TOKYO - A Japanese high court judge was impeached Wednesday for posting on social media in 2017 messages that were found offensive to the bereaved family of a high school girl murdered two years earlier, marking the first time a judge has been dismissed over the expression of views.The Judge Impeachment Court deemed the series of posts made by Kiichi Okaguchi of
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2024
The Tehran Criminal Court has sentenced Shahriar Bayat, a 64-year-old political prisoner, to death on charges of allegedly "insulting the prophet of Islam."Bayat's family confirmed the March 24 verdict when he was on the final day of his furlough from Evin prison, according to the HRANA human
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The drugs sold included cocaine, heroin, marijuana and methamphetamine.BATON ROUGE, La. — Thirteen people convicted in a large-scale drug trafficking network based at Louisiana's maximum-security prison have been sentenced to a range of time spanning four to 16 years, federal prosecutors said.In
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Some death penalty lawyers get paid the same no matter how long they work on a case. Critics say it’s a perverse incentive when a life is at stake.Brian Dorsey’s argument for why he should not be executed by the state of Missouri requires the kind of math familiar to any gig worker.After Dorsey
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The Madeiran detained in Indonesia is the son of Rui Óscar, a former Marítimo footballer, who also represented FC Porto and Boavista.SIC Notícias recently reported that the young man, Rui Viana, was also known for his football talent, having played for the youth teams of Marítimo and Câmara de
On a beach in the Somali capital, Mogadishu stand six tall concrete posts planted in the pure white sand. The waves of the bright blue Indian Ocean break gently nearby - and often bear witness to some grim events.Every so often the security forces bring men to this place, tie them to the posts
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The American Bar Association filed an amicus brief today with the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the court for the 2nd time to take up a Texas death penalty case in which defendant Areli Escobar was convicted on DNA evidence and testimony from a police laboratory that was later deemed unreliable by
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Singapore Supreme Court dismissed appeal by 36 death row inmates challenging new measures to prevent execution delays. Chief Justice deems the challenge lacking current basis and an abuse of court process.SINGAPORE: The Court of Appeal of Singapore on Wednesday (27 March) dismissed an appeal
A couple were hanged in the Central Prison of Tabriz at dawn on March 18, 2024, on the eve of the Persian New Year.The news of the executions was released today by Iranian human rights organizations. However, the official news outlets in Iran have not announced them.Yassin Zolfaqari and his wife
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T Paramasparan was enraged after his wife confessed that she was pregnant with another man’s child. A three-member Federal Court bench also ordered T Paramasparan to be given 12 strokes of the cane.PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has commuted the death sentence of a former petty trader to a
A court in Tunisia has sentenced four people to death and two people to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of the prominent political leader Chokri Belaid in 2013.He was found shot dead in his car in the capital, Tunis, prompting outrage.The leftist politician had been a
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2024
A British court ruled Tuesday that Julian Assange can’t be extradited to the United States on espionage charges unless U.S. authorities guarantee he won’t get the death penalty, giving the WikiLeaks founder a partial victory in his long legal battle over the site’s publication of classified
Oklahoma is set to carry out the state's first execution of 2024 and the 12th since capital punishment resumed in 2021.Death row inmate Michael DeWayne Smith faces execution by lethal injection Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester for two 2002 murders. The execution is
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The Federal Court orders a former labourer to serve 33 years in prison and in a separate case, a former cook is given a 31-year jail sentence.PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today commuted the death sentence of a father-of-five to 33 years in prison for murdering his ex-wife in a house in Segamat
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Judge rejects defence that drug was for research. Seet Poh Jing argued that the cannabis in his possession was for research, as he was considering business ventures, including a cafe selling cannabis, in Singapore.SINGAPORE: A former property agent was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty for
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Russia could allow a trial of the Crocus City Hall terrorist suspects to take place in neighbouring Belarus so they can face the death penalty.Talks are already underway between the ‘competent authorities’ of the two countries, according to Putin-loyalist MP Maria Butina.Belarus is the only
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Iran handed prison sentences to 11 activists defending women’s rights and has executed 98 people this year.An Iranian court this week sentenced 11 women's rights advocates to prison terms totaling 60 years, as authorities in the Islamic Republic continue their crackdown against any type of
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2024
