Manama: Bahrain’s Cassation Court on Monday upheld the death sentence for one defendant and life in prison for another on charges of a terror attack that caused the death of a female teacher.
The court ruled the revocation of their Bahrain citizenship and the payment of 1,544 Bahrain dinars (Dh14,704.2) for the damages they caused by exploding the bomb.
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After an aborted lethal injection in which lawyers contend a condemned prisoner endured 2 1/2 hours of medical staff trying to access his veins, a federal judge on Friday ordered Alabama to maintain records about the incident.U.S. District Judge Karon Bowdre issued the order in response to a
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Join forces with the thousands of women born in the 1950s living in your constituency!1950’s women had their state pensions deferred twice, by stealth, campaigners point out, for the meanest state pension in Europe – under the false premise of equality and longevity.The work and pensions26
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Raghunandan Yandamuri, the 1st Indian American on death row, was not put to death by lethal injection on Feb. 23, his scheduled execution date, as the state of Pennsylvania has a moratorium on the death penalty since 2015. Pennsylvania District Court Judge Petrese Tucker issued a stay of
The US President reportedly wants to take a tough line with drug dealers in America, taking inspiration from countries like Singapore to execute traffickersThe US President, 71, is said to have taken inspiration from countries such as Singapore, where the death penalty is mandatory for drug
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SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- The Sugar Land man, who was within an hour of execution when the call came for clemency, is now off death row.Bart Whitaker has been moved to an inmate processing facility in Huntsville, a day after his death sentence was commuted.Gov. Greg Abbott commuted the death
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One third of children with a working single parent today live in poverty.Gingerbread, a national charity working with single parent families, has released a report profiling single parents today, to see how life has changed for the one in four families headed by a single parent in the23
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They were three killers — each set to be executed on Thursday night in different states. But by the end of the day, each had met a different fate.In Texas, the governor granted a rare death row commutation for Thomas Bartlett Whitaker. Shortly after 6 p.m., after Eric Scott Branch’s last-ditch
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BREAKING: Governor Abbott has commuted the death sentence of #ThomasWhitaker, accepting the unanimous decision by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Whitaker will now serve life in prison.➤ Related content: Texas: Man who plotted his family's murder will not be executed, governor says
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The fate of a convicted Texas killer nearing execution is in Gov. Greg Abbott's hands after the state parole board made the rare recommendation that the prisoner's life be spared.HOUSTON (AP) — The fate of a convicted Texas killer was in Gov. Greg Abbott's hands Wednesday after the state parole
A Missouri health care company on Tuesday said a pharmacy it recently bought won't provide execution drugs to the state, a pledge that came after media reports that the suburban St. Louis business had been the state's secret source of the drugs for years.Buzzfeed News reported that Foundation
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A court in Saudi Arabia has handed down a death penalty to a Shia anti-regime activist as the Riyadh regime presses ahead with its brutal clampdown against members of the religious community.On Wednesday, the Specialized Criminal Court in the capital Riyadh found the defendant, whose identity was
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Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner says he'll pursue a mandatory death penalty for school shooters, although legal analysts say that's unconstitutional.HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner said Monday that he would pursue a mandatory death penalty
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The United States can't guarantee the condemned inmates it kills aren't innocent. Landmark court cases of the last decade have offered proof. Mistakes happen. Courts can err. Witnesses can lie. Representation can be flawed. But we still kill.That lowers America into a frightful club of nations
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The father of the man whose execution was commuted just before he was scheduled to be put to death said on Megyn Kelly TODAY that he is grateful his son's life was spared - even after the son's conviction for plotting the murder of his family members and the attempted murder of the dad himself."I
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Armed with a court order, a doctor will examine an Alabama death-row inmate on Sunday for signs of injury or suffering sustained during an aborted execution last week.Prison officials said they called off a lethal injection for Doyle Lee Hamm, convicted in the 1987 murder of a hotel clerk, on
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Prime Minister announced plans for a major new programme of work.Domestic abuse is one of the most pernicious and pervasive forces in the UK today. And on average, two women each week in the UK are killed by a partner or former partner.Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to ‘transform the way23
