An Alabama jury on Wednesday recommended the death penalty for a man they convicted of capital murder in the 2019 slaying of a pregnant woman in a Conecuh County grocery store.The Conecuh County jury voted 10-2 in recommending death for Michael Collin Mitchell, 43, of Evergreen in the fatal shooting of Lavon McCreary and her unborn child, court records showed.“We appreciate the Leggi Tutto
BUFFALO — Lawyers for the shooter who killed 10 people at a Tops grocery store in 2022 have asked for a federal court order exempting him from the death penalty because he was 18 years old at the time of the racist mass shooting.In 2005, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty for
Marcellus Williams has been sentenced to death, despite prosecutors saying he is innocentA man who has been sentenced to death in Missouri is not guilty of the crimes he is being sentenced for, prosecutors have said. Marcellus Williams has now had his execution date set, despite the people who
Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); June 10, 2024: Iran Human Rights has recorded at least 64 executions in May and 237 executions in the first five months of 2024.According to data collected by Iran Human Rights, at least 64 people were executed in 18 different Iranian prisons and at least 237 were
Iran's judiciary has commuted the death sentence of a Sunni cleric to a life imprisonment sentence.Iran's judiciary media outlet, Mizan News Agency, reported that Mohammad Khezrnejad's execution sentence was reduced after he "expressed remorse and commitment to good behavior" and requested an
The day after Alabama carried out the first-known US execution using nitrogen gas, its attorney general sent a clear message to death penalty states that might want to follow suit: “Alabama has done it, and now so can you.”Indeed, in the weeks immediately following the January execution of
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana judges could order surgical castration for people convicted of sex crimes against young children under legislation approved Monday, and if Republican Gov. Jeff Landry signs it into law, the state apparently would be the first with such a punishment.The
Nazir Masih was under treatment in CMH Hospital for nine days and underwent two head surgeriesSARGODHA: A Christian man who became a target of an angry mob in Punjab's Sargodha district over alleged blasphemy succumbed to his injuries on Monday morning, police officials said. According
By a vote of 6-3 along ideological lines, the justices ruled that a federal appeals court was wrong when it ordered post-conviction relief for Danny Lee Jones, who contended that his Sixth Amendment right to have adequate representation by his lawyer was violated during the sentencing phase of
MANILA – The Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) assured two overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) on death row in Brunei of the government’s continuing support.DMW Secretary Hans Leo Cacdac visited OFWs Edgar Puzon and Cyrile Tagapan at the Maraburong Prison Facility 1 in Keriam, Tutong District
NASIRIYAH (Iraq), May 31 — Iraq executed eight people convicted of “terrorism”, a security source and health official said today, the third such group put to death in the country in little over a month.Courts have handed down hundreds of death and life sentences in recent years to Iraqis
Dalian (China): He Zehua, former deputy chief of China’s State Tobacco Monopoly Administration, has been sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, for taking huge amounts of bribes, media reports said on Wednesday.The sentence was handed down by the Intermediate People’s Court of Dalian
A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has began the trial of an Australian man who faces up to 12 years in prison if convicted of possessing methamphetamine under the country’s tough drug lawsDENPASAR, Indonesia -- A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali on Thursday began the
Alabama is seeking to carry out another nitrogen gas execution, months after the state became the first to put a person to death with the previously untested method.The attorney general’s office on Monday asked the Alabama Supreme Court to authorize an execution date for Carey Dale Grayson, who
Taberon Dave Honie is set to be executed using a new drug in a lethal injection cocktail, which will now feature ketamine alongside the usual fentanyl and potassium chlorideA murderer has had his execution date set despite growing concerns over the lethal injection drug combination to be
The Lahore police have arrested Jamila Jacob, a Christian woman, on charges of committing blasphemy against the Prophet Muhammad. The arrest followed an FIR filed at the North Cantonment police station, Lahore by Asif Ali, a local shopkeeper.According to the FIR, Asif Ali reported that at
Media reported that the Idaho Department of Corrections had purchased three doses of pentobarbital, the drug used in lethal injections, for $100,000On June 1, 2024, an Idaho jury sentenced Chad Daybell to death for the 2019 murders of his first wife and his second wife’s two youngest children
