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The execution of Yakub Memon, one of the accused in 1993 Bombay bombings, last year ignited the debate on 'capital punishment' with pro- and anti-death punishment brigades making ferocious arguments to prove their points. While arguments against Yakub's hanging addressed specific procedural facts of the case, it also brought forth the debate
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An Egyptian court recommended death sentences on Saturday for 6 codefendants of Mohamed Morsi but not for the ousted Islamist president in their trial on espionage charges.The presiding judge in the trial asked the mufti -- the country's official interpreter of Islamic law -- to consider death07
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On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected Richard Boyer’s petition for review of a federal appeals court ruling that, in turn, rejected his argument that California’s long (and continuing) delay in carrying out his death sentence amounts to cruel and unusual punishment.Dissenting from that denial in
A total of 241 persons out of the 385 death row inmates in India are 1st time offenders, new findings contained in the "Death Penalty India Report" released on Friday said.For the study, 373 of all the 385 death row inmates in India were interviewed from July 2013 to January 2015
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Nusakambangan Island in Cilacap, Central Java, IndonesiaNusakambangan Island in Cilacap regency, Central Java, is again in the spotlight following the announcement of the government's plan to carry out the third round of executions of death row convicts on the infamous prison island.Attorney05
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San Quentin's gas chamberDan Vasquez performed 2 executions while warden at San QuentinWithout any experience or medical training, Dan Vasquez was employed by the government to kill other human beings.As warden of San Quentin, one of the most notorious prisons in the world, put inmates to death04
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An Alabama circuit court judge has denied a request to suspend the May 12 execution date of Vernon Madison, who has been on the state's death row for 31 years.Madison was convicted in September 1985 and sentenced to death in Mobile County in the April 18, 1985, slaying of police Officer Julius04
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On 10th June 2015, Aftab Bahadur was executed after spending 22 years on death row in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail. Bahadur, a Christian man, entered the formidable walls of his death row cell at the age of 15 and left only when he walked to the gallows at the age of 39.He was
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5,231 Days in Jail: Cheng was happy to be reunited with his mother in time for Mother's Day after 14 years in prison. He is to be retried after new evidence surfacedThe Taichung Branch of the Taiwan High Court yesterday ruled that death-row inmate Cheng Hsing-tse should be released on bail pending03
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Pensions contributions cut to cover childcare costs or because of time out of work to look after children.Women in their twenties and thirties are under-saving for their pensions and may be at risk of poverty in retirement because they put their own needs last and take full responsibility for03
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Kho JabingKUCHING (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - A petition urging for clemency for Jabing Kho, who is awaiting a death sentence in Singapore for murder, could buy the Sarawakian three more months of life.An organisation called We Believe in Second Chances is making a last-gasp move to get as many03
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Mary Jane VelosoJakarta. Attorney General H.M. Prasetyo confirmed on Tuesday (03/05) that the name of convicted Philippine drug smuggler Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso was not on the list of inmates who will face the firing squad in the third round of executions."She [Mary Jane] is still awaiting07
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Public execution in Saudi ArabiaSaudi Arabia on Thursday put to death a Jordanian convicted of drug trafficking, in the kingdom's 91st execution this year.Maher al-Ghurabli had been found guilty of smuggling amphetamine pills into the kingdom, the interior ministry said in a statement.Authorities06
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Rodrigo DuterteFormer mayor of Davao has garnered broad support with tough talk and anti-crime agendaRodrigo Duterte's straight-talking - if foul-mouthed - manner and tough-on-crime policies have earned him comparisons with Donald Trump. The former mayor of Davao is leading in the polls and could06
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Amnesty International has urged President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani not to sign the execution orders of prisoners convicted of terror offences.The appeal by Amnesty International comes as the Taliban group made a plea to international organizations to intervene and stop the Afghan government to06
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We entrust carers with our children, our parents, but they are victims of insecurity and social exclusion.Domestic workers and carers, most of whom are migrant women, should be given an official status in the European Union, MEPs have agreed.Recognising their work as “real” jobs would05
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Motiur Rahman NizamiMotiur Rahman Nizami, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami party, could face hanging at any timeBangladesh's supreme court has rejected a final appeal by the leader of the top Islamist party against a death sentence for atrocities committed during the 1971 war of independence, lawyers04
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Sexism in sport has reared its ugly head again.With less than 100 days to go until the Olympics in Brazil’s capital, Rio de Janero, British Cycling has been forced to deny that it is in crisis following claims of sexism and bullying.British Cycling is the national governing body for cycling04
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On 10th June 2015, Aftab Bahadur was executed after spending 22 years on death row in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat Jail. Bahadur, a Christian man, entered the formidable walls of his death row cell at the age of 15 and left only when he walked to the gallows at the age of 39.
