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President Erdogan of TurkeyPresident Erdogan of Turkey has told supporters that he will approve the death penalty being reintroduced if parliament votes for it.Amid an ongoing crackdown since an attempted coup was suppressed, the president appeared outside his Istanbul residence as the crowd called for capital punishment
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Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi authorities executed two men on Tuesday, bringing to 98 the number of executions carried out in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom so far this year.Pakistani Mohammed Mokhtar, who was convicted of heroin trafficking, was
Turkey's President has refused to rule out the death penalty for the thousands of people arrested following a violent failed military coup Friday."There is a clear crime of treason and your request can never be rejected by our government," said President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaking through his
The verdict came as the prosecution accused all the 8 of 5 charges relating to crimes like mass murders, abductions, tortures and looting.3 Islamists were handed down death penalty while 5 others jailed until death by a special tribunal in Bangladesh for committing crimes against humanity during17
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Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged 18 prisoners over the weekend, including 2 cases in public. A woman was among those hanged on Sunday.11 prisoners were hanged en masse in Qezelhesar Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran, on Sunday. 2 of the prisoners were identified as Saeed Saberi and Moslem17
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Public execution of a Burmese woman in Saudi Arabia (file photo)RIYADH: Saudi authorities executed a murderer in the holy city of Mecca on Sunday, the first death sentence to be carried out since before the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.Fahd al-Hasni,
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OMAHA, NE – Speaking out today against Nebraska’s death penalty, religious leaders representing the largest church denominations in Nebraska said Christians recognize that humans are fallible and that Government does not need to take a life to protect society.Religious leaders from the Roman13
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Relatives of murder victims, death-row exonerees, and family members of the executed will speak at a series of public meetings about why they oppose the death penalty.The meetings will be held in Omaha, Lincoln and across Nebraska.Journey of Hope will start its speaking tour at 10 a.m. Sunday at12
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Lin Hsin-yi, executive director the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty.Lin Hsin-yi (林欣怡), executive director the Taiwan Alliance to End the Death Penalty (TAEDP), believes that at least three people who are currently on death row in Taiwan
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"The executions were widely criticized by foreign governments and NGOs."It is a case of domestic considerations trumping international image.If you want to point at one incident that transformed Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo from an inspiring, hopeful candidate to the oft-criticized11
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Mary Jane VelosoMary Jane Veloso and 87 other overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) languishing in death row in overseas prisons will be deprived of a chance of absolution as soon as the capital punishment is restored in the Philippines, Buhay Party-list Rep. Lito Atienza warned.Meantime, the Catholic10
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"Not only is midazolam not an ultra short-acting barbiturate, it is not a barbiturateat all," say both appeals.2 Mississippi death row inmates have filed fresh challenges to the state's lethal injection procedures with the Mississippi Supreme Court.The move came after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of19
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Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA: Saudi authorities executed two men on Tuesday, bringing to 98 the number of executions carried out in the ultra-conservative Muslim kingdom so far this year.Pakistani Mohammed Mokhtar, who was convicted of heroin trafficking, was18
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Louisiana death rowWith south Louisiana's summer heat and humidity kicking into high gear, the legal battle rages on over how to best protect 3 ailing condemned killers from extreme heat indexes on Angola's death row.In the most recent federal court filings in the 3-year-old case, attorneys for18
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Medieval, barbaric punishments...Public hanging in Iran.Iran Human Rights (July 18 2016): At least 29 people were hanged in Iran in the past week, according to official and unofficial sources. Most of the executions were reportedly carried out on Sunday July 17. Iranian official sources, including17
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Attorney General Muhammad PrasetyoThe Attorney General's Office (AGO) is waiting for a Supreme Court ruling to set the date of the third round of executions of drug convicts, an AGO official said on Friday.The Supreme Court will soon announce its decision on a case review and cassation submitted15
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Arizona lawyers seek records of Florida's triple-drug lethal injection protocolLawyers representing seven Arizona death row inmates want information about the drugs used in Florida's lethal-injection procedure, but corrections officials are asking a judge to keep the documents secret.The Arizona15
