The UN Secretary-General must use a meeting with the Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia tomorrow to call for the release of three Saudi juveniles who face beheading after allegedly attending protests, human rights organization Reprieve has said.Prince Mohammed bin Salman will tomorrow (22nd) meet with UN Secretary-General
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A senior Iranian regime judiciary official has issued the final confirmation of the death penalty for three Ahwazi rights activists, with another four sentenced to between 25 and 35 years in prison, as well as exile.Gholam-Hossein Mohsen Eie'I, the First Deputy Head of the Iranian regime's20
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Typical death-row cell, Osaka PrisonTOKYO — The head of the Japanese bar association on Friday criticized news organizations that reported the name of a man sentenced to death for a double murder committed when he was a juvenile.“It is regrettable that the news reports violated the juvenile20
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Maximum-security Northern Correctional Institution in SomersEveryday life for Maryland's death-row inmates barely changed in 2014 when Gov. Martin O'Malley commuted their sentences to life in prison without the chance of parole."They were already housed in general population," Gerard M. Shields, a
Georgia's death chamberIt's Georgia's new death penalty paradox: the state is executing inmates at a record clip, but prosecutors almost never seek the death penalty anymore, and juries refuse to impose it when they do.During each of the past 2 years, Georgia executed 5 inmates. If, as expected19
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Nie Shubin, wrongfully executed at age 20"Invisible forces" in police have delayed a retrial for Nie Shubin after fresh evidence, suggesting his innocence, emerged, says former journalistMore than 2 decades after a young man in the northern province of Hebei was executed for the alleged
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Islamist terrorism in TunisiaThe leader of a group of Takfiri Salafists has been sentenced to death for his part in the killing of a guard at a Sufi shrine in the country's southeast.Others within the group received sentences varying from life imprisonment to five years for their part
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Judge Elsa AlcalaA judge on the state’s highest criminal court, which has the last word on Texas death penalty cases, believes it’s time to reassess whether capital punishment should be allowed to continue in the nation’s most prolific state for executions.Judge Elsa Alcala, a five-year member of17
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New Bilibid Prison in MuntinlupaOf the country's 7,107 islands, 1 can have a special purpose.Sen. Vicente Sotto III said he would start his stint in the 17th Congress by reviving his proposal to have an "Alcatraz-style" prison island for convicted drug traffickers, who could allegedly still run
A silent vigil was held outside the Delaware Supreme Court as the court weighs the constitutionality of capital punishment in Delaware.The ongoing debate over Delaware's death penalty has made its way to the state's highest court.For nearly a year, the discourse has drawn protests and emotional16
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Jose Noey MartinezA man who fatally stabbed a 68-year-old woman and her 4-year-old granddaughter during a 1995 burglary in Hidalgo County will no longer face execution after he has been determined to be intellectually disabled.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminalThe Delaware Supreme Court hears arguments on the constitutionality of the state's death penalty today, bringing an issue that has been debated for months closer to conclusion - and potentially opening up a whole new deliberation.Rauf v. State of Delaware will be argued at 9:30, with the21
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Gaborone, BotswanaCurrently, South African law prohibits the extradition of criminal suspects to all countries that still use capital punishment.The South African government have proposed amendments to the Treaty on Extradition allowing for the deportation of criminal suspects to Botswana where20
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At least three prisoners were reportedly hanged in one day on drug charges.Iran Human Rights (June 18 2016): At leaast three prisoners with drug related charges were reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central Prison (in the Hormozgan province, southern Iran) on the morning of Thursday June 16.The
Three Mexican brothers sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking in 2012While the study on whether to keep the death penalty is ongoing, the Government is open to proposals on the matter.Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Nancy
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San Quentin's brand new death chamberA measure to abolish the death penalty has made it to the November ballot to compete with a measure aiming to increase execution rates.An initiative that would repeal the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without possibility of parole Leggi18
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Steven HayesNEW HAVEN >> Superior Court Judge Jon C. Blue scolded Steven Hayes for “the depravity of your character” Wednesday as he vacated the death sentence originally imposed in the Cheshire triple-homicide and resentenced him to six consecutive life terms in prison with no chance of
