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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran on Wednesday executed a bank guard who was convicted of fatally shooting a senior cleric in April following months of unrest, state media reported.Ayatollah Abbas Ali Soleimani, 77, was the most senior member of the clergy who was killed after protests and a bloody security crackdown on demonstrators. The protesters were enraged by the death in September of
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Child Bride Samira Sabzian who was sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for the murder of her husband, is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, 13th of December. Her 2 children visited her in prison for the first time to bid goodbye and she has now been transferred to solitary confinement in
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Inside the push to persuade Cooper to commute the death sentences of 136 people before he leaves officeEvery night one of his neighbors was scheduled to be executed by the state of North Carolina, Glen Edward “Ed” Chapman would look up at the window slit in his cell and say to the black sky
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Could the death penalty look a lot different in Louisiana in the coming year?Republican state lawmakers could be looking at new ideas to jump start executions. One state senator says he will look to “expand the death penalty” in the upcoming Legislative Session.The
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Johan Floderus faces trial for ‘spying for Israel’ and ‘corruption on Earth’, one of Iran’s most serious offencesIran has accused a Swedish EU diplomat held in a Tehran prison for more than 600 days of spying for Israel and “corruption on Earth”, a crime that carries the death penalty.“Johan
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As Malaysia releases drug offenders from death row, its close neighbour Singapore has re-started executions for drug offences, with the government saying its policy is working. But drug reform advocates have a different view.Nazira Lajim (pictured, pre-execution photoshoot) remembers her brother
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KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 23 out of 1,020 applications under the Review of Death Penalty and Life Imprisonment Act 2023 (Federal Court Temporary Jurisdiction) (Act 847) have been heard and decided by the Federal Court.As of today, no applications have been rejected by the Federal Court.Deputy
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The Medan District Court in North Sumatra has handed the death penalty to a 60-year-old for transporting close to 43 kilograms of sabu-sabu (crystal methamphetamine). “We sentence the defendant Wardani Ibrahim to the death penalty,” presiding judge Dahlan said at the court on
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As one of only five states that executed people this year—and one of only seven states that sentenced people to death—Alabama remains an outlier in its continued use of the death penalty, according to the Death Penalty Information Center’s Year End Report.The death penalty’s nationwide decline
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An Iranian female LGBT activist arrived safely in an undisclosed country after her release from prison on bail following the cancellation of her death sentence.Zahra Sedighi-Hamedani, known as Sareh, “expresses her gratitude to all LGB activists who accompanied her on this difficult journey to
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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); December 3, 2023: Fereydoun Nasirinejad, a Baluch man on death row for drug-related charges, was executed in Jiroft Prison.According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man was executed in Jiroft Prison on 4 December. His identity has been
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A new report by a human rights group which closely follows how many prisoners are executed in Iran each month offers a chilling look at the surge in capital punishment there.The Hengaw Organization for Human Rights has documented at least 100 executions in Iran over the past month, indicating a
The provincial court of Samui was holding a hearing Tuesday in which the defense and the prosecutor were to present their evidence and witnesses in the case of a Spaniard accused of murdering and dismembering a Colombian surgeon, before a trial date is set.The hearing against Daniel Sancho began
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Harris County, Texas, is the death penalty capital of the country. In most cases resulting in a death sentence in the past 20 years, appointed defense lawyers failed to uncover potentially life-saving evidence, the report found.Harris County, Texas, has executed more people than anywhere else in
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In a nation of superlatives when it comes to the scale of just about everything, now one former official in North China's Inner Mongolia can add his dubious achievement to the list: a staggering 3 billion yuan ($420 million) in misappropriated funds and accepted bribes, the biggest haul from
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Over a year after the start of the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, the plight of Iranian human rights defenders continues to be a matter of grave concern, as they face imprisonment, persecution, and harsh sentences for their unwavering dedication to advancing fundamental human rights in
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In this month’s episode of Discussions with DPIC, Managing Director Anne Holsinger speaks with John Bessler, Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Professor Bessler is the author of several books on the death penalty, including his 2023 book The Death Penalty’s Denial of
