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Joaquin "El Chapo" GuzmanA judge in Mexico temporarily blocked the extradition of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman to the US after his lawyers appealed the move over fears that the infamous drug cartel leader might face the death penalty.Guzman’s extradition request was suspended Tuesday after two injunctions were
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Blasphemy is an extremely sensitive issue in Pakistan.2 Christians and a Muslim man were on Tuesday sentenced to death by a Pakistani anti terrorism court for committing blasphemy.The Anti-Terrorism Court of Gujranwala district announced the verdict in the case which was pending for the
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ECPM (Ensemble contre la peine de mort) convened the 6th World Congress Against the Death Penalty on 21-23 June 2016 in Oslo, Norway, to discuss ways forward in the abolition of the death penalty.The event gathered around 1000 participants (ministers, diplomats, parliamentarians, academics28
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Indonesia's President Joko WidodoHope and Hypocrisy: Despite fighting for the freedom of hundreds of its own citizens facing the death penalty abroad, Indonesia looks set to carry out a spate of executions of foreign nationals. Can international and local activists force the populist Jokowi
Penn State researchers studying whether racial bias affects the imposition of the death penalty have begun crunching the data, a move signaling the end of a 4-year saga of waiting on a state report that has officially halted executions in the state.The Penn State findings might be made public25
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Court OKs execution but requires wait; AG won't ask for a rush1 of Arkansas' execution drugs will expire before a court decision upholding the state's execution law goes into effect, and might be impossible to replace.A spokesman for Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge said Friday that she25
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The husband of a British-Iranian woman who has been detained without charge in Tehran for 83 days has spoken of his anger over the Foreign Office's handling of the matter, saying he feels "gamed" by officials who value trade above the welfare of British citizens and objected to his going Leggi23
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Philippine National Police officersAn Austalian arrested for selling ecstasy in the Philippines may fall afoul of 'shoot-to-kill' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte's promise to impose the death penalty on all drug crimes.Damian John Berg and Canadian national Jeremy Eaton were arrested yesterday23
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Texas death row, Polusnky Unit, Livingston, TXAttorneys for death row inmate Rodney Reed have filed a supplement to the Feb. 2015 brief seeking a retrial on his death penalty case, arguing that new evidence has come their way that further indicates that Reed is not
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Rodrigo DuterteThe Catholic Church in the Philippines will petition the new president against reintroducing the death penalty in the country, according to Fides.The president of the Episcopal Conference of the Philippines, Archbishop Socrates Villegas of Lingayen-Dagupan, said he will seek a23
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The mercy plea of 2 convicts, who killed 8 members of a family including a physically disabled youth in Jharkhand nearly 9 years ago, has been rejected by President Pranab Mukherjee.The President has rejected the plea of the convicts-- Mofil Khan and Mobarak Khan, officials said today.The duo had22
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Louisiana death rowNEW ORLEANS—U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson questions why the state has spent more than $1 million fighting to prevent air conditioning from being installed at Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.In 2013, three death row inmates with medical problems filed a lawsuit against29
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Several European countries cut off financial contributions to republic's counter-narcotics campaignIran is under pressure to end its use of death penalty against drug traffickers after facing a serious shortfall in the international funding of the country's counter-narcotics campaign.An
An Arkansas judge who last year declared unconstitutional a law that allows the state to keep confidential the source of drugs used for execution by lethal injection has lamented a 5-4 decision by the Arkansas Supreme Court reversing his ruling.In a breakout session on the death penalty at the27
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Death chamber at Tokyo Detention CenterThe Supreme Court's recent decision to uphold the death sentence given in a lay judge trial to a 24-year-old man for murders he committed when he was a minor raises questions about the lay judge trial system and capital punishment. These
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ISIS members (file photo)The Islamic State murdered 5 Syrian media activists as it continues its assault on the press, maintaining tight control of the message that comes out of regions under the terrorist group's control.The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has viewed a video released by ISIS
