident in Kolkata on December 7 was another killing in the name of "honour" and there has been a surge in26
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Iran Human Rights, December 26: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Sari (northern Iran) reported the state run Iranian news agency ISNA from Mazandaran Province.According to the report the prisoner who was not identified by name, was convicted of selling and buying narcotic drugs. The22
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SEATTLE — The United States Army will seek the death penalty against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday.Sergeant Bales’s court-martial will consider 16 counts of premeditated murder, six counts of attempted murder and seven19
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Appeals Court rejects murderer’s appeal, confirms capital punishment against PakistaniDubai: A man, who slit a prostitute’s neck and stole her following a row over money, will face a firing squad after his appeal to have his sentence commuted was rejected on Wednesday.The 29-year-old Pakistani18
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Arizona Death ChamberWhen the State of Arizona carried out the grisly business of executing Richard Stokley last week, it did so in a transparent manner. Of the 34 executions the state has conducted since 1992, this was the third time that witnesses were able to observe most of the execution17
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Ohio Death ChamberOhio dropped behind other states in the number of executions this year, but the pace is expected to quicken, with 12 lethal injections scheduled in the next two years.In addition, four new death sentences were handed down in Ohio this year, including the first one in Franklin
Parliamentary secretary calls for putting matter of abolishing capital punishment to a debate in the house.When confronted with the fact that 65 convicts were waiting for their execution on death row in Pakistan, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) MNA Tahira Aurangzeb bluntly asked to have
BEIJING: China sentenced three men to death and another to life in prison on Tuesday over an alleged hijacking attempt in June by members of the minority Uighur ethnic group in the restive northwestern region of Xinjiang.Charges against the men included organising, leading, and taking part in a02
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The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday said it has not yet taken a policy decision on the implementation of the death penalty.External Affairs Ministry Secretary Karunatillaka Amunugama said the issue that the death penalty should or should not be implemented in Sri Lanka has been debated in
Iran Human Rights, December 29: Four prisoners were hanged in the prison of Yazd (Central Iran) early this morning Saturday December 29.According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars, three prisoners identified as "A.B.", "R.D." and "N.B." were convicted of rape in two different27
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Iran Human Rights, December 27: Five prisoners were hanged publicly in southern Iran today December 27.According to the state run Iranian news agency Fars five men were hanged in "Mehrvarzi" parks of Yasouj city in front of thousands of people.The prisoners who were not identified by name were
Paris, Dec. 25 (CNA) France has condemned the execution of six death row inmates in Taiwan last week and urged Taiwan to open a national debate on the future of capital punishment.Through a statement issued by the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, the French government urged Taiwan to21
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The Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN) joins the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP) in condemning the executions today of another six people in Taiwan.Zeng Si-ru, Hung Ming-tsung, Huang Hsien –cheng, Chen Chin-huo, Kuang Te-chiang and Tai Te-ying were executed at different20
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December 19, 2012: A Sudanese man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in the western city of Mecca, the Saudi interior ministry said.Othman Mohammed was found guilty of killing another Sudanese man, Salah Ahmed, by repeatedly beating him on his head following a dispute between the two
Washington (CNN) -- Executions and death sentences remained steady over the past year, but the number of states carrying out capital punishment continues to drop, according to a study released Tuesday.Forty-three men were put to death in 2012, matching 2011's total, reported the Death Penalty
Ronald PostPost, who shot Elyria motel clerk Helen Vantz twice in the head during a robbery 29 years ago, had been scheduled to be executed on Jan. 16. He will now serve life in prison without possibility of parole.“Regardless of the heinous nature of their crime, a criminal defendant is entitled13
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Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child Wednesday expressed 'deep dismay' concerning the execution of another child in Yemen."According to the information we have received, Hind Al-Barti was around 15 years old at the time of the offense," the Chairperson Jean Zermatten said.2
The government will carry out executions in accordance with related laws, as most Taiwanese still support capital punishment despite recent concerns expressed by foreign scholars, the nation's justice minister said yesterday."Scholars have the right to express their personal views, but it is10
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Iran Human Rights, December 10: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Semnan (northern Iran) early this morning.According to the state run Mehr news agency, the prisoner identified as "M. H.", was convicted of [trafficking] 3470 grams of crack.The charges have not been [confirmed] by
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Execution chamberat Tokyo Detention CenterA survey conducted by Mizuho Fukushima, deputy chairwoman of the nonpartisan Parliamentary League for the Abolition of the Death Penalty of Japanese death row inmates show that more than 50% of respondents prefer to know ahead of time when their execution27
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Iran Human Rights, December 27: An Afghan citizen was hanged in Dameghan (northern Iran) early this morning reported the Iranian state media.According to the state run Mehr news agency a prisoner identified as M.M. (27 years old) was hanged in Dameghan today.The prisoner who was an Afghan citizen
(Reuters) - The day after Christmas will be somber for Dakota Indians marking what they consider a travesty of justice 150 years ago, when 38 of their ancestors were executed in the biggest mass hanging in U.S. history.Overshadowed by the Civil War raging in the East, the hangings in Mankato
The Attorney General’s Office plans to execute 10 convicted felons in 2013 in Indonesia’s first wave of executions in four years.Indonesian courts sentenced 113 people to death in 2012, but hasn’t carried out an execution since 2008. In recent years, the public, as well as prominent politicians20
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Iran Human Rights, December 20: Seven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Isfahan.According to the state run Iranian daily newspaper Kayhan, seven prisones were hanged in the prison of Isfahan yesterday December 19.According to the report, six of the prisoners were convicted of drug
Nearly 1,000 tribesmen in Saudi Arabia packed a farm to ask the father of a murdered boy to pardon the killer before he is beheaded in the Gulf Kingdom shortly. But the father rejected the plea and insisted on the execution of the killer.The clan chiefs and other dignitaries from Qahtan tribes in18
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Iran Human Rights, December 17: One prisoner was hanged in Kashan (central Iran) today, reported the Iranian state media.The Iranian state broadcasting reported a prisoner convicted of smuggling and trafficking narcotics was hanged in Kashan prison early this morning. Quoting the deputy17
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The Senate on Friday said it adopted the death penalty as punishment for acts of terrorism due to Nigeria's peculiar circumstances.The National Assembly at its sitting on Thursday approved the death penalty for acts of terrorism in Nigeria following the recommendations contained in a conference
Execution in KuwaitKuwaiti MPs this week approved a law with a death penalty for Muslims who curse God, the Koran, all prophets and the wives of Islam's Prophet Mohammed. Non-Muslims who commit the same offence face a jail term of not less than 10 years, according to the bill.Defendants who repent12
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Manuel PardoA former police officer who murdered 9 people during a 1986 crime spree was executed Tuesday after his attorneys' last-minute appeals were rejected.Manuel Pardo, 56, was pronounced dead at Florida State Prison at 7:47 p.m., about 16 minutes after the lethal injection process began. His10
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Human rights organizations are outraged by ever-increasing executions of dissidents, bloggers and activists in Iran. In the world's most execution-prone country, even misdemeanors draw the death penalty.The human rights situation in Iran has deteriorated over the last few months, according to a UN