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In the new law, the definition has been expanded to include the death of "security personnel on board" or "ground support staff" as well. NEW DELHI -- The country's new anti-hijacking law, which prescribes capital punishment in the event of death of "any person", has come into force following
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William C. Morva was executed by injection Thursday night for the capital murders of an unarmed security guard and a deputy sheriff during an escape in Montgomery County in 2006.Morva, 35, a former Chesterfield County resident whose lawyers said suffered from a chronic psychotic disorder, was06
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Thomas RandolphFor more than nine years, she waited for punishment for the man who ordered her mother dead and executed the hitman.“It’s been way too long,” Colleen Beyer said. “And it’s hurt every day.”On Wednesday, a jury decided that Thomas Randolph, 62, should be put to death for having a05
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As long as asbestos remains in school buildings children and staff are at risk of entirely preventable illnesses.The first national conference addressing the issue of how to protect children and staff from the dangers of asbestos in schools and colleges was held at the Hillscourt Conference05
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SEPANG: A drug mule from India was not lucky on his sixth visit to Malaysia as he was caught for attempting to smuggle 5.15kg of methamphetamine drugs hidden in his luggage bag today.Kuala Lumpur International Airport's (KLIA) Customs director Datuk Hamzah Sundang said the 55-year-old from Chennai04
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Four prisoners were reportedly executed on the morning of Monday July 3. Iran Human Rights (JULY 3 2017): On Monday July 3, three prisoners were reportedly hanged at Isfahan Central Prison on drug related charges, and a prisoner was reportedly hanged at Zahedan Central Prison on murder charges
Malawian prisoner Ishmail Gome has been released from death row, nearly 12 years after he was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit.Cornell law students working with my International Human Rights Clinic were instrumental in securing his release. Maame Esi Austin (JD ’17)03
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Currently, persistent images feed into cultural norms and are a serious barrier to gender equality.Nearly 25 industry leaders came together recently and affirmed their commitment to a global and universal agenda to tackle unhelpful and harmful gender stereotypes in advertising.The03
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Court also orders life imprisonment for 80, 15-year term for 34, 10 years for minor and acquits 21The Cairo Criminal court sentenced on Sunday 20 defendants to death during their retrial in the case known as "Kerdasa massacre", according to local media.The death penalty had already been issued in02
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In recent decades, Virginia governors have granted clemency to two mentally ill inmates facing execution. One of them smeared feces over his cell, and the other was dubbed “Crazy Horse.”Gov. Terry McAuliffe is considering a request to commute the sentence of William C. Morva, a double-murderer set
Ohio's death chamberThe US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit [official website] on Wednesday reversed[opinion, PDF] a previous ruling that Ohio's execution protocol was unconstitutional.The prior ruling[JURIST report] had put further executions on hiatus.The question [AP report] was whether01
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According to Iran Human Rights, the Iranian authorities carried out 239 executions within the first half of 2017. Iran Human Rights (JUNE 30 2017): According to reports by Iran Human Rights (IHR), 239 executions were carried out in Iran in the first six months of 2017.Among them were three06
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William MorvaWilliam C. Morva is scheduled to be executed Thursday night in Virginia, after supporters failed to convince Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) that Morva’s mental illness merited clemency and a life sentence in the 2006 murders of a sheriff’s deputy and an unarmed hospital security06
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Iran Human Rights (JULY 6 2017): On the morning of Wednesday July 5, eight prisoners were reportedly hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison.According to close sources, the prisoners were likely executed on murder charges.Iran Human Rights has obtained the names of four of these prisoners: Ghahreman
Two United Nations human rights experts are appealing to Gov. Terry McAuliffe to halt Thursday's scheduled execution by injection of William C. Morva.Lawyers for Morva, 35, are seeking clemency from the governor arguing he suffers from delusional disorder and at the time of the slayings believed05
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An Austin-based writer's quest to learn his grandfather's story leads to death row — and a little-known series of experiments that involved giving hallucinogens to inmates in the early 1960s.Editor's note: In this special contribution to The Texas Tribune, Austin writer Ben Hartman tells the story04
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The Supreme Court yesterday upheld the death sentence for Huang Lin-kai (黃麟凱), who was convicted of the double murder of his former girlfriend and her mother, saying the “enormity of his crimes” preclude any chances of rehabilitation.Yesterday’s ruling was the first time this year that the Supreme04
