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The following declaration was adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 10 February 2016 at the 1247th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies.The Committee of Ministers deplores the execution of five persons in the United States since the beginning of 2016.It recalls that capital punishment contravenes the principles set out in the Universal Declaration
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President Ronald Reagan and Justice Scalia in 1986I opened a giant wooden door that separated the West Courtroom of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals from the bare hallway that connected the room to the fresh outside air. A small man with a patchy
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Only 1 in 3 women understand what “coercive control” means.Women’s Aid and Avon have launched a new campaign ‘Love Don’t Feel Bad’ as new research indicated a worryingly high number of young women have experienced controlling behaviour in their relationships.In a survey of 2,000 16-2415
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Ko Zaw Lin (L) and Ko Wai Phyo (R)Critical evidence used to sentence 2 Burmese bar workers to death last year for the brutal murder of 2 British backpackers in the Thai resort of Koh Tao was secretly supplied by Britain's elite crime-fighting agency.The National Crime Agency
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The Cibolo Creek Ranch where Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead.MARFA, Texas — The Texas death certificate for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia will list myocardial infraction — a heart attack — as the official cause of death, Presidio County
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The late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was a reliable conservative vote on any number of topics the court took up during his 30-year tenure, including a case last year dealing with Oklahoma's death penalty.Scalia died Saturday at a ranch resort in west Texas, the San Antonio Express13
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Justice Antonin ScaliaSupreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was the first Italian-American on the High Court.(CNN)U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia has died at the age of 79, a government source and family friend told CNN on Saturday.Scalia died in his sleep during a visit to Texas.The13
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South DakotaA bill to end the death penalty in South Dakota failed in the state legislature.State Senator Art Rusch, who spent many years as a prosecutor and circuit judge, brought Senate Bill 94 to the House State Affairs Committee Wednesday.Testimony on both sides was often emotional. Lynnette
Donald FellIn an order issued Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Geoffrey Crawford said there was "strong disagreement" in "judicial and scholarly" circles about the legality of the death penaltyThe federal judge hearing the death penalty retrial of a Vermont man charged with killing a Rutland
Noval Fajar BaktiDepok. Noval Fajar Bakti, the 31-year-old man suspected of having killed a 7-year-old girl in a dispute over a loan with her mother, will face the death penalty, the Bogor Police chief has said.Adj. Sr. Comr . Suyudi Ario Seto, the chief of Bogor Police, said on
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Will the disproportionate vilification of women ever end? The list of things that women should and shouldn’t do seems never-ending.In fact, it grows incessantly.Throughout our lives, we women are dictated a list of dos and dont’s with regard to our behaviour, life choices, and bodies, to12
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In the middle of a controversial investigation into the state's lethal injection, Attorney General Scott Pruitt is talking about the future. He wants the state to open its own compounding pharmacy to mix and create the deadly cocktail of drugs that have become harder to get a hold of."Accessing
WASHINGTON — Justice Antonin Scalia’s death has given President Obama a tantalizing opportunity to reshape the Supreme Court, but cementing a lasting legacy on American jurisprudence will present a familiar challenge: breaking the will of Republicans.On Monday, Senate Republicans — including some15
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We need to understand how everyday violence is linked to governmental and institutional decisions.The complete Feminist Review archive, starting with Issue 1 from 1979, is now available online: 30 years of sophisticated, passionate feminist writing.The Feminist Review is edited by a15
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A convicted gambler receives a public caning at Baitul Makmur Grand Mosque in Meulaboh, West Aceh regency, Aceh. Thirty-two Acehnese people received a similar punishment on Friday for gambling, which contravenes the sharia law in place in the province.Source: The Jakarta Post, Feb 13, 2016-14
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Gustavo Garcia in 1992A Plano man is set to be executed Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear his latest - and likely final - appeal.In December 1990, then-19-year-old Gustavo Garcia shot and killed store clerk Craig Turski, according to police. He confessed to the crime
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Yet another North Korean general is killed by the Pyongyang regime.That's the story that's been doing the rounds this week after a South Korean news agency quoted an anonymous South Korean official from an unnamed South Korean agency as saying that Ri Yong Gil, chief of the Korean People's Army13
