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The execution of Nebraska's longest serving death row inmate last week left many wondering what's next for capital punishment in a state where it hadn't been used in more than 20 years.
Will officials quickly try to carry out what would be Nebraska's 2nd lethal injection? Or will decades pass again before another Nebraska inmate pays the ultimate price
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The accused was booked for rape, murder, house trespass, assault and destroying evidence under the Indian Penal Code and other relevant sections of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act.A 22-year-old man was sentenced to death on Monday for the rape-cum-murder of a 14-year-old girl
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Christopher Watts faces nine felony charges including first degree murder and unlawful termination of pregnancyGREELEY — Weld County prosecutors charged a 33-year-old Frederick man Monday with first-degree murder in the deaths of his pregnant wife and two preschool-aged daughters, whose bodies he
Saudi human rights activists are warning against the possible beheading of Israa al-Ghomgham by the government. Israa has been provisionally sentenced to death by a Ryadh court.Back on August 6th at a hearing before the Specialised Criminal Court, the public prosecutor recommended the death
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Nebraska state senators criticized prison officials this week for shielding key parts of the state's 1st-ever lethal injection from the view of news media witnesses.Sen. Patty Pansing Brooks of Lincoln said she will push for a new law requiring future Nebraska executions to be visible from start
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Libyan UN-backed Ministry of Justice on Sunday rejected foreign opposition to a court sentence of 45 former regime supporters to death."The Ministry of Justice confirms the fairness, integrity and independence of the Libyan judiciary, especially that the defendants of the case had received fair
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At least 10 rapists have been awarded the death sentence by various courts in the state since February this year so far.A local court has sentenced a man to death for raping and killing a woman while he was out on bail after being convicted earlier for a murder.While awarding the death penalty to
The Supreme Court has annulled the death penalty on student Asim Omar, a member of a student opposition party at the University of Khartoum. He has to remain in prison for the death of a policeman.Omar is a member of the Independent Student Congress Party, student party of the Sudanese Congress
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Alan Levit, who immigrated to Israel in 1991, is suspected of robbing and murdering a man in Minsk in 1993; German authorities arrest him in Frankfurt due to Interpol arrest warrant; lawyer tries to bring him back to Israel to face trial, where he won't face capital punishment.An Israeli man was
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Six men were pushed before the watching eyes of countless men, women, and children — they were thieves and murders, and they were set to be executed in public. The style of execution? Beheading.One might expect such a scene from medieval England or ancient China, but this particular anecdote
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Challenge the cynicism of companies seeking to profit from women working for women’s equality.Women’s campaign groups, equalities organisations, and individual gender advocates in Scotland do amazing things, often with very limited resources, and little attention.Scottish feminist16
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A Malaysian drug dealer dubbed the "Iceman" was sentenced to death Thursday (Aug 16) by a court in Thailand after he was convicted of running a narcotics network that funnelled huge profits into legitimate businesses.Tun Hung Seong was arrested in April last year after a tip-off that he had hired
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Iraqi judicial authorities have sentenced 14 people to death for participating in the 2014 execution of hundreds of Iraqi air force cadets claimed by the Islamic State (IS) in the northern city of Tikrit."The Iraqi judiciary sentenced 14 main defendants in the Speicher massacre," Moen al-Kazemi
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A Chinese-Indonesian woman of the Buddhist faith has been sentenced to 1.5 years in prison for complaining about the volume of the azan (Islamic call to prayer) that was blasted from a speaker of a mosque near her house.Meiliana, 44, a resident of Tanjung Balai, North Sumatra, was found guilty of
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In the darkness of an execution chamber in the Walls Unit in Huntsville one night last month a moment of clarity shone through.As inmate Chris Young died at the hands of the state on July 17, one thing, even in that dimly lit observation room bordering the actual execution chamber, was blazingly
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Prison officials have told the Nevada Supreme Court that witnesses reported no complications during Nebraska's execution of Carey Dean Moore, which used some of the same drugs that Nevada wants to use to carry out a death penalty.Nevada state attorneys, on behalf of state prison officials, said
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Iran Human Rights (Aug 18, 2018): Six prisoners were executed at Mashhad Prison on the charge of “armed robbery”.According to a report by ISNA, on the morning of Saturday, August 18, six prisoners were executed at Mashhad Prison. The prisoners, whose identities have not been mentioned, were