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250 years of women cartoon and comic artists in Britain.Based on an exhibition of the same name held at the Cartoon Museum in 2017, a book with the title The Inking Woman, edited by Nicola Streeten and Cath Tate, is due for publication in March.For many years, the world of cartoons and comicsDoyle Lee Hamm survived his date with the executioner Thursday, as Alabama was unable to begin the procedure before the death warrant expired at midnight.Hamm, 61, was convicted of killing Cullman hotel clerk Patrick Cunningham in January 1987. Recent appeals in his case involved the question of
BREAKING: Governor Abbott has commuted the death sentence of #ThomasWhitaker, accepting the unanimous decision by the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles. Whitaker will now serve life in prison.➤ Related content: Texas: Man who plotted his family's murder will not be executed, governor says
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As a death row inmate waits for the Texas governor to decide if he should live or die, he gets a final visit with his father, who survived his son's murder plot and later pleaded for his son's life.Thomas Whitaker’s life is in the governor’s hands as the clock ticks toward his Thursday night
"Executing an inmate who A.) has spent more than 30 years on death row, B.) is already dying, and C.) whose illness makes it highly likely his execution will be botched is a travesty. Inmates like Doyle Lee Hamm should have their sentences commuted to life in prison - what little life they have
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A division bench of Lahore High Court (LHC) on Wednesday disposed of a petition seeking public hanging of Imran Ali, the man convicted in rape and murder of 7-year-old Zainab Ansari in Kasur, by declaring it as premature.A 2-member LHC bench headed by Justice Sadaqat Ali heard the plea seeking
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A month after halting his execution, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to take up the case of an Alabama convicted murderer whose attorneys argue should be spared the death penalty because strokes have wiped out his memory of committing the crime.The justices agreed
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The Alabama Supreme Court has set execution dates for 2 inmates, 1 for the man convicted in the 1989 pipe bombing that killed a federal appeals judge in Mountain Brook, and the other from an inmate who asked the court to expedite his own death.The court set April 19 for Walter Lee Moody's
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The Colosseum - Rome's most famous landmark was lit up in red on Saturday February 24, 2018 in an expression of solidarity with persecuted Christians across the globe. The event took place at 6 in the evening; local time witnessed family of Asia Bibi and Nigerian Christian Rebecca Bitrus along
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An Iraqi criminal court sentenced on Sunday 15 Turkish women to death on charges of joining the Islamic State (IS) group, judicial sources were quoted as saying.All the 15 Turkish women have admitted belonging to the IS group, AFP quoted the sources as saying.The court sentenced another Turkish
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From detained voicesInside Yarls Wood, people are on hunger strike – they won’t go to the dining room to eat for 3 days.They detain people who have appeal rights, who are reporting every month. Why would they detained people who comply with their rules to go and sign? Especially those who23
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When, just two days after the 17 killings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, accused school shooter Nikolas Cruz's legal team offered to plead him guilty, right then and there, if prosecutors would waive the death penalty, that giant gasp you heard was the breath of South Florida defense
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FLORIDA -- The state executed a man for the 1993 rape and murder of a Florida college student Thursday.Authorities say 47-year-old Eric Scott Branch was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. Thursday after a lethal injection at Florida State Prison.Eric Scott Branch, 46, was found guilty for the 1993 rape
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The governor of Texas decided today to spare the life of a convicted killer who carried out a plot to kill his parents and his brother.About 40 minutes before the scheduled execution, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would grant clemency to 38-year-old Thomas "Bart" Whitaker. The Texas Board
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A Republican state lawmaker's plan to repeal the death penalty in deep-red Utah has cleared its 1st test.A legislative committee approved the bill Wednesday despite concerns from some lawmakers that the discussion was rushed and family members of victims weren't given enough time to weigh in.The
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A group that includes former Florida Supreme Court justices and Circuit Court judges has banded together to file a brief in a case before the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the high court to stay Eric Branch's upcoming execution to address what they believe is an unconstitutional application of the
Customs and Excise Office personnel at Ngurah Rai International Airport have arrested a German national over his alleged attempt to smuggle various drugs into Bali.Siegfried Karl Achim Ruckel, 55, was arrested upon his arrival at I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport from Doha, Qatar, via