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Judge ruled prosecutors unlawfully dismissed Black jurors in Hasson Bacote's death penalty case and used racist language like "thug" and "predators of the African plain."

Judge rules in landmark case that racial bias was present in jury selection for Hasson Bacote’s 2009 sentencing

Kizza Besigye, veteran opponent of President Yoweri Museveni, may face death penalty but will not get justice in military court, warns Winnie Byanyima, UNAids chief

The proportion of Brits supporting the death penalty for certain crimes has risen from 50 to 55 per cent

A federal judge has heard competing testimony over a request to block the nation's fourth execution using nitrogen gas

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Defense challenges evidence admissibility in murder case over genetic investigation concerns. Prosecutors seek death penalty.

One MP for Nigel Farage’s party, Lee Anderson, posted a picture of a noose on his X account, adding: ‘No apologies here. This is what is required!’, while prime minister Sir Keir Starmer said Rudakubana would ‘likely never be released’

Robert Roberson was sentenced to death based on outdated and largely discredited scientific evidence.