Since Randall Mays was sentenced to death in 2008 for the murder of two sheriff’s deputies, his lawyers have argued his intellectual disability exempts him from execution.The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals re-sentenced a 64-year-old man on death row to life in prison without parole on Wednesday
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2024
The Taliban’s Supreme Leader has vowed to start stoning women to death in public as he declared the fight against Western democracy will continue.“You say it’s a violation of women’s rights when we stone them to death,” said Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada in a voice message, aired on state
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2024
While Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) maintains a firm stance on the effectiveness of the death penalty in managing drug trafficking in Singapore, the article presents evidence suggesting that the methodologies and interpretations of these studies might not be as substantial as
Non-governmental organisations in Morocco have called on their government to intervene and prevent the execution of six Moroccans in Somalia.In a joint statement, the six bodies explained that they learned about the verdict issued by a military court in northern Somalia on 2 March, which
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2024
Supreme Court seeks Islamic body’s opinion on evidence.In a significant move, the Supreme Court of Pakistan has directed the country’s top Islamic body to advise on whether content that has left a Catholic on death row for 22 years was in fact blasphemous, sources said.Attorney Rana Abdul Hameed
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2024
There’s an utterly new feeling at San Quentin’s death row these days, and it’s not just for the people running the place. You can feel it like electricity all up and down the grim, time-worn cell blocks housing the worst criminals in the state.It’s hope.For the 1st time since they were sentenced
Iran’s prisons have been “transformed into sites of mass killings”, with the number of executions hitting an eight-year high in 2023, according to a new report by Amnesty International.Some 853 people were executed last year – including five boys under 18 – nearly double the number of total
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2024
Uganda’s constitutional court on Wednesday upheld an anti-gay law that allows the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality.” President Yoweri Museveni signed the bill into law in May last year. The law is supported by many in the East African country but widely condemned by rights
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2024
A Sri Lankan minister said his government would consider hiring hangwomen for executioner posts for the first time in its history, if the order to execute was given by the president.State Minister of Justice and Prison Affairs Anuradha Jayaratne told reporters that he does not see any reason why
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2024
The Madeiran detained in Indonesia is the son of Rui Óscar, a former Marítimo footballer, who also represented FC Porto and Boavista.SIC Notícias recently reported that the young man, Rui Viana, was also known for his football talent, having played for the youth teams of Marítimo and Câmara de
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2024
Willie James Pye was put to death by lethal injection in the state’s first execution in over four years last week. Pye was pronounced dead at 11:03 p.m. March 20 at the state prison in Jackson after being convicted for a 1993 kidnapping, rape and murder of his former girlfriend.But despite the
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2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Nashville man who has spent the past 25 years in prison for a crime he maintains he didn’t commit could soon be released after the Davidson County District Attorney’s Conviction Review Unit (CRU) said new medical evidence proves he is innocent.During a hearing Tuesday
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Pakistan is No. 7 on list of places most difficult to be a ChristianLAHORE, Pakistan — Two Christian brothers have been acquitted of blasphemy, and the three Christians who framed the brothers have been charged.On March 1, Umar Saleem and Umair Saleem were acquitted following a police
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2024
The Islamic Republic recently executed three individuals, including a woman, on drug-related charges amidst a surge in capital punishment in the country.On the morning of March 25, a 36-year-old man named Abbas Aghaei, from Tabriz, faced the death penalty at Tabriz Central Prison.His conviction
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2024
NASHVILLE, Tenn.--A bill to be discussed in the Tennessee Senate Judiciary Committee would authorize the death penalty as a punishment for rape of a child.SB1834/HB1663 is sponsored by Senator Jack Johnson (R-Franklin-D27) and Representative William Lamberth (R-Portland-D44) in their respective
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2024
2 Filipinas, who had been on death row since 2013, were granted a reprieve when the Federal Court on Tuesday granted them a revision of their sentence, bringing it down to 30 years’ jail.A 3-member bench, led by Chief Justice Tun Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat, substituted the death penalty punishments
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2024
Death row inmate Michael DeWayne Smith on Monday lost his request for a stay of his execution.Smith, 41, asked for the stay because of a proposed moratorium on the death penalty that is before the state Legislature.He is set to be executed by lethal injection April 4 at the Oklahoma State