The scheduled execution date for Joe Franco Garza has been withdrawn.Garza was scheduled for execution on September 2. He was found guilty of the 1998 murder of Silbiano Rangel and sentenced to death.There is an agreed order that said his execution would be stayed while more DNA testing is completed.The Lubbock County
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An Egyptian court sentenced to death 12 members of the Islamic State group Thursday for planning attacks against police and soldiers in the country, a judicial official said.6 of those who were on trial are behind bars, while the rest are still at large, the official said.They were convicted of28
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Firing squad execution of alleged spy by Hamas militants in Gaza CityEuropean Union missions based in Jerusalem and Ramallah in the occupied West Bank condemned Friday a death sentence issued in the Gaza Strip earlier this week.The sentence was the
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James Holmes (L) and Dexter Lewis (R) sentenced to life in prisonDENVER - Two Colorado juries have rejected the death penalty for mass murderers in a single month. Add to that the governor's controversial decision to grant clemency to the
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NCRI - Iran's fundamentalist regime on Thursday hanged a man in the central prison of Sanandaj, western Iran.The man, identified as Jamal Jaafari, had been imprisoned for four years. He was accused of murder.Six prisoners, including political prisoner Behrouz Alkhani, were hanged in Orumieh28
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In Northern Ireland? Have your say on childcare. Junior Ministers Michelle McIlveen and Jennifer McCann have launched a consultation on the Northern Ireland Executive’s draft Childcare Strategy.It is to be a ten-year strategy which aims to develop and deliver affordable, high quality and27
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Challenging the myth that it is older people hoarding all their wealth.There has been growing concern in recent UK political debate about the economic outlook and lifetime prospects of younger generations.Particular attention has focused on:unprecedented levels of graduate debt following26
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James Holmes sentenced to life in prisonwithout parole plus 3,318 yearsThe gunman who shot and killed 12 people inside a packed Aurora, Colo., movie theater in 2012 was formally sentenced Wednesday morning to life in prison without parole.In July,
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Gay man thrown off building top by ISIS in Iraq in June 2015US ambassador tells security council meeting it is "about time" the issue of violence and discrimination towards LGBT people is highlightedIslamic State has claimed responsibility for
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Dylann StormThe federal government's decision about whether authorities should seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing 9 African-Americans in Charleston is still likely months away, South Carolina U.S. Attorney Bill Nettles said in a recent interview with Free Times.The federal26
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We need all the changes the Istanbul Convention provides.On 7 September 2015 ICchange will be sending Home Secretary Theresa May a motivational mix-tape to tell her #ICchangeYourTune – and give her Motivation for Legislation.ICchange is calling on the UK government to do the final bits of25
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Campaign for an urgent review of the Criminal Courts Charge launched.A teenager who stole sweets and ice cream worth £5, a woman found begging in a car park and a man who kicked a flower pot after he had been stabbed are among thousands of people who have been ordered to pay a controversial new
An organization campaigning to reinstate Nebraska's death penalty after lawmakers repealed it in May said Wednesday it has collected more than enough signatures to suspend the law before it goes into effect and place it before voters in 2016.Nebraskans for the Death Penalty, which was heavily28
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Chad has sentenced 10 members of the Islamist militant group Boko Haram to death on terror charges, after a 3-day trial in the capital N'Djamena.The 10 were convicted over their roles in twin attacks on the capital in June, which killed at least 38.The attacks were the 1st by the Nigerian-based28
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Burkina Faso must seize the opportunity to abolish the death penalty, Amnesty International said on the eve of parliamentary sessions which will culminate in an historic vote.Tomorrow the national transitional parliament will start a series of discussions with organisations and interested parties28
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Of the 195 states recognised by the UN, only 37 still use capital punishment – in the misguided belief that it is an effective deterrentHistory may be susceptible to few inexorable predictions. But we are on safe ground if we say that sacrificing a human being to the false god of deterrence28
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But can a new coach build a squad to challenge – beat – Australia?England’s Roses beat Jamaica for the second time in the tournament to finish a fantastic third in the 2015 Netball World Cup.England coach Tracey Neville’s side did well throughout the tournament losing only to the eventual27