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Saudi Arabia: Homophobia and hate speech in a shocking video.Popular Saudi Arabian YouTubers posted a shockingly homophobic video to YouTube – which was removed for hate speech.The clip was uploaded by Fe2aFala – popular Arabic vloggers who have more than 500,000 subscribers, racking up over 45
A proposed change in the state budget could allow opponents of the death penalty to attempt to pull funding for it.Members of Missouri's execution team are paid in cash to keep their identities hidden, per the law - that includes the doctor that administers a lethal injection and a compounding13
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Today the Texas Forensic Science Commission issued a landmark decision recommending a moratorium on the use of bite mark evidence in future criminal prosecutions in Texas until the technique can be scientifically validated. The Commission also and ordered a review of every conviction in Texas12
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A couple who killed their maid then tried to cover up the crime by burning her body with acid have been sentenced to death.Abu Dhabi Criminal Court handed down the verdict on Wednesday after convicting the Palestinian husband and wife of murdering the Ethiopian woman.The court was told that on
Dhaka, BangladeshLaw Minister Anisul Huq has dismissed the chances of an abolition of the death penalty in Bangladesh.However, he has said the government will try to avoid capital punishment in future laws.He spoke of the government stance while talking to reporters after a views-exchange meeting12
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Dylann RoofA federal judge on Thursday delayed Dylann Roof’s trial in the deadly attack on Emanuel AME Church because prosecutors still have not decided whether to seek execution.Roof could face the death penalty on nine of his 33 charges in federal court, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Jay
With the recent expiration of Mississippi's lethal injection drugs, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood released a legislative agenda that could effectively nullify the logistical and ethical issues particular to the cocktails.In place of lethal injection drugs, which can be difficult to acquire
A top court in the United Arab Emirates on Sunday sentenced four Emiratis to death after convicting them of joining the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, local media reported.The 4, who were tried in absentia, are part of a group of 11 defendants accused of "joining the terrorist Daesh group15
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George Stinney Jr. was electrocuted in South Carolina when he was 14. He diedless than 3 months after his arrest for allegedly murdering two white girls. Histrial took a day. An all-white jury deliberated 10 minutes. He was posthumouslyexonerated by
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IHRDC's final update of its chart of executions carried out by the Iranian government in 2015 counts 966 executions, an increase of nearly 34% from the previous year.The infographic highlights some of the details behind these numbers, including the charges leading to the death sentences of the
President Ronald Reagan and Antonin Scalia in 1986Washington (CNN) Justice Antonin Scalia's death immediately triggered a monumental election year battle in Washington over whether President Barack Obama should choose a successor that could tilt the Supreme Court toward liberals.Within two hours
A bill that would make it easier for Colorado juries to give the death penalty failed Wednesday when a Republican senator joined Democrats in saying that unanimous verdicts for capital punishment should stay a requirement.The measure was inspired by 2 verdicts last year, in which jurors couldn't13
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San Quentin Death Row“It’s a good day to die,” Clarence Ray Allen said shortly before he was executed on January 17, 2006 in San Quentin State Prison. He had turned 76 the day before, and had served 23 years and one month on death row.He was the last
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‘Refugee women and girls face grave risks’ and the current protection response ‘is inadequate’.The European Women’s Lobby (EWL) and the Women’s Refugee Commission (WRC) have decided to work together to raise awareness on the situation of women and girls in Europe fleeing conflict.European and
Pakistan has hanged nearly 350 inmates, mostly routine criminals, since lifting a 2008 moratorium on executions in 2014.The death sentences of 12 hardcore militants was confirmed on Thursday by army Chief General Raheel Sharif, days after they were given death penalty by the military courts for12
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Wyoming will remain 1 of 5 states in the nation without a hate crimes law.The state's House of Representatives handily voted down a bill Thursday that would have created extra penalties for violent crimes committed because of the victim's race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender11
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Thanks due to everyone who is helping ‘rescue Helens’.A fund to ‘rescue’ The Archers’ character Helen Titchener, who is experiencing domestic violence on the popular radio programme, had raised more than £20,000 for women’s charity Refuge in just over 48 hours and is pushing £51,000