John Wayne ConnerConner was sentenced to die 34 years agoJohn Wayne Conner was scheduled Friday to become the sixth man executed in Georgia this year - a record number since the death penalty was reinstated here 40 years ago.The time for his lethal injection for the 1992 murder of
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A new report by the UN’s Office on Drugs and Crime fails to mention the use of the death penalty for drug crimes, despite a surge in executions of alleged drug offenders in countries where the UN agency funds counter-narcotics police.UNODC unveiled its 2016 World Drug Report today (23
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The Ministry of Justice yesterday responded to EU calls to abolish capital punishment by saying that Taiwan's justice system is moving toward that goal in the long term, adding that a high percentage of Taiwanese still favor the death penalty for certain crimes.Taiwan, China, Japan and the US were23
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Oklahoma death chamberJurors on Wednesday chose the death penalty as punishment for an Oklahoma City man convicted of raping his girlfriend and her friend before fatally beating the friend.The Oklahoma County jury deliberated less than an hour.Last week, the jurors found Albert Ray Johnson, 49
Watching a public execution in Iran (file photo)On Wednesday, June 22, coinciding with a visit by the Iranian regime's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to France and the Netherlands, and simultaneous with the global conference against the death penalty with the participation of more Leggi
For the 4th time in 2 months, the United States Supreme Court today overturned an Alabama death penalty case in which EJI challenged the conviction and sentence affirmed by state courts. This time, the Court reversed because of concerns about racial bias in jury selection.Christopher Floyd was22
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Meth bust in MalaysiaMalaysia may amend the death sentence mandatory for 12 criminal offences after government-backed studies showed that the capital punishment had not led to the desired effects.“There are positive signs in Malaysia and a steady momentum towards possible change in the death29
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Solitary confinement cell: Entombed aliveInterview with a Former Corrections Officer Who Worked in Prison Isolation UnitsRecently, Solitary Watch had the opportunity to sit down with “X,” a former corrections officer who spent almost two years working on a segregation unit in Pennsylvania. (The28
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Rodrigo DuterteDuring a speech Monday, Philippines President-elect Rodrigo Duterte — who has sworn off interviews with the press — reiterated his support for capital punishment as a retaliatory measure and not a deterrent, disparaging human rights activists and opponents of the death penalty as
Humam being brought to courtIn the early hours of the morning on the 19th day of Ramadan, as most of the country slept, the Maldives Supreme Court upheld the verdict by lower courts to kill Hussein Humam Ahmed. The 22-year-old man was convicted of killing MP
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The state of Arizona has eliminated its use of the sedative midazolam as one of the drugs it relies on in carrying out executions.Lawyers for the state said in a court filing Friday that its current supply of midazolam expired on May 31 and that Arizona's sources of the drug have
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L. Sandiford (center) knitting with other inmate in a Kerobokan prison cellAs she marks what could be her final birthday, sources close to death row gran Lindsay Sandiford say she isn't about to be executed.The convicted Redcar drug mule will
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Philippines Police OfficersPresident-elect Rodrigo Duterte Wednesday stressed the need to revive the death penalty, which he said, would serve as "retribution" for those who committed crimes.He said those who insist that death penalty is not a deterrent to crime do not understand his position on23
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Pablo IbarThe Spaniard of Basque descent has already spent 16 years on death row, after a conviction in the 1990s for a triple-homicideThe State of Florida has announced its decision to ask for capital punishment for Pablo Ibar, despite the Florida Supreme Court having vacated a death penalty
Meth bust by Indonesian police (file photo)The Medan District Court on Wednesday decided on capital punishment for 4 Indonesians convicted of smuggling 270 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia to North Sumatra.The 4 defendants are businessmen Ayau and Daud, alias Athiam, from23
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Chinese police officers rehearsing execution procedures(CNN) A new report claims that China is still engaged in the widespread and systematic harvesting of organs from prisoners, and says that people whose views conflict with the ruling Chinese Communist Party are being murdered for their22
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.For people convicted of drug crimes on Indonesia's death row, the Islamic Holy Month of Ramadan has added significance this year. After moving 15 prisoners to "Execution Island" last month and announcing that their deaths Leggi
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis has sent a video message to the participants in the Sixth World Conference Against the Death Penalty, taking place this week in Oslo, Norway.The Holy Father put his message in the key of the Year of Mercy, saying, “The Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy is an auspicious