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Iran: Barbaric and medieval punishmentsThe Iranian authorities hanged 87 people in the month of January 2017, that's one execution every nine hours. Iran Human Rights (FEB 3 2017): According to reports compiled by Iran Human Rights, the Iranian authorities hanged 87 people in the month of January
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Judge Neil Gorsuch (left) and Donald TrumpJudge Neil Gorsuch has heard - and sided with the government in - several recent and important execution cases.Judge Neil Gorsuch has been front and center as Oklahoma's death penalty process has been repeatedly called into question in recent
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The Maldives authorities must immediately halt plans to resume executions and instead impose a moratorium on the implementation of the death penalty with a view to its eventual abolition.Amnesty International has received reports that the resumption of executions could be imminent.The Maldives02
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The Walls Unit, Livingston, TexasMonths after Jeff Wood narrowly and temporarily avoided execution for a murder he didn’t commit, his case has motivated Texas lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to call for death penalty reform.Wood, 43, was convicted in the 1996 murder of Kriss Keeran, Leggi01
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2 days before death row inmate John Ramirez was scheduled to be executed, a federal district court in Corpus Christi halted the execution.A federal district court in Corpus Christi halted the execution of Texas death row inmate John Ramirez on Tuesday, 2 days before he was set to die.Ramirez, 3201
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Myuran Sukumaran stands in front of a self-portrait in Kerobokan's art studio.In just a few hours he would face the firing squad on the prison island of Nusakambangan, otherwise known as Indonesia’s notorious “death island”.Along with “mastermind” pal Andrew Chan, they
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Gov. Pete RickettsGov. Pete Ricketts said Monday he will continue working to restore the death penalty without waiting for lawmakers to decide a bill that would hide the identities of lethal drug suppliers.The governor said during a State Capitol press conference that there is no timeline for when01
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Jakatia PawaPresidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella reacts to a CBCP official who says the Philippines will lose 'any moral authority and legality to ask clemency' for Filipinos on death row if it restores the death penaltyFollowing the death of Overseas Filipino worker (OFW) Jakatia Pawa who was01
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Texas prison officials in 2015 arranged to buy lethal-injection drugs from a company in India that was busted for selling psychotropic drugs and opioids illegally to people in Europe and the United States, a new report claims.When that deal fell through, they bought $25,000 worth of execution27
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Iran: Medieval and barbaric punishmentsOn the mornings of Monday January 23 and Wednesday January 25, 4 prisoners were hanged in 2 different prisons on drug related charges.According to close sources, at least 2 prisoners were hanged at Karaj's Ghezel Hesar Prison on January 25 on drug related27
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A federal magistrate judge on Thursday barred the use of a 3-drug cocktail the state of Ohio planned to use to execute death-row inmates, declaring the method the state prefers to be unconstitutional.Magistrate Judge David Merz of Dayton also halted the executions of 3 inmates scheduled to be26
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Texas Death RowPublic radio stations from across the state collaborated on this series looking at the death penalty in Texas - its history, how it's changed, whom it affects and its future. From Texas Standard:Death row inmates often spend decades between the day they're sentenced and the day03
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Lawyers for death-row inmates said recent changes to Arizona's procedures for carrying out the death penalty didn't do enough to confront abuses in the state's power to decide the methods and amounts of drugs used in executions.The state released the revisions to the procedures earlier this month03
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Ronald RyanFifty years ago, Australia carried out its final execution amid a swirl of protest and political pressure. But as Jamie Duncan reports, capital punishment remains firmly in the nation's consciousness despite the abolition of the death penalty.Ronald Joseph Ryan was a robber with a long02
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Steven J. MurrayAUGUSTA, Ga. (CNS) -- Saying "justice needs to be tamed by mercy," Bishop Felipe J. Estevez of St. Augustine, Florida, and two brother bishops called Jan. 31 for the state of Georgia to drop the death penalty in the case of accused priest killer Steven J. Murray.