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The 2015 report is ‘a radical accusation against patriarchy’.By Lyda VerstegenEvery year the Human Rights Council spends a day discussing the elimination of discrimination against women, informed by the latest report of the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and26
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Behrouz Alkhani, a 30 year old political prisoner in Iran, was executed on Tuesday despite international calls for a stay in execution and retrial, following an allegedly unfair trail. The execution came even as Alkhani awaited a Supreme Court appeal.Alkhani, who is of Kurdish descent, was first
Public execution in Saudi ArabiaFour people have been executed in Saudi Arabia, just one day after an international report condemned the country's frequent use of the death penalty.This brings the number of judicial killings so far this year to 130, compared to a total of 83
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San Quentin Death RowThe lawyer for a death row inmate failed to demonstrate that systematic delays in the resolution of capital cases result in an arbitrary process that violates the Eighth Amendment, the California Supreme Court unanimously ruled yesterday.The court, which has rejected such
Bernardo TerceroHUNTSVILLE (August 25, 2015) The Texas Count of Criminal Appeals Tuesday stopped the scheduled execution of a Nicaraguan man convicted of killing a Houston high school teacher during a robbery more than 18 years ago.Bernardo Tercero, 39, was scheduled to receive a lethal injection25
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Gathering pro-DP signatures in Nebraska, USACome November 2016, Nebraskans may be able to vote for the death penalty if the group Nebraskans for the Death Penalty gather enough signatures before the Thursday deadline. The petition is in hopes to get the issue back in the hands
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Richard GlossipThe Supreme Court refused Friday to reconsider the death-row appeals of 3 Oklahoma prisoners whose pending executions by lethal injection were upheld by the justices in June.Without comment, the court denied a petition filed by the prisoners' lawyers that would have turned the case28
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India's Supreme CourtThe Law Commission is set to recommend abolition of death penalty in India except for terror convicts, media reports said on Friday, a move rights activists say is long overdue in the country.India is one of 59 countries in the world where capital punishment is still awarded28
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Gallows in Pakistani prisonPakistan today hanged a death row prisoner convicted for multiple murders, taking the total number of convicts executed to 212 since the country lifted its moratorium on the death penalty in March this year.Maqbool Hussain was hanged early this morning in Multan central28
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Judge rejects claim from 33 death row inmates and says they did not prove the one-drug method led to a painful and lingering deathA judge in Tennessee has upheld the state’s lethal injection process for executing inmates, hours after a federal judge in Mississippi said that state’s process may28
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The USA’s Food and Drug Administration has approved Addyi, the so-called ‘Female Viagra’.Anyone who has watched Liz Canner’s excellent documentary Orgasm, Inc. will know that the pursuit of an equivalent to the multi-billion dollar Viagra industry for women has long been the holy grail of
Gathering signatures against the death penalty repeal in NebraskaIt appears voters in Nebraska will have the final say on the future of the death penalty.Supporters of the death penalty in Nebraska said they turned over 166,692 petition signatures Wednesday, which if verified, would
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Richard GlossipAnti death penalty activist Sister Helen Prejean, award winning actress Susan Sarandon, legal team member Don Knight and Illinois exoneree Nathan "Nate" Fields will appear on The Dr. Phil Show to advocate for the life of Oklahoma death row inmate Richard Glossip.Recently receiving a26
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D. TsarnaevKevan Fagan, 'Juror 83' in the trial of Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, says he probably would not have voted for the death penalty had he been aware that the families of some victims wanted a life sentence.On Monday, the same day a federal judge ruled to keep the
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New report has several recommendations for the government and employers.The publication of a report ‘Older Women and Work – Looking to the Future’ from the Scottish Commission on Older Women, brings to the fore the experiences of older women seeking to remain in, or re-enter, the labour25
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Junto al nicaragüense Bernardo Tercero, cuya ejecución está programada para el miércoles de esta semana, hay otros 21 extranjeros en el corredor de la muerte en Texas, en su mayoría mexicanos y centroamericanos, aunque también los hay de Sudamérica, Asia y el Caribe.Si nada lo impide, al25
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The latest Alabama inmate seeking freedom from death row maintains the state is wrongly ignoring his claims of innocence while his health fails behind bars, one of his attorneys said Monday.Legal arguments filed by Donnis Musgrove contend the state is arguing about technicalities rather than