Three inmates convicted of drug offenses were executed in Adelabad Prison, Shiraz, on June 1, according to the Iran Human Rights Organization.The executed inmates have been identified as Mohammad-Saeed Zohrabi, Hassan Nematollahi, and 30-year-old Mahmoud Ghaedi.Zohrabi and Nematollahi were
Fukuoka, June 5 (Jiji Press)--A Japanese court Wednesday turned down a request for a retrial for the 1992 murder of two girls in the southwestern prefecture of Fukuoka, for which a death row convict had been executed.Fukuoka District Court thus denied the second retrial request over the so-called
The United States ranks among the top countries using capital punishment, contributing to a worldwide surge in executions last year.That’s according to data released last week by Amnesty International, which opposes capital punishment in all cases.The London-based rights group’s annual report on
In spite of its seven-year streak in not executing its death row inmates, Indonesia last year issued 114 death sentences, a report by Amnesty International has found.JAKARTA – Despite its seven-year streak in not executing any death row inmates, Indonesia last year issued 114 death sentences, a
Alabama is set to execute a man convicted of bludgeoning an elderly couple to death 20 years ago to steal prescription drugs and $140 from their homeMONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama is set to execute a man Thursday evening who was convicted of bludgeoning an elderly couple to death 20 years ago to
Six years ago, Louisianans were weighing the merits of requiring juries to arrive at unanimous verdicts, then the law in every other state save for Oregon.The most vocal opposition to the idea came from district attorneys, some of whom warned that a slew of hung-jury verdicts would result if
PARKLAND, Fla. (AP) — The three-story building where 17 people died in the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School looms over campus behind a screened fence, a horrific and constant reminder to students, teachers, the victims’ families and passersby.But now after
David Hosier, who maintained innocence in 2009 murders of Angela and Rodney Gilpin, pronounced dead at 6.11pmMissouri executed a man on death row on Tuesday night, the state’s second lethal injection carried out this year.David Hosier, 69, was pronounced dead at 6.11pm following a single-dose
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Monday turned down a clemency request for condemned inmate David Hosier, a move that likely clears the way for his execution.Hosier, 69, faces lethal injection Tuesday for the 2009 deaths of a Jefferson City couple, Angela and Rodney
Thomas Creech, 73, was sentenced to death for fatally beating prisoner David Jensen back in 1981, but when he was wheeled into the execution chamber at Idaho Maximum Security prison in February, things didn't go to planA death row inmate who was part of a botched execution has opened up on the
On August 9, 2018, Steven Hale stood outside a Tennessee prison as a convicted murderer inside awaited a lethal dose of a three-drug cocktail. It was the first execution of a death row inmate in the state in nearly a decade.Hale was one of seven reporters selected by a grim lottery to witness
In a landmark ruling, District Judge and Additional Sessions Judge S R Padwal has issued a triple death penalty in the harrowing case of the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl reported in Linga village of Kalmeshwar tehsil in 2019. Sanjay Devpuri Puri (32), the convict, faced full
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A man who was sentenced to death for killing a 15-year-old girl died by suicide inside a Nevada state prison, according to the Clark County Coroner’s office.Staff at Ely State Prison found Norman Belcher, 49, unresponsive last Thursday, the 8 News Now Investigators have
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A jury in Idaho unanimously agreed Saturday that convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children, ending a grim case that began in 2019 with a search for two missing children.The
Jamie Mills Executed Despite New Evidence That Prosecutors Falsified Case Against HimThe State of Alabama executed Jamie Mills by lethal injection today despite new evidence that prosecutors obtained his conviction illegally by falsely telling the judge and jury they had not made a deal with the
The 11th Circuit Court of Criminal Appeals denied two defense motions Tuesday seeking a delay in the execution of Jamie Ray Mills. The ruling sets the stage for Mills, 50, to be executed this week by the state of Alabama by lethal injection.The defense can still seek a stay from the U.S. Supreme
The Islamic Republic alone carried out 74 percent of all documented executions worldwide in 2023, Amnesty International reported. With 853 executions, a 48 percent increase from the previous year, Iran sits behind China as the world's leading executioner."In Iran, the authorities