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It is now only a matter of choosing the day on which the third round of executions of drug convicts will be carried out, Attorney General Muhammad Prasetyo said on Tuesday.The Attorney General's Office (AGO) has begun preparations for the executions, set to take place on the notorious prison03
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Call for evidence.The UK government’s Women and Equalities Committee has launched a parliamentary inquiry into the scale and impact of sexual harassment and sexual violence in schools.Data published in September 2015 showed that 5,500 sexual offences were recorded in UK schools over a03
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Lindsay Sandiford (center) in Bali's Kerobokan prisonIndonesian police have set up "several" firing squads ready for deployment to a notorious prison island as the country finalises preparations for a fresh wave of executions of drug smugglers.2 British death row inmates, including grandmother
Unlike in past elections, national interest in the presidential candidates' position on the death penalty has waned, partly due to a decline in the number of states that no longer allow capital punishment.Also, in U.S. the rate of violent crimes decreased steadily for 20 years, until 2015 when07
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Australia's federal police would be forbidden from sharing information about drug crimes if it could result in the death penalty under major changes being considered by the Turnbull government.Just after the 1-year anniversary of the executions in Indonesia of Australian drug smuggling ringleaders06
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Florida's death chamberFlorida's new death penalty law went on trial Thursday in the Supreme Court as a death row inmate asked for a life sentence, the state called for his execution, and a justice who's often part of a five-member court majority questioned the law's constitutionality.Hanging in
It is sending out mixed messages about tackling sexism in schools.A campaign aimed at 12–18 year olds has recently been launched by the government’s Home and Equalities Offices to educate school children about healthy relationships and respect.The rise of the internet and social media has had
It is strange that we are currently governed by a system that directly relies on the use of vastly differentiated standards of what makes the "rarest of rare". The definition of the "rarest" is left to judges governed by personal viewpoints on what constitutes extreme rarity.Capital punishment has05
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Public hanging in Iran (file photo)Five prisoners hanged in northern Iran in the span of two days: one in public on murder charges and four at Ghezel Hesar Prison on drug charges.Iran Human Rights (May 5 2016): A prisoner with murder charges was reportedly hanged in
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Gender stereotyping in advertisements and the impact of such advertising.In recent years, there has been increasing political and public debate on equality issues.The objectification and sexualisation of women in advertisements, presenting an idealised or unrealistic body image, the mocking04
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A murder convict was hanged at the district jail on Tuesday morning. The execution of another convict was put off on Tuesday after his family reached a settlement with the petitioners.Jail authorities said Asghar Ali, a resident of Khushab, had murdered his brother, his brother's wife, and their 404
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Matthew Sleeth hosted an exhibition by Myuran Sukumaran in 2014An artist who ran prison workshops with Myuran Sukumaran plans a film about the last weeks of the Bali Nine member leading up to his execution.Matthew Sleeth has been funded to shoot Guilty,
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A special tribunal in Bangladesh today handed down death penalty to 4 men for committing war crimes during the 1971 Liberation War by siding with Pakistani troops as the court directed authorities to seek help from Interpol in nabbing 3 of them who are on the run.Bangladesh's International Crimes
Taliban fightersThe 11 belonged to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan which is waging a bloody insurgency against the military and the government.Pakistan military courts have sentenced 11 Taliban militants to death for terrorism-related offences, the army said on Tuesday.The nation has hanged03
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Public hanging in Iran (file photo)NCRI - Iran's fundamentalist regime on Tuesday, May 3, hanged two prisoners in the north-western city of Ardebil.The regime’s judiciary in Ardebil Province said the two unnamed prisoners were hanged in Ardebil Central Prison earlier in the day.Separately, the