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Lawyers for a Missouri inmate said Monday that they would appeal a decision not to grant a delay in his execution, arguing that the drug to be used was likely to be substandard, and thus could cause him severe pain, because it was produced in a compounding pharmacy not subject to federal drug safety regulations. The condemned man, Herbert Smulls,... Lawyers for a Missouri inmate said Monday that they would appeal a decision not to grant a delay in his execution, arguing that the drug to be used was likely to be substandard, and thus could cause him severe pain, because it was produced in a compounding pharmacy not subject to federal drug safety regulations. The condemned man, Herbert Smulls, 54, is scheduled to be put
Dennis McGuire The inmate who gasped for air and choked during an unusually long execution process this month was urged by his attorney to put on a “big show” that could single-handedly bring capital punishment to a halt in Ohio, the head of the prison’s
‘It is clear that he did not behave in the way that a chief executive should behave’. Sources have rejected suggestions by Lord Rennard that he could resume his roles in the Liberal Democrat party after being cleared of sexual harassment. Lord Rennard, the Liberal Democrats Chief27
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Tokyo's execution chamber A Tokyo movie theater will kick off "Death Penalty Movie Week" on Feb. 15, showing 8 consecutive films on the issue from Japan and abroad. The movies to be shown at Eurospace in Shibuya include "Yakusoku" ("Promise"), a 2013 Japanese film depicting27
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Project mapping memorials to women in Scotland still needs your help. All over Scotland, in towns, villages and in the countryside, there are many types of memorials, large and small, commemorating the lives and achievements of women. Some names are well known, others have been forgotten27
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Just for a change, make sure the next book you read is by a woman. Author and artist Joanna Walsh is using Twitter to address gender inequality in the literary world. Walsh started the Twitter hashtag #readwomen2014 after making New Year’s cards that featured drawings of her favourite
The Texas execution of Edgar Tamayo for the murder of a U.S. police officer was heavily criticized by Mexican officials, who say their country rightly banned capital punishment years ago. But if the Mexican people had their way, the death penalty would be an option for justice for25
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The UK Government must take immediate steps to protect an elderly, mentally-ill British man sentenced to death today for blasphemy in Pakistan, legal charity Reprieve has said. Mohammad Asghar (71), from Edinburgh, has a long and documented history of psychological ill health. Just four24
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Celebrating the bravery of those who take a stand against ‘honour’ based violence. On 24 January 2014, in central London, the Iranian and Kurdish Women’s Rights Organisation (IKWRO), a leading women’s rights charity campaigning to end all forms of ‘honour&rsquo24
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Kenneth Eugene Hogan OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma executed a man on Thursday, who was convicted of murder after stabbing a woman 25 times more than two decades ago and then attempting to blame the crime on an intruder. Kenneth Eugene Hogan, 52, was convicted of23
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…as industry increasingly looks to women to meet skills shortages. The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) appointed two leading female tech entrepreneurs to its board last week, which means there are now only two FTSE 100 companies with no women on their boards. The two are Joanna23
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Edgar Tamayo HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Edgar Tamayo, a Mexican national, was executed Wednesday in Huntsville, Texas, for the slaying 20 years ago of a Texas police officer, Guy Gaddis, 24. The US Supreme Court had temporarily put on hold the execution of Edgar28
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Edgar Tamayo 27 de enero de 2014 - Washington, D.C. — La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) condena la ejecución judicial de Edgar Tamayo Arias, la cual tuvo lugar el 22 de enero de 2014 en Texas, Estados Unidos, en violación de sus28
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‘The first female head of a major automaker walked the auto show floor in a conservative black suit past women in skimpy dresses.’ General Motors’ new CEO Mary Barra hopes her engineering background and position as the first woman to lead the top U.S. automaker will encourage27
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Iran Human Rights, January 26, 2014: According to the Iranian news website Arshnews two men and one woman from the villages of Delfan (Lorestan Province, Western Iran) were executed during the last week. Two of the individuals from the village of Golestaneh were identified as “R27
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Calling for teaching about respect, sexual consent and to end violence in relationships. On 28 January, the House of Lords will vote on making sex and relationship education (SRE) compulsory in English schools. They will be debating proposals to changes to the Children and Families Bill
