The political earthquake that hit Tuesday night has enormous consequences for the Supreme Court, swallowing up Judge Merrick Garland’s ill-fated nomination and dismantling Democratic hopes for a liberal majority on the high court for the first time in nearly a half-century.In the short term, Republican Donald Trump’s victory means
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The Italian government has been supporting the Egyptian justice system as part of an EU project that risks complicity in abuses such as mass trials and the death penalty.Italy’s highest judicial body, the Consiglio Superiore della Magistratura, is one of four contractors involved in the €10
President Rodrigo DuterteThe House of Representatives sub-committee on judicial reforms on Wednesday tackled the bill on death penalty amid the administration's push to revive capital punishment as a deterrent to crime.The subcommittee under the House justice committee tackled the seven bills09
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But there is still work to be done.Defence Minister Mark Lancaster has announced that allegations of sexual assault, exposure and voyeurism made within the Armed Forces will soon have to be referred to the relevant service police force.This is a much-needed step. For currently, a Commanding09
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OKLAHOMA CITY – While many voters were focused on the presidential race, Oklahomans were asked to vote on seven state questions ranging from a tax increase to a change in liquor laws.On Tuesday evening, we began learning exactly how Oklahomans felt on all of the issues.State Question 776 would08
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Singapore's Changi PrisonProsecutors are seeking the death penalty for 2 Pakistani men accused of murdering their compatriot and dismembering his body in a gruesome case in 2014.Muhammad Noor's torso was found in a suitcase dripping with blood along Syed Alwi Road on Jun 11, 2014. His legs, which07
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NCRI - The inhuman clerical regime in an inhuman crime hanged six prisoners at Vakil Abad Prison in Mashhad on November 6, 2016.On the same day, Ali Mozaffari, head of the 'Judiciary' in Khorasan Razavi province, described execution, massacre and suppression in line with "enhancing public safety"07
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Chief Justice John RobertsAn Alabama death row inmate may be alive today because a transgender Virginia high school student was denied the use of the bathroom of his choice this year.The 2 seemingly unrelated cases have one thing in common: In each, a Supreme Court justice switched sides Leggi06
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Death row cell, San Quentin State prison, CaliforniaDays before California voters decide whether to ban capital punishment or expedite executions, state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials have sent a new execution protocol to its final administrative review."The Office of05
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Dylann RoofThe impact of race on criminal justice is one of the hottest topics of our time. Today's police-shooting videos have not revealed something new, they have revealed, in a new way, a legacy of racial hatred and violence that is embedded in our nation's DNA, and more and more
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Vice President Emmerson MnangagwaZimbabwe last week pardoned 10 inmates who were on death row after they requested for Presidential clemency while the remaining 80 will also survive the gallows if Government resolves to completely abolish capital punishment for all crimes, Vice President Emmerson05
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Recep Tayyip ErdoganDuring the cabinet meeting presided over by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan earlier this week, the reinstatement of capital punishment was among the key issues. He looked in the face of cabinet ministers and asked: "What will happen for my 241 martyrs [killed during the military10
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President Recep Tayyip ErdoganThere are new developments on the presidential system and the capital punishment topics after talks between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) leader Devlet Bahceli.Upon Bahceli's declaration that the MHP would support a bill10
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Gathering signatures against Nebraska's death penalty repealVoters in California and Nebraska on Tuesday rejected efforts to abolish the death penalty in their states. The two states—one deep red and the other deep blue—were seen as significant bellwethers for longtime opponents of capital09
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Death chamber, San Quentin State Prison, CaliforniaLOS ANGELES (CNS) – A bid to abolish the death penalty in California appeared to be heading for defeat tonight, while a competing measure designed to speed up executions was being narrowly approved.Proposition 62 would have repealed the death09
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LINCOLN — Gov. Pete Ricketts was proven right.Nebraskans, he has said over and over, support the death penalty and, if given the chance, would reverse the Nebraska Legislature’s decision to repeal capital punishment in 2015.On Tuesday, voters backed up the governor’s prediction and repealed a law08
