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Tory MP slammed for backing death penalty with sharing of Thatcher clip

A TORY MP has been condemned after expressing support for the return of the death penalty.

The National (Scotland)

Relative of Idaho killings victim wears T-shirt with pro-firing squad message at suspect’s hearing

Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty in the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin

The Independent UK

No death penalty for a Utah mom accused of killing her husband, then writing a kid book about death

Prosecutors say they will not seek the death penalty against a Utah mother who's accused of killing her husband, then writing a children's book about coping with grief

The Independent UK

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Moment Mario Fernandez arrested for allegedly orchestrating Microsoft exec Jared Bridegan’s murder

Suspect potentially faces the death penalty if convicted

The Independent UK

Could Louisiana's Governor Empty the State's Death Row?

Gov. John Bel Edwards has directed the state to review 56 death-row clemency applications after he made comments opposing capital punishment in April.

Reason

Plea negotiations could mean no 9/11 defendants face the death penalty, the US tells families

Plea agreements under consideration may mean that the suspected architect of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and his fellow defendants never face the death penalty

The Independent UK

Explained | Sedition ‘repealed’, death penalty for mob lynching: the new Bills to overhaul criminal laws

We examine the three new criminal law bills introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11, which seek to replace the Indian Penal Code (IPC), 1860; the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), 1973 and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

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Sedition ‘repealed’, death penalty for mob murder: Three new bills to overhaul criminal justice system

Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared today that a new Bill will “completely repeal the offence of sedition” – something that human rights groups have long demanded.

Newslaundry

History of controversial comments by suspended Tory MP Lee Anderson

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has attracted criticism for comments on everything from food bank use to nuisance tenants

The Independent UK

History of controversial comments by deputy Tory chairman Lee Anderson who backs death penalty

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has attracted criticism for comments on everything from food bank use to nuisance tenants

The Independent UK

Florida inmate refuses last meal before he is executed for 1988 murder of nurse

Barnes was the 104th person executed in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Independent UK

Jewish Community Conveys Relief And Gratitude After Verdict In Massacre Trial

Community Finds Closure as Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter Receives Death Penalty

Zenger

Nearly every prisoner on Louisiana's death row filed for clemency this summer

Gov. John Bel Edwards, a Democrat, recently said he is against the death penalty. Now a legal effort is racing to get requests for clemency to Edwards before he leaves office.

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The Hindu

Delhi High Court permits virtual appearance by Yasin Malik in terror funding case

The Delhi High Court directed that separatist leader Yasin Malik be virtually produced before it from jail in connection with the NIA’s plea seeking death penalty for him in a terror funding case

The Independent UK

Biden's inaction on death penalty may be a top campaign issue as Trump and DeSantis laud executions

Capital punishment could emerge as a major campaign issue in the U.S. presidential race for the first time in 30 years, with top GOP candidates already one-upping each other by touting tougher, more far-reaching death penalty laws

The Guardian - US

Louisiana’s death row inmates make rare mass petition for commutation

Fifty-six of the 57 death row prisoners ask governor, who is coming to the end of his term, to act on his anti-death penalty convictions

The Independent UK

Trump supporters falsely claim that former president faces death penalty

Prosecutors aren’t arguing Mr Trump is responsible for January 6 deaths, an aggravating circumstance which could trigger death penalty

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The Independent UK

Trump supporters falsely claim special counsel seeking death penalty in indictment over 2020 election

Prosecutors aren’t arguing Mr Trump is responsible for January 6 deaths, an aggravating circumstance which could trigger death penalty

Evening Standard

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman Robert Bowers to be sentenced to death penalty, jury decides

The 2018 massacre was the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history

Al Jazeera

Pittsburgh synagogue shooter Robert Bowers who killed 11 sentenced to death

US federal jury recommends that Robert Bowers, who opened fire at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018, get the death penalty.

The Guardian - US

Pittsburgh synagogue gunman who killed 11 people gets death penalty

Robert Bowers perpetrated the deadliest attack on Jews in US history after killing 11 people at Tree of Life synagogue in 2018

The Independent UK

Tree of Life synagogue shooter Robert Bowers sentenced to death

Bowers killed 11 people at the synagogue, including a 97-year-old woman

The Independent UK

Jury resumes deliberations over death penalty or life in prison for Pittsburgh synagogue shooter

A jury has resumed deliberations over the sentence for a gunman who killed 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue

WEKU

A jury deliberates over the sentence for the Tree of Life synagogue shooter

The man convicted of killing 11 worshipers and wounding six others at the Tree of Life Synagogue in 2018 could face the death penalty. The attack is the deadliest antisemitic assault in U.S. history.

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