Wednesday night's execution in Texas of a Mexican national convicted of killing a Houston police officer has given the candidates vying to be the state's next attorney general an opportunity to weigh in on the death penalty - revealing only slight differences in how they might have handledThe Texas execution of Edgar Tamayo for the murder of a U.S. police officer was heavily criticized by Mexican officials, who say their country rightly banned capital punishment years ago. But if the Mexican people had their way, the death penalty would be an option for justice for
Philippe El Shennawy, a French convict infamous for being the longest-serving prisoner alive in France and a string of escape attempts, will be released on parole on Friday. “It is a big relief,” his lawyer told reporters on Wednesday, adding that the convict would have to
Megan Kearns celebrates Ellen Ripley, a fierce feminist, as a role model. Our regular cross-post from Bitchflicks. When I was 10 years old, the scariest movie I ever saw was ‘Aliens’. I remember the first time I saw it like it was yesterday. Late one night, plagued with insomnia24
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Iraq's Ministry of Justice said it executed 11 convicts for terror crimes Thursday, 2 days after it announced the execution of 26 convicts, despite international calls for Baghdad to abolish the death penalty. "The ministry of justice executed 11 people after they were found guilty of23
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The good news: what is learned can be unlearned. The magazine Marie Claire recently challenged advertising agencies to create an advertisement that inspired women to love their bodies. The idea came after a study that found that the average woman only learned to like her body when she was22
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Dennis McGuire I first began to visit [Ohio death-row inmate] Mcguire in November. He told me about the evil act he had committed, the murder in 1989 of a young woman Joy Stewart who was pregnant and whose unborn child also died. He confessed his sin to me, and expressed28
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Using a Black mannequin as an object, Melgaard has reproduced racialised stereotypes of hyper-sexualised Black women. Guest post from writer, activist and feminist Louise Pennington. This is the question currently doing the rounds on social media and in countless columns and articles27
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Most Americans favor the death penalty as a punishment for people convicted of murder, according to a new HuffPost/YouGov poll. But the poll also finds that few people want to inflict unnecessary pain on those who are executed. According to the poll, 62 percent of Americans favor the27
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Edgar Arias Tamayo took 17 minutes to die. The 46-year-old Mexican national was taken into the Texas execution chamber, strapped down and given a lethal injection which would eventually kill him. He didn't have any final words to say, instead choosing to remain silent. Tamayo, who27
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Here are some dates for your diary of woman-centric events going on around the UK this week. Brighton: 27 – 29 January: Witch: The Maiden at Marlborough Theatre, 4 Princes Street, Brighton, at 8pm. This is the first of three plays coming this Spring season, each play can be enjoyed25
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The defense in the Aurora movie theater murder case won't be able to present evidence at trial about the history of the death penalty or about how the gunman's possible execution would impact his family, a judge ruled Thursday. In 2 orders, Arapahoe County District Court Judge Carlos
Death penalty may be removed from the Kazakhstan's Criminal Code. Such a suggestion has been made in the country's Majilis (lower chamber), Tengrinews reports. "We believe there is a unique possibility to take a sound decision to completely remove death penalty from the Criminal Code"24
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‘Legalising prostitution means men are told by their government that it is perfectly okay to purchase a woman’. The European Parliament’s Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee has voted through a report that recommends the adoption of the ‘Nordic24
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Join a week of pro-choice solidarity with the women of Spain. The right of Spanish women to access safe and legal abortion is currently under threat from a proposal to reform the current law in a highly restrictive fashion by Spain’s ruling party, the Partido Popular. Abortions would24
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Iran Human Rights, January 23: Seven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Kermanshah (western Iran) reported the Iranian state media. Five of the prisoners were convicted of trafficking of 102 kilograms of various narcotic drugs and two were convicted of murder said the report. None of23
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Does gender discrimination begin in the womb in the UK too? A study by the Independent newspaper has sparked debate over female foeticide in the UK – the practice of aborting a baby because it is a girl. The investigation claims to have uncovered evidence that sex-selective abortions22
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Public execution in Iran GENEVA (22 January 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteurs on the situation of human rights in Iran, Ahmed Shaheed, and on summary executions, Christof Heyns, today called on the Government of Iran to urgently halt the abrupt surge in