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Paul CienciaThe gunman whose 2013 rampage at Los Angeles International Airport left a Transportation Security Administration officer dead and three other people injured was sentenced Monday to life in prison for the premeditated attack in which he targeted federal officers.Paul Ciancia, 26, had07
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Iran Human Rights (NOV 7 2016): On Saturday November 5, Iranian authorities reportedly executed at least five prisoners.A prisoner with murder charges and two prisoners with drug-related charges were executed at Lakan Prison in Rasht (Gilan province, northern Iran), and two prisoners with06
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Execution chamber, San Quentin State Prison, CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY POLITICS--When Mike Ramos, the current district attorney for San Bernardino County (and candidate for California Attorney General), pleaded for Californians to send him one million dollars at the end of April -- so he could afford
Public beheading in Saudi Arabia2 Malayalis in Saudi Arabia who were on death row for murdering another Keralite, were pardoned by the Saudi king.Shaji Sedhumadhavan of Vazhikadavu near Nilambur and his accomplice Abdul Rasaq of Irikkur in Kannur were arrested by the police for murdering Senmon
Nebraska: Gathering signatures against the death penalty repealCalifornia and Nebraska will decide next week whether they will keep the death penalty and both measures would have national implications on the debate over capital punishment. Polls show voters are conflicted.Ballot measures
Charles and Camilla to Make Official Trip to BahrainThe Government must ensure that the UK Royal Family raise the issue of torture and the death penalty when they visit Bahrain in the coming week, human rights organization Reprieve has said.Prince Charles and
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Medical abortion in Northern Ireland – a response to poor BBC reporting.On Thursday 27th October 2016 the BBC reported that another woman in Northern Ireland has been charged with using abortion pills.The article said almost nothing about the circumstances of the case, but included false and10
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The Legislature took it away. But on Tuesday, Nebraska voters handed back execution as an option for judges and juries to consider for the most heinous murders.Even as support for the death penalty among states is said to be waning -- the lowest it has been in decades, according to a
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California's death chamberVoters in California elected to keep the state’s death penalty, meaning the nation’s largest death row is here to stay. More than that, though, the state voted to speed up its death penalty.There were two death penalty propositions on the ballot in the state. One would09
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For almost 20 years, Sierra Leone has avoided using the death penalty. But spurred by public outrage over ritual murders and gang violence, the government is moving once again to hang offenders.The legal community believes one sensational case in particular has driven the government to consider07
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The UK’s social care system, says report, is ‘unsustainable and in crisis’.The Political Studies Association (PSA) Research Commission on Care was established in response to the intensifying crisis that is playing out in the provision of care for older people and the failure of successive
Hsu Tzu-chiang (徐自強), Taiwan“When I was inside, I often dreamed of being out, free. Then I would wake up and still be in prison. When I finally got out, I was reluctant to go to sleep at night, because I was afraid to dream and wake up back inside
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Phone lines in the execution chamber's controlroom at San Quentin State Prison, CaliforniaCrossing the Richmond Bridge to San Quentin State Prison, the fog-shrouded compound looks ominous. It is the biggest, most expensive death row facility in the Western
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Indonesia’s president Joko WidodoAhead of three-day visit to Australia, Jokowi says Indonesians are ‘very open’ to changing their minds on execution lawsIndonesia’s president Joko Widodo has indicated his country wants to move towards abolishing the death penalty.Speaking ahead of a three-day05
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Portugal's foreign minister Augusto Santos SilvaPortugal's foreign minister has said that Equatorial Guinea must abolish the death penalty immediately or its membership of the Community of Portuguese-Speaking Countries (CPLP) will be illegitimate."From Portugal's point of view, [the abolition of05
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Public beheading in Saudi ArabiaMunir al-Adam says he signed a confession only after being beaten so badly he lost hearing in one earSaudi Arabia is set to behead a disabled man for taking part in anti-government protests.A specialised criminal court in Riyadh, the Arab kingdom's capital, Leggi04
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The impact of getting married at a young age is the same no matter in which country you live.Although the risks vary.But girls are at risk of dropping out of school, of sexual activity often without consent or contraception, and the myriad of health-related consequences that can accompany