John BattagliaA father who killed his 2 young daughters is scheduled to be executed March 30Texas will wrap up a busy month at the death chamber on Wednesday, March 30, when the state executes 60-year-old John Battaglia for the May 2, 2001, murder of his 2 daughters, 9-year-old Faith and
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Peter Gardner was charged with drug trafficking afterbeing caught with 30kg of methamphetamine in China.The New Zealander allegedly caught trying to leave China with $25 million of methamphetamine is expecting to find out his fate within
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Michael LambrixMichael Lambrix has spent a lifetime on death row, successfully dodging his execution over a period of 3 decades and 6 governors, with the help of timely intervention by the courts.In his latest case of good timing, he might even outlast the system that produced his death
Kuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHindraf Makkal Sakthi, an ad hoc apolitical human rights movement, has urged the government to put in place a moratorium for all pending executions until it introduces a Bill in Parliament to abolish capital punishment in totality. "This has been assured by the de facto Law
Joseph Ignace GuillotinThe 18th-century doctor Joseph Ignace Guillotin hoped a more humane method of execution would eventually lead to the end of capital punishment.One day in May 1738, legend has it, a woman approaching the end of her pregnancy was walking down a street in Saintes, France, when25
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Gallows at Tokyo Detention CenterTOKYO — Japan on Friday executed two death row prisoners, local media reported, as the government—backed by public opinion—continued to ignore calls by international rights groups to end capital punishment.Media identified the two inmates as Junko Yoshida, 56, a24
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Apparently a woman’s breasts are as newsworthy as the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Budget.Last week, Theresa May, the longest serving Home Secretary since 1892 and the UK’s most senior female politician, was degraded and mocked by the national press because she dared to wear a brightlyThe Malaysian government must halt the execution of a 34-year-old man due to be hanged this Friday for murder, said Amnesty International.Gunasegar Pitchaymuthu’s mother was today advised by officials at Taiping Prison, northern Malaysia, to visit her son for the “last time” and make arrangements23
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Judge rules in two-year lawsuit led by the Guardian that pharmacies are not part of execution team and thus not afforded protection from identificationThe Missouri department of corrections has been ordered to release the names of the two pharmacies from which it bought lethal drugs used in22
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Conclusion? The government is ‘failing to take action’.The current UK government is complicit in a system that is undermining productivity and perpetuating the gender pay gap, a report by the Women and Equalities Select Committee has found.And evidence shows the gender pay gap will persist22
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Adam WardSupreme Court weighs whether to exectute manThe U.S. Supreme Court was considering whether a Texas man who killed a city worker in 2005 should be spared from a lethal injection, as his lawyers argue that a ban on executing mentally impaired prisoners should be extended to him.Adam Ward's21
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All the GOP delegates declaring homosexuality a biblical sin punishable by death should tread carefully - and not gather any sticks on the Sabbath.With the race for the GOP nomination reaching an unruly sprint, politicians are looking to court the evangelical vote. This means demonstrating that
The refurbished gallows at Pretoria Central Prison, which have been out ofuse since 1989, the year of South Africa's last execution.South Africa on Wednesday commenced the exhumation of 83 political
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Jeff Hood, a Denton Texas based pastor, faces arrest after crossingsecurity-tape lineTuesday evening, March 22, 2016, Huntsville Texas.At 6 p.m. Tuesday, the Rev. Jeff Hood made his stand against the death penalty.
