In the wake of controversial lethal injections, executions are temporarily on hold in 2 states: Oklahoma and Ohio. Nationwide, no one has been put to death since Clayton Lockett, whose April 29 execution was so badly botched the White House ordered a review of state protocols. But 3 condemned men have
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The U.S. Supreme Court Monday rejected the appeal of Texas death row inmate Robert James Campbell, 41, whose attorneys want state officials to disclose the source of the lethal drugs the state uses in executions. Campbell had a pair of appeals in federal courts last month as his scheduled
DAMASCUS, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Just days after winning a third 7- year term in office, Syria's President Bashar al-Assad issued on Monday a general amnesty, covering crimes committed before June 9, according to the official SANA news agency.Among plenty of law items that are covered with the recent
Execution in Kuwait (file photo)Kuwait’s top court upheld a court sentence to execute an Ethiopian housemaid after she was convicted of murdering her female employer just a day before her wedding.The murder took place in 2011, when the maid used a kitchen knife to stab her employer to death before
Louisiana Death Row: 172 degreesin 2013; 195 degrees in 2011A recent order by a federal judge in Baton Rouge requiring the state to immediately begin lowering the temperature at Louisiana State Penitentiary's death row was postponed Friday by a ruling from the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of07
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The Japan Federation of Bar Associations said Friday it will step up consultations with the European Union on abolishing capital punishment and will work to encourage public debate.The Japanese criminal justice system came under negative global scrutiny this year when a death-row inmate was freed07
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Hank SkinnerLawyers for death row inmate Hank Skinner told a court, in documents filed Friday, that testing on long-sought-after DNA evidence in his case should be enough to forestall his execution. State prosecutors, who also submitted legal arguements on Friday, said the same evidence should06
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URUMQI, June 5 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were sentenced to death for terrorism in northwest China's Xinjiang on Thursday. Local courts in six cities and prefectures sentenced 81 defendants in 23 terrorism cases to death, life imprisonment and fixed-term imprisonment, according to the regional06
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National Rape Action Plan welcomed by women’s groups. The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) and the national policing lead for adult sexual offences have announced major new action to tackle rape, and are together calling for a renewed challenge against persistent myths and stereotypes they
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The apology has been seen as a ‘start’. In February 2013 Channel 4 News aired allegations by two women of sexual impropriety over several years by Chris Rennard, the Liberal Democrat party’s former chief executive. The women told the news programme he abused his position for years by
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End violence against women in a generation: teach boys and young men to challenge attitudes and overcome everyday sexism. CARE believes that, while men and boys are part of the problem, they must also become a greater part of the solution. In the Balkans,CARE haspioneered an approach that shows men
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‘Empowering women is one of the most important ways to accelerate growth across the global economy’. The United Nations has teamed up with leading businesses to advance women’s rights and empowerment through a new advisory council comprising of private sector chiefs with a strong commitment to
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Captain Lee Joon Seok faces death penalty if convicted over the April disaster in which 300 people died. The captain and crew of the South Korean ferry which sank in April this year are due to stand trial on Tuesday. More than 300 people died in the disaster and
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The relentless rise of food poverty in Britain. Today, Britain is a country where one in five people live below the poverty line and life expectancy in some areas is lower than in some developing countries. Yet the rich keep getting richer opening up a massive inequality gap – andthe UK is on
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Here are some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK this week. Bristol: Until 14 June: Blue Stockings by Jessica Swale; at the Tobacco Factory Theatre, Raleigh Road, Bristol. A fast-paced mini-epic, centred around a key battleground on the march towards equal rights
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John WinfieldPOTOSI, Mo. (KMOX) - The Potosi Correctional Center is investigating a staff member for the offense of “over-familiarity” because the staff member has pledged support for inmate John Winfield’s petition for clemency.According to court documents, the guard has worked for the Department07
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The Maldives has adopted a new criminal code based on the work of University of Pennsylvania law professor Paul Robinson and a group of law and Ph.D. students. The new penal code takes effect next year. It is the first modern, comprehensive penal code in the world to incorporate the major tenets