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Anti-Death Penalty Network (ADPAN) welcomes the new Criminal Code, which abolishes the death penalty for all crimes, entry into force on 1 July 2017 in Mongolia after it was adopted by the State Ikh Khural of Mongolia on 3 December 2015.Now Mongolia becomes 18th abolitionist for all crimes country
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Given the current uncertainties, legislative framework and a food act is needed.A manifesto outlining a people’s vision of food and farming in England and supported by over 80 food and farming organisations, was launched earlier this week.The manifesto, ‘A People’s Food Policy’, draws on 1803
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Two men and a woman were hanged on drug related charges at Rasht's central prison. Iran Human Rights (JULY 2 2017): On Saturday July 1, two men and one woman were reportedly hanged at Rasht's central prison on drug related charges.According to close sources, these three prisoners were transferred01
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Raiford's Florida State PrisonAs Florida’s death penalty laws continue to face challenges and changes, all of Manatee County’s death row inmates have each been granted a stay or hearing in their cases.Of the 362 inmates currently on death row in Florida, three are from Manatee County: Delmer01
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New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday commuted to life term the death sentence awarded to a dacoit Sonu Sardar, guilty of murder of five persons, including two children, in ChhatNew Delhi, June 29 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday commuted to life term the death30
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The guide is free and can be viewed or downloaded easily.Women’s Aid, the UK’s national domestic abuse charity, and international social media platform Facebook have launched a guide to help women to stay safe online.The guide, put together by Women’s Aid and Facebook, provides advice to help06
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Scottish government could ‘help close gender pay gap and boost economy by several billion pounds’.The Scottish government could use devolved powers to help close the gender pay gap, and boost Scotland’s economy, according to a committee report published by the Scottish Parliament recently.And05
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But the cost of treatment is just one barrier of many Northern Ireland’s women and girls face.Scotland and Wales have joined England and pledged to offer free abortion healthcare to women and girls who from Northern Ireland.Northern Ireland has sickeningly strict abortion laws, and women and05
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Belarus President Alexander LukashenkoMINSK, 5 July (BelTA) – The Belarusian state cannot go against people's will in the matter of death penalty, Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko said at the plenary session dedicated to the formal opening of the 26th OSCE PA annual session in Minsk on 504
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Atheism remains one of the most extreme taboos in Saudi Arabia. It is a red line that no one may cross. Regarded on a par with terrorists, atheists in Saudi Arabia suffer imprisonment, marginalisation, slander, ostracisation and even execution. Efforts at normalisation between those who believe and04
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William MorvaRICHMOND — Several Democratic members of the Virginia General Assembly have joined thousands of petitioners in asking Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) to block the execution of convicted murderer William C. Morva, scheduled for Thursday.Morva, 35, faces the death penalty for shooting to death
Mark James AsayTALLAHASSEE -- Florida is planning to execute its next Death Row inmate in August — which will be the first execution in more than a year and a half amid months of legal limbo over the state’s death penalty law.Gov. Rick Scott on Monday issued a death
Leggi TuttoWilliam MorvaOn July 6, Virginia is scheduled to carry out its 3rd execution under Gov. Terry McAuliffe, D, and 113th since 1976. The inmate, William C. Morva, was convicted of fatally shooting 2 men - a deputy sheriff and a hospital security guard - in 2006. His guilt is not
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Most death penalty prosecutions are not DNA cases. Convictions rest on circumstantial evidence, on confessions, on eyewitness identifications, and on forensic testimony (such as ballistics evidence).In a rape case, if DNA testing establishes that the man convicted of perpetrating a rape could not01
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Eurasia Review -- The Belarusian Supreme Court has ruled to uphold the death sentence against Aliaksei Mikhalenia.The decision has brought condemnation from the EU.“The continued application of the death penalty runs counter to Belarus’ stated willingness to engage with the international01
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William MorvaRICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- William Morva showed signs of mental illness long before he killed two men during an escape from custody in 2006, friends and family say. In the years leading up to the killings, Morva began sleeping in the woods, showed up barefoot at his father's funeral Leggi30
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A video history project aims to document the history of women in the legal profession.Did you know that there are less than 905 days left until the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919?In 2019 the First 100 Years project will mark the centenary of the Sex Disqualification