An Alabama appeals court on Friday ordered a Jefferson County judge to vacate her rulings earlier this year that declared the state's capital punishment sentencing scheme unconstitutional.In its order the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals says the state's capital sentencing scheme is17
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Louisiana Death RowThe state has done "little if anything" to keep the sweltering heat on Louisiana's death row below 88°F (31,1°C) degrees, a Baton Rouge federal judge said Wednesday while warning he won't shy away from making a "tough and unpopular" decision to protect the health and safety
Execution chamber at Tokyo Detention CenterA death sentence given to a man convicted of murdering 2 women and seriously injuring another man in 2010 when he was 18 is set to be finalized after the Supreme Court on Thursday upheld lower court rulings.The case of Yutaro
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Jose Noey MartinezA man who fatally stabbed a 68-year-old woman and her 4-year-old granddaughter during a 1995 burglary in Hidalgo County will no longer face execution after he has been determined to be intellectually disabled.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the state's highest criminal
David Risner, Police Chief Lee DixonBELTON – The killer of a small-town Texas police chief escaped the death penalty on Wednesday after a jury could not reach agreement on his punishment. David Risner, a 59-year-old former police officer, will automatically be sentenced to life without
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Kerry Max Cook (center) and his team of lawyersTwo days after his legal team secured an agreement that could lead to his exoneration in a high-profile 40-year-old murder case, former death row inmate Kerry Max Cook fired the very lawyers who set
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WASHINGTON — The Senate on Monday failed to advance four separate measures aimed at curbing gun sales, the latest display of congressional inaction after a mass shooting.Eight days after a gunman claiming allegiance to the Islamic State killed 49 people in an Orlando, Fla., nightclub, the Senate20
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A looming Arkansas Supreme Court decision over whether information about execution drugs should be kept secret could reveal whether the state's death penalty system is truly "broken," as Arkansas' last top attorney once claimed. It's the 1st major test for a court whose sharp divisions last year20
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Medieval punishments: Public flogging in Iran (file photo)The inhumane mullahs' regime is continuing its use of mass executions, barbaric punishments, floggings and widespread arrests during the holy month of Ramadan, which is considered amongst Muslims in Iran and all other Islamic countries as a
Cairo, EgyptCourt upholds death sentences against 6 other defendants for supplying Qatar with classified state documents under Mursi's ruleAn Egyptian court on Saturday sentenced toppled Islamist president Mohammad Mursi to a total of 40 years in prison after convicting him of jeopardising18
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Gilbert RubioA notorious killer on San Quentin's death row died after being found unconscious in his cell early Thursday, prison officials said.The Marin County coroner will now work to determine how 55-year-old Gilbert Rubio died after correctional officers found him unresponsive during a18
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California death rowCalifornia voters will be asked this fall whether to repeal the state's 38-year-old death penalty, as elections officials announced Friday that an initiative to abolish the law has earned a spot on the Nov. 8 ballot.Backers of the initiative gathered almost 405,000 voter17
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Rodrigo DuterteIN 2007, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a "moratorium on the use of the death penalty" in member countries around the world. The resolution proposed a moratorium on executions, with a view to abolishing the death penalty in the future. It was passed by a vote of 10417
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Robert Roberson IIIThere is breaking news in the case of Texas death row inmate Robert Roberson, who had a June 21 execution date.Mr. Roberson received a stay of execution today, after the Court of Criminal Appeals found that the Office of Capital and Forensic Writs had presented compelling
Police officers conduct a preliminary re-enactment at Olivier Cafe.An Indonesian Australian woman charged with the fatal cyanide poisoning of her friend must be executed if found guilty to prevent copycat murders, the dead woman’s father says.Justice Minister Michael Keenan and Indonesian Law
A judge presiding over a lawsuit that protests the way Arizona carries out the death penalty has told lawyers to be prepared later this month to reveal the status of the state's supplies of lethal-injection drugs.U.S. District Judge Neil Wake says attorneys in the case also should be prepared at15
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NCRI - This is a video clip recently smuggled out of Iran which shows a man being flogged in public by the fundamentalist authorities.The clip was filmed at Kouhpayeh Park in Shiraz, southern Iran.On May 25, the Iranian regime’s suppressive forces raided a party following a graduation