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John ConnerGeorgia executed John Conner on Thursday, ending a two-month death penalty hiatus for the United States. Conner was pronounced dead at12:29 a.m.Conner didn't make a final statement and declined to have a prayer said for him.Conner becomes the sixth person executed by Georgia this
Arkansas Gov. Asa HutchinsonGov. Asa Hutchinson is hoping Arkansas will resume executing death row inmates before January, when 1 of the 3 drugs used in the state's lethal injection mixture will expire.On Tuesday the Arkansas Department of Correction announced the state had replenished supplies of12
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Iran Human Rights (July 11 2016): After a short break on the occasion of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the executions have resumed in Iran. At least 12 prisoners are scheduled to be executed in three different Iranian prisons in the coming days. According to Iran Human Rights' (IHR) sources
Hussain HumaamThe Maldives are preparing to resume executions, and Hussain Humaam Ahmed will be the 1st death row inmate to be killed in over 60 years.There are serious concerns about the fairness of the murder trial, and without your help Humaam could be hung within 30 days. Call
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On Sept. 27, 1913, the 58th General Assembly of Tennessee approved Senate Bill 125, making the electric chair the state's official method of execution. The chair, which Tennessee has used to kill 126 prisoners - the 1st of whom was executed nearly 100 years ago on July 13, 1916 - is the
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The government must stop dragging its feet in amending the death penalty law, following the recent announcement that a review of capital punishment in Malaysia has been completed.Anti-death penalty groups have urged for prompt reform, saying that proposed changes to capital punishment sentences19
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Boris JohnsonThe new Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, has been urged to use a meeting today with the Saudi Foreign Minister to call for an end to juvenile executions in Saudi Arabia.According to a Foreign Office statement this morning, Mr Johnson is due to host the Saudi Foreign Minister, Adel
Indonesia: Nusakambangan prison island, where executions are carried out.The Central Java Law and Human Rights Agency, which holds authority over the prisons on Nusakambangan Island, confirmed that it recently built a number of isolation cells for inmates who are facing the death penalty.The
Turkish President Recep Tayyip ErdoğanAfter an attempted military coup, Turkey's president said he's considering bringing back the death penalty. As part of its ongoing attempt to join the European Union, Turkey abolished the death penalty in 2004.In 1987, Turkey applied to join the then-European17
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JAKARTA —Indonesia’s Ministry of Tourism is seeking up to 90 trillion rupiah (S$9.2 billion) worth of investment in nine tourism destinations outside of Bali, with plans to hold roadshows in the region to attract potential investors.Mr Hiramsyah Sambudhy Thaib, the chairman of a working group at15
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"President Widodo has pledged to increase the number of executions this year."Jakarta. Indonesia plans to execute this year at least two foreign convicts, one from Nigeria and another from Zimbabwe, the attorney general said on Wednesday.President Joko Widodo has
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Serge Atlaoui, his wife Sabine and their sonIndonesia will not execute a European this year,Indonesian Attorney GeneralH. M. Prasetyo said on Wednesday.Prasetyo thus confirmed that the death sentence against French drug convict Serge Atlaoui will not be carried out in the next and forthcoming13
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Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged 9 prisoners collectively on Wednesday in Gohardasht Prison in Karaj, north-west of Tehran.3 of the executed prisoners were identified as Seyyed Mohammad Taheri, Amir Khadem Rezaiyan and Saeid Ahmadi.The victims had been transferred to solitary confinement in11
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Alabama's death rowAlthough nearly 3,000 people are on death row in America, there has not been an execution in the country for 2 months - and few executions are expected in the coming months.It has been 2 months since any state in the United States has carried out an
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Jakarta. Indonesia will execute at least two convicts, including foreigners, this year, the attorney general said on Monday (11/7).HM Prasetyo said the prisoners would be executed by firing squad soon, but did not elaborate upon the crimes of which they were convicted."The implementation of the
A.M. "Marty" StroudThe Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project will honor a local attorney with its annual Champion of Justice Award this week.When it came to selecting this year's recipient of the award, Shawn Armbrust, executive director of the organization, found the perfect honoree in Shreveport
Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgWASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says she doesn't want to think about the possibility of Donald Trump winning the White House, and she predicts the next president — "whoever she will be" — will have a few appointments to make to the Supreme
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