Execution in Kuwait (file photo)June 5, 2014: The Criminal Court has sentenced a lance corporal in the General Traffic Department to death by hanging for kidnapping a Filipino woman, raping her and attempting to murder her, reports Al-Rai daily.The case papers show the accused stopped a
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Iran Human Rights, June 5, 2014: One prisoner was hanged in the prison of Bandar Abbas (Southern Iran) reported the official website of the Iranian Judiciary in Hormozgan Province.edam-isca According to the report, the prisoner who was identified as “M. H.” was charged with murder and
We now face the prospect of 16-year-old girls joining the army in combat roles. By Rachel Taylor. Shortly after announcing it would be reviewing the ban on women in combat roles, the Ministry of Defence last week published annual recruitment figures which revealed that 1,140 women joined the armed
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With parcelsforbidden, private companiesare making a profit from selling goods to prisoners. A new reportby the Prison Reform Trust, supported by the Bromley Trust, shows a system under significant strain with fewer staff, worsening safety, and fewer opportunities for rehabilitation. Unprecedented
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Footballer Joey Barton has apologised after describing UKIP as the best of “four really ugly girls”. The footballer, Queens Park Ranger’s midfielder, who was appearing on BBC’s Question Time on 29 May, was commenting on the legitimacy of UKIP’s recent victory in the European elections. Hisremark
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In recent weeks, some states have revived execution methods phased out decades ago. Tennessee last month passed a bill to ressurect the electric chair as a possible execution method in the event that lethal injection becomes unworkable. Officials elsewhere have proposed bringing back gas
Specialized Criminal Court in Jeddah sentenced on May 27, 28 two young adult Shia Muslims with a false accusation. Reda Jafar Al-Rubh 26 years old and Ali Mohammed Baqir Al-Nimr 17 years old were sentenced to death for their involvement in protests that occurred in Qatif in early 2011.Al-Rubh who09
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Meriam Ibrahim with her husbandSudan's appeals court is considering the case of Meriam Ibrahim, as she awaits the death sentence for apostasy despite assurances from the country's government that she would be freed.Daniel Wani, Ibrahim's husband, was notified on Thursday that the appeals court is09
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The habits of the heart: substantive democracy after the European elections. By Mary Kaldor. Nationalism is a way of deflecting discontent towards a convenient scapegoat, the ‘other’ – an immigrant or Europe. It is a way of mobilising political support while avoiding any commitment to address the
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His conviction in the Bombay bomb blasts case of 1993 and the award of death penalty has not deterred Yakub Memon from pursuing his hobby of gaining knowledge. His penchant for education has led Yakub Memon, a chartered accountant by profession, to take admission in MA (Political Science) course07
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A court in northern Vietnam handed down seven death penalties, seven life sentences, and other jail terms totalling 232 years to 26 defendants at a drug trial that wrapped up on Friday.The defendants were found guilty of trafficking more than 628 kilograms of heroin and 1,400 synthetic drug06
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Romell Broom after his botched execution attemptThe Ohio Supreme Court will decide whether Romell Broom should be put to death—again.Executing people is harder than it sounds. That's what Ohio discovered in 2009 when it tried to kill Romell Broom, a man who had been
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A British woman facing execution by firing squad in Indonesia for drug smuggling has no funds to mount a legal challenge against her sentence, the UK's highest court has been told.Lawyers for Lindsay Sandiford, 57, from Cheltenham, are arguing at the supreme court that the government's policy not06
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And MP calls for inquiry into the ‘serious allegations’ of sexual abuse at the centre. Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre is ‘not fulfilling its basic function’ by detaining women for extended periods of time without deporting them, according to a report published recently. The Annual Report
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Women and girlsare often attacked when going out to use the toilet, particularly at night. Two teenage girls were gang-raped and killed recently after doing what half a billion women and girls are forced to do every dayand night -go outdoors to try to find somewhere discreet to go to the toilet
June 1, 2014: An Egyptian court that sentenced to death 37 Islamists and handed life terms to 492 others defended its verdict on Sunday (June 1st), saying the men were "demons" who followed Jewish scripture.The court in the central city of Minya had triggered international outrage earlier this04
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Execution chamber at Tokyo's Detention CenterThe systemic violations of human rights that are a feature of Japanese criminal justice received much international attention early this year with the tragic case of Iwao Hakamada. Hakamada was released from prison in late March, after a court found that