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Taipei, Dec. 7 (CNA) Taiwan High Court's Taichung Branch Court on Thursday upheld the death penalty handed down by a lower court to a gunman found guilty of the execution-style shooting and killing of four people and critically injuring a fifth at a biotechnology company in Nantou County last
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AL-MUKALLA: A court in Houthi-held Sanaa on Tuesday condemned a women’s rights rights activist to death for spying, sparking an uproar in Yemen and abroad against the Iran-backed militia.Abdul Majeed Sabra, a Yemeni lawyer, told Arab News that the Specialized Criminal Court of First Instance in
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The inmate was charged with attempted murder and has been transferred to a different corrections facility in TucsonTUCSON, Ariz. — Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer convicted in the killing of George Floyd, has returned to the prison where he was stabbed 22 times last month.The
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Texas and Florida accounted for more than half of the executions this year, with Florida putting six inmates to death and Texas executing eight, according to a report by the Death Penalty Information Center.Only three other states conducted executions in 2023: Alabama (two), Missouri (four) and
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Iranian media say the governorate of the central city of Qom has issued a directive mandating female employees in government offices adhere to strict Islamic dress codes, specifically wearing a black chador, a large piece of cloth that is wrapped around the head and upper body leaving only the
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The chairperson of the House Committee on Dangerous Drugs is urging Congress anew to consider the reimposition of the death penalty, especially for drug-related offenses, after China executed 2 Filipinos for drug trafficking.2 Filipinos convicted of drug trafficking in China were executed in
Ethiopian Woman to Be Executed for Indian Colleague’s StabbingThe Court of Cassation has issued a verdict to execute an Ethiopian woman who fatally stabbed her Indian colleague on the first day of Ramadan last year in the Abdullah Al-Mubarak area. The violent incident occurred following
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A former hijab watchdog official is being detained facing a possible death sentence for homosexuality after a video showed him having sex with another man.Reza Seqati, the former director-general of the culture ministry in Gilan province, is being held in detention, according to Mizan News
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SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Yonhap) -- Prosecutors on Monday demanded the death penalty for a 30-year-old suspect behind the attempted rape and killing of a woman on a hiking trail in southern Seoul.Choi Yun-jong was indicted on charges of fatally beating, throttling and attempting to rape the victim he
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Koh Tao Island has long been an ideal destination for backpackers, avid divers and more increasingly Myanmar migrant workers. Located some 400km away from Bangkok, the small island has earned a reputation of being the best spot for viewing sea turtles, whale sharks and other wildlife.But in the
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13 countries have the death penalty for blasphemy or apostasyHumanists UK is dismayed by the news that the Danish parliament has banned the ‘inappropriate treatment’ of religious texts. Those falling foul of this regressive law will now face a fine or up to two years in prison. Humanists UK says
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Japan's top court on Friday dismissed an appeal by the defense of a former policeman who was given the death sentence for the murders of his wife and two children in 2017, exhausting his legal options.Five judges on the Supreme Court's Third Petty Bench unanimously upheld two lower court
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Prosecutors in Japan are seeking the death penalty for the suspect in an arson attack in 2019 that killed 36 people in one of the country’s deadliest crimes for decades.Shinji Aoba, who was not arrested until he had recovered from the burns he sustained in the attack on an animation studio in
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PUTRAJAYA: A 76-year-old former security guard on death row was among nine men who saw their death sentences commuted to 30 years’ jail under the temporary jurisdiction accorded to the Federal Court by law.A five-member review panel chaired by Chief Justice Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat allowed the
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A jobless man in China who hurled bricks from a high-rise building – one of which killed a woman on the street below – should be given the death penalty, prosecutors say.The man has admitted he had a grudge against society and was trying to kill indiscriminately so that he would be arrested and
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A jobless man in China who hurled bricks from a high-rise building – one of which killed a woman on the street below – should be given the death penalty, prosecutors say.The man has admitted he had a grudge against society and was trying to kill indiscriminately so that he would be arrested and
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Oklahoma executed Phillip Hancock on November 30, 2023, following Governor Kevin Stitt’s rejection of the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board’s recommendation that his sentence be commuted to life without parole. The governor’s indecision left Mr. Hancock waiting anxiously right up to the time of