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Are legacy institutions the best way to try to meet the needs of victims and survivors?The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) has launched a UK-wide consultation on ‘Addressing the Legacy of Northern Ireland’s Past’.More than 3,500 people were killed as a result of the Troubles. The hurt and17
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Harshi Sudarshani, a Sunday school teacher in Negombo, and her younger brother have faced strained relationships with their friends since their father was arrested on a drug charge.The fisherman was arrested after packets of heroin were found on the boat in which he spends long periods at sea in
Saudi Arabia remains committed to the death penalty despite the kingdom moving towards social reforms, according to a new report published by a human rights group.The European Saudi Organization for Human Rights (ESOHR) said 146 people were executed in Saudi Arabia in 2017, making it the third
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The pope’s revision to the Catechism calls capital punishment “inadmissible.”A group of 75 Catholic clergy members and scholars have urged Pope Francis to backtrack on his decision to declare the death penalty “inadmissible” in Catholic teaching.Earlier this month, Pope Francis authorized a
The years between 18 and 21 are a sort of societal limbo period when, in most states, you can't drink, but you can smoke—and get sentenced to die.When 15-year-old Luis Cruz joined the Latin Kings in 1991, he was a child by almost any measure: he couldn’t legally drive, drop out of school, or buy
In 1976, after an impassioned, last-minute speech by Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, the House of Commons narrowly passed Bill C-84, abolishing the death penalty in Canada. It was abolished after a decade of fierce debate. Sister Helen Prejean writes Dead Man Walking and narrates the movie of the
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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Arkansas Times) -- The Judicial Discipline and Disability Commission Monday denied Judge Wendell Griffen's request to dismiss ethics charges against him. It also granted him only limited access to documents he'd sought related to the investigation. The case will now proceed to
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Eyal Bokel and Dolev Zuarez convicted of killing the Israeli criminal Maor Malul in the island of Ko Samui in January in a sentence considered mild in Thailand, which has capital punishment for premeditated murder.A court in Thailand sentenced two Israelis, Eyal Bokel—brother of Baruch Bokel, who
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The 2013 law was credited with stopping Robert Roberson's execution 2 years ago, and his conviction is now under review in county court.Robert Roberson shuffled into a courtroom this week wearing a striped gray jumpsuit and handcuffs, his life once again hanging in the balance.After 15 years on
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The system is likely to encourage them to facilitate speedy trials and quick convictions in rape cases.The Madhya Pradesh government has come up with a "reward system" to encourage state prosecutors to facilitate speedy trials and quick convictions in rape cases, The Indian Express reported on
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A decade after looking at options to replace death by hanging with a 'more humane' way, ministry says no such proposal being examined.About a decade after the Centre started looking at various options, including lethal injection, to find a 'more humane' way to replace death by hanging for
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A court in this district of Madhya Pradesh on Tuesday sentenced a man to death for raping a minor girl.Additional District Judge Sudhanshu Saxena awarded the capital punishment to Naresh Parihar (40), said assistant prosecutor P L Rawat.The prosecution examined 24 witnesses, he said.The judge
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August 16, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - The Sudanese prosecutor submitted an appeal against a five-year sentence and a fine and requested the constitutional court to reinstate a death penalty for Noura Hussein a 19-year old girl murdered her husband after a forced marriage.Last May, a court had sentenced
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Tallahassee, Fla., Aug 13, 2018 / 04:41 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The Catholic bishops of Florida have asked for continued prayers for an end to the death penalty following the stay of an inmate’s execution. They had previously asked Gov. Rick Scott to commute the inmate’s death sentence and cited
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But some women don’t get housing benefit: if they work or have ‘no recourse to public funds’.Women escaping domestic abuse will now be able to continue to have their places in women’s refuges paid via the welfare system: the government has dropped its plans to overhaul, read ‘cut off’, fundingTwo women who say they were tricked into killing the half-brother of North Korea's Kim Jong-un will go on trial.Siti Aisyah and Doan Thi Thuong are accused of smearing the toxic nerve agent VX on Kim Jong-nam's face in Kuala Lumpur airport last year.But they deny murder, saying they were told
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The UK’s opposition to the death penalty has come under question over the case of alleged Isis terrorists, but many other Brits have already been told they will be executed, reports Etan SmallmanNicholas Ingram declined the offer of a final meal of his choice. Earlier, he had eaten a tiny