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Public execution in Mashhad, Iran, January 28, 2017Two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Rasht's central prison and a total of four prisoners were hanged in public in two different Iranian cities on armed robbery and rape charges.Iran Human Rights (FEB 1 2017): On the
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Plenary discussions on the bill for the reimposition of the death penalty will have to wait another day, with lawmakers opposed to the proposed legislature taking the floor as a "clear message" against fast-tracking its passage.Deputy Speaker Fredenil Castro and Oriental Mindoro Rep. Rey Umali01
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A man convicted of killing a woman and her two children after a break-in at their home in southern Missouri in 1998 was executed by lethal injection on Tuesday.Mark Christeson, 37, was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST (0105 GMT on Wednesday), according to the Missouri Department of01
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Derek BentleyThe death penalty was suspended in Britain 54 years ago as a result of resolute campaigning following a number of miscarriages of justice but now some dream of bring it back.64 years ago at 9am on January 28 1953 a young man called Derek Bentley was hanged for murder at
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Judge Neil M. Gorsuch and Donald TrumpWASHINGTON — President Trump on Tuesday nominated Judge Neil M. Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, elevating a conservative in the mold of Justice Antonin Scalia to succeed the late jurist and touching off a brutal, partisan showdown at the
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The World Psychiatric Association has warned Pakistan not to execute a severely mentally ill man.Khizar Hayat, a former policeman, could be hanged as early as next week. A stay preventing his execution expires on Monday (30th) unless judges agree to lengthen it.In a statement issued today, the27
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John Henry RamirezJohn Ramirez goes to the gurney for a murder committed during a robberyJohn Henry Ramirez, 32, gets Texas' next dose of lethal injection on Thursday, Feb. 2. He was sentenced to death in 2008 after murdering Pablo Castro in Corpus Christi during an alleged robbery.In July 2004
Utah's House of RepresentativesA battle is brewing over the death penalty on Utah's Capitol Hill.Representative Paul Ray says the state needs to send a strong message about what's going on across the country."We have people that are out across the country who are out targeting and trying to03
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Supreme Court repeatedly delayed judgement for Mohamed Cheikh Ould M'khaitir, accused of blasphemy.A Mauritanian court will re-examine the case of a young blogger, Mohamed Cheikh Ould M'khaitir, who is facing execution following his death sentence for "apostasy" - the abandonment of Islam.In a03
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Andrew Chan (left) and Myuran Sukumaran in Kerobokan Prison's art studioThe Turnbull government has been urged to strengthen Australian Federal Police policy to prevent citizens being exposed to the death penalty overseas, as Australia marks 50 years since the last execution
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A Tennessee inmate who has been on death row since 1983 died of natural causes Monday at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, according to the state Department of Corrections. Officials said Walter L. Caruthers was pronounced dead shortly after 11:30 p.m.Caruthers was01
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Two child executions have reportedly been carried out in Iran since the start of 2017Iran Human Rights (JAN 28 2017): Two juvenile offenders were executed in Kerman (southeastern Iran) and Tabriz (northwestern Iran) prisons. This is in addition to the more than 70 people who have been executed01
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Fernando Eros CaroCalifornia death row inmate dies; convicted in San Jose murder trialA killer convicted in a high-profile Santa Clara County trial died of unknown causes Saturday at San Quentin State Prison.Fernando Eros Caro, 67, had been sentenced to death for the 1980 murders of 2 bicycling01
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Nebraska inched closer to executing prisoners, as its governor signed off on a new execution protocol with fewer confidentiality protections for manufacturers of lethal injection drugs."Finalizing the protocol will help carry out the will of the people of Nebraska in regards to the death penalty,"
A man on California death row has been found dead, prison officials say.SAN QUENTIN (KRON) — A San Quentin State Prison inmate on death row died Thursday morning of unknown causes, according to the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation.Condemned inmate, 69-year-old James David Majors of27
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Dylann RoofThe South Carolina judge overseeing the upcoming state trial of convicted church shooter Dylann Roof will review sealed federal court records dealing with Roof's mental competency, which might prevent the need to evaluate him again.On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel ordered27
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Filipina domestic worker Jakatia Pawa was executed in Kuwait.The Philippines stands to lose its leverage in negotiating clemency for its overseas workers on death row abroad amid talks of reviving the death penalty in the country, a non-government organization said Thursday.Amnesty International27
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Terry Edwards43-year-old Terry Edwards was put to death by lethal injection late Thursday for the $3,000 holdup at a Subway restaurant where 2 employees were gunned down in 2002.Edwards died of lethal injection at 10:17 p.m. at the state's death chamber in Huntsville, said Texas Department of26
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Nebraska's death chamberThe Nebraska Department of Correctional Services apparently will strike a paragraph from its proposed execution protocol that would authorize the supplier of lethal injection drugs to remain confidential.The department has reviewed testimony from a Dec. 30 public hearing on