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JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi House wants to allow the state prison system to execute prisoners using a firing squad if officials decide lethal injection is too expensive or unavailable.The House amended Senate Bill 2237 Friday before passing it 80-39, sending it back to the Senate for25
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These are not solely ‘issues for women’; they are fundamental to a fair and socially just society.The Women’s Policy Group’s Manifesto for politicians taking part in the Assembly elections in Northern Ireland on 5 May 2016 has been launched.In it, women call on Northern Ireland’s politicians24
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Europe 2015: the long-running quest for equality is by no means nearing an end.Equality between women and men is one of the European Union’s fundamental values and its promotion is an obligation enshrined in the Union’s founding Treaty.To fulfil this obligation, the European Commission
Public execution in Saudi Arabia (file photo)Authorities in Saudi Arabia have executed the 76th person to be put to death in the country this year.Saudi citizen Abdullah al-Harbi was executed after being convicted for murder, state media reported.The manner of the execution was not specified
Gallows, unidentified Pakistani prisonThe federal government on Tuesday informed the top court that 353 death-row prisoners have been hanged in the country after the lifting of moratorium on capital punishment in the wake of a massacre of schoolchildren by terrorists in December 2014.Deputy23
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Labour claims victory for common sense as tampon tax abolished.By Sarah Pine.Paula Sherriff has claimed a “huge victory” for common sense after Government ministers admitted defeat and said they would not oppose a Labour vote to scrap the tampon tax.The Dewsbury MP today pushed David
Clinton Lee YoungThe U.S. Supreme Court has refused to review an appeal from an East Texas man on death row for killing 2 men days apart during a crime trek across the state more than 14 years ago.The high court made no comment Monday in its decision on the appeal
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Proven – although Dads want to care but are struggling to be able to do so.A new survey, published by campaigning charity the Fawcett Society recently, has revealed the true impact of having children on the way women and men are treated at work.Mothers experience a motherhood penalty and are21
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None of the women questioned believed the problem should be ignored and no measures taken.A new survey of British women’s experience of sexual harassment in public places has revealed that 85 per cent of women aged 18-24 have experienced unwanted sexual attention in public places.And 45 perKuala Lumpur, MalaysiaHindraf Makkal Sakthi, an ad hoc apolitical human rights movement, has urged the government to put in place a moratorium for all pending executions until it introduces a Bill in Parliament to abolish capital punishment in totality. "This has been assured by the de facto Law
Himan UraminejadA young Iranian man, Himan Uraminejad, on death row in Iran for an offence carried out when he was a child, has been told that he will be executed soon after 1 April, Amnesty International has warned."Himan Uraminejad was sentenced to death in August 2012 after he was convicted25
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Authorities on Thursday hanged 2 terrorists here at a high security jail.According to reports, Abdullah Baloch, a resident of Darya Khan, Bhakkar, and Sohail Ahmed, a resident of Ahmedpur Sharqia, Bhawalpur, were arrested and an inquiry was undertaken under Section 59(6) and 4 of the Army Act
Gunasegar PitchaymuthuMalaysia has executed three men for murder, their lawyer said, in what rights groups called a “secretive” hanging in which the men’s families were given only two days notice.“The execution was done between 4:30 and 5:30 this morning,” lawyer Palaya Rengaiah told the Guardian24
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With supplies of lethal injection drugs running low and new sources increasingly difficult to come by, states are grappling with alternatives. Virginia is the latest.Its solution: Bring back the electric chair.The bill has passed the state House and Senate, and now awaits the governor's
Bhagat SinghThe 85th death anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh, the revolutionary icon of the freedom struggle, who attained martyrdom at the young age of 23, falls on March 23, 2016.Alongwith Sukhdev and Rajguru, Bhagat Singh was hanged to death less than a week before the commencement of the23
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Philippe GraffartA Belgian man accused of murdering his 5-year-old son in Singapore could be spared from hanging if he pleads guilty to an amended charge, state prosecutors said Wednesday.Philippe Graffart, 42, was charged with the murder of his son Keryan at an upmarket condominium in October22
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Adam WardAdam Kelly Ward, 33, was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday in Huntsville, Texas, for the 2005 murder of a Commerce city worker.Ward was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m.Adam Ward, who had been on death row since 2007, was convicted of killing a city worker in 2005 over
Leggi TuttoAdam WardAttorneys for a death row inmate from North Texas who shot to death a city employee who was taking photos of junk piled up at his family's property say their client is delusional and should not be executed because of his mental illness.Adam Ward insists he was defending
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The U.S. Supreme Court today refused to review the case of an Alabama death row inmate who challenged the constitutionality of the state's death sentencing scheme in the wake of the court's ruling in January on a Florida case.Without issuing an opinion the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request by18
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Ask about the conditions where she works, whether she is safe, if she can afford to look after her kids…Information is power, but brands have it all and workers on the ground have very little – and the lack of information about where our clothes and shoes are made and who made them is a huge