'An act of treason': Suspected coup plotters are paraded ahead of trial.Trial of 221 main suspects of July 15 coup bid begins amid heavy security and calls for death penalty.More than 220 suspects, including over two dozen former Turkish generals, have gone on
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EU, Norway condemn 3 death sentences against killers of senior Hamas terrorist Mazen Faqha.The European Union (EU) Heads of Mission and the Head of Mission of Norway in Jerusalem and Ramallah on Monday condemned the 3 death sentences that were issued in Gaza against the suspected assassin and 224
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Florida's death chamberBolstering a state law requiring unanimous jury recommendations in death penalty cases, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider an appeal by Attorney General Pam Bondi on the issue.The court's decision to deny what is known as a “writ of certiorari” essentially
Romell Broom, photographed shortly after hesurvived a botched execution attempt in 2009.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court has set a new execution date for a convicted killer who survived a botched execution attempt in 2009.The court last
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Yong Kar Mun has days, if not hours, left to live if the authorities proceed with his execution expected to take place anytime within the next 72 hours, Amnesty International Malaysia said today.Yong, 48, who has been on death row since March 2009 is scheduled to be executed “soon” at the Sungai23
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"A large crowd of observers cheered as the caning took place."Two men have been caned 85 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh after being caught having sex.The men stood on stage in white gowns praying while a team of hooded men lashed their backs with
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Ledell Lee, Jack Jones, Marcel Williams and Kenneth Williams. To most, the names of the 4 death row inmates executed in a 8-day span in Arkansas during April were just names in the news cycle, understood most prominently by crimes they committed.For Msgr. Jack Harris, who has worked in prison22
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Hamas troops in Gaza CityGaza's ruling Hamas movement delivered death sentences on Sunday to 3 Palestinians it ruled had taken part in what it said was an Israeli-directed assassination of 1 of the group's senior commanders.A Hamas security court said the three men had confessed to the
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What it was like waiting for death with one of the four men executed by the state in April.Just before his execution in Arkansas on April 24, Jack Jones ate a final meal of fried chicken, potato logs with tarter sauce, beef jerky bites, three candy bars, a chocolate milkshake, and
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Even though Oklahoma's once-busy death chamber has been quiet for more than 2 years, the state Legislature continues to prepare for the return of executions.A bill allowing Oklahoma Department of Corrections staff to handle drugs, like those involved in lethal injections, sailed through the19
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Muhammad Ridzuan Md AliSINGAPORE - Singaporean drug trafficker Muhammad Ridzuan Md Ali, 31, was executed at Changi Prison on Friday (May 19), having exhausted all avenues of appeal following his conviction in 2013.Ridzuan had been found guilty in the High Court of trafficking in 72.50 grams of19
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Nepal, Bhutan, and Sri Lanka have effectively abolished capital punishment. The rest of South Asia hasn’t.“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment.” So wrote English author JRR Tolkein
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KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 — Amnesty International Malaysia criticised prison authorities for executing two men earlier today at the Sungai Buloh prison in a secretive manner.The NGO also demanded the government to establish a moratorium on carrying out death penalties.In a statement, Amnesty said that23
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‘Nuclear weapons are morally unacceptable. They are intended to kill civilians indiscriminately.’The first draft of the United Nations treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons has been released in Geneva, Switzerland.Elayne Whyte Gómez, the Costa Rican ambassador who is presiding over negotiations23
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Bali's Kerobokan PrisonThe high profile plight of Schappelle Corby and the Bali Nine had hopefully gone some way to deter young Australians from risking their life to traffic drugs in foreign countries, Justice Minister Michael Keenan has said.Speaking on the eve of Corby’s deportation, 13 years
Ray Spencer, center, with his son, Matt Spencer,and his daughter, Katie Spencer Tetz. (Esquire)What is it like to have a family member murdered and find out the wrong person went to prison? What is
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Conditions for women in the hard end of the Criminal Justice System are much worse than ten years ago.Ten years on from the publication of the influential Corston Report, Baroness Jean Corston’s report on women in the criminal justice system, a review by Liz Hogarth offers an analysis of the22
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Louisiana's death chamber73 people sit on Louisiana death row - convicted of crimes so horrific that a jury of their peers sentenced them to death. But as things stand, the state has no way to execute them.Over the past several weeks, Louisiana lawmakers have debated whether they should end22
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Rodrigo DuterteThousands march against the death penaltyOn Friday, 19 May, the 'March for Life' a caravan of pilgrims who left from Midanao on May 6, along a route that crossed the entire archipelago, reached Manila, to say "no" to the death penaltyFr Edwin Gariguez, executive secretary of the
Donald Trump meets with Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al SaudRIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson had some advice on Saturday for Iran’s newly re-elected president. The Trump administration, he said, hopes Tehran
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Australia continues to assist in international prosecutions where the death penalty is an option, while underpinning its bid for a seat on the United Nation's Human Rights Council with a call to abolish capital punishment worldwide.Newly released figures, obtained through freedom of information19
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Call for G20 health leaders to recognise and act on the interconnectedness of climate change and health.On 19-20 May the German Federal Health Minister, Hermann Gröhe, will lead G20 health ministers in Berlin in a discussion of how global health crisis management can be improved.Germany took18
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They instigated and perpetuated an institutional prejudice against women social justice campaigners.Court cases against the police for abusive undercover relationships continue, and next week, the South Wales Case has a hearing at the Royal Courts of Justice in London.Two women and one man24
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – A white supremacist sentenced to death for killing nine worshippers in a racist attack at a Charleston church has petitioned an appeals court for mercy.Attorneys for Dylann Roof filed notice Tuesday they were appealing his conviction and sentence to the 4th U.S. Circuit CourtRomell Broom, photographed shortly after hesurvived a botched execution attempt in 2009.COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- The Ohio Supreme Court has set a new execution date for a convicted killer who survived a botched execution attempt in 2009.The court last
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"A large crowd of observers cheered as the caning took place."Two men have been caned 85 times each in the Indonesian province of Aceh after being caught having sex.The men stood on stage in white gowns praying while a team of hooded men lashed their backs with
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The outgoing governor of Jakarta has shocked the capital by withdrawing an appeal against his two-year jail sentence for blasphemy against Islam within minutes of it being filed.Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's own lawyer confessed he was flummoxed by his client's decision."As for the reason for22
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When the full evidence is examined it will be clear that the Nordic Model is a better approach.Junior doctors have voted for the British Medical Association (BMA), the trade union and professional association for doctors and medical students in the UK, to adopt a policy to lobby for the
Tommy ArthurSeven times, Tommy Arthur has escaped death. With his 8th execution date less than a week away, he phoned from an Alabama prison to talk about the increasingly slim chance that his lethal injection will be called off yet again."Until I take my last breath I'll have hope," Arthur
The House passed legislation on Thursday that would make the murder of a law enforcement officer punishable by death.Approved by a 271-143 vote, the measure expands the aggravating factors when a jury considers a death sentence in federal cases.48 Democrats voted with all but 4 Republicans inFormer Jakarta Governor 'Ahok': Sentenced to two years for blasphemyLegal experts are showing differences of opinion over the need to revoke the blasphemy articles in Indonesia’s penal code in a debate that has erupted after non-active Jakarta governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama
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Alabama's death chamberBefore Ronald Bert Smith’s corpse grew cold – following his patently botched execution by lethal injection on December 8, 2016 – authorities in Alabama launched a campaign of obfuscation and misinformation about what happened to him.It began when Prison Commissioner Jeff19
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Joshua FrenchJoshua French, a dual British and Norwegian national who has spent eight years on death row in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has been released from prison on humanitarian grounds and is safely returned to Norway.Joshua French and his friend Tjostolv Moland were twice
Pakistan Wednesday hanged 4 "hardcore" terrorists convicted of "heinous" terrorism-related offences by controversial military courts in the restive northwestern province, taking the number to over 160 since the Peshawar terror attack in 2014.The terrorists belonging to a banned outfit were