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The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

US Set To Have Busiest Week On Death Row In 20 Years

One inmate in South Carolina has already been executed and four others in as many states are set to quickly follow.

International Business Times

Marcellus Williams Finally Executed By Lethal Injection: Why Did Victim's Family Want Life Imprisonment, Not Death Penalty?

Marcellus Williams was executed by lethal injection in Missouri, despite new DNA evidence and pleas from the victim's family for clemency, raising serious concerns about potential wrongful convictions in capital punishment cases.

International Business Times UK

Missouri to execute Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ objections and innocence claims

Prosecutors raise concerns about lack of evidence as family of victim supports saving Williams from the death penalty

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Rights groups warn Myanmar military executing more anti-coup activists

A married couple reportedly executed on Monday with five more people facing the death penalty on Tuesday.

Al Jazeera

Five States Schedule Unusual Number Of Executions In One Week

Five states in the U.S. have scheduled executions of death row inmates within a week, raising legal, ethical, and procedural questions.

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There are 5 executions set over a week's span in the US. That's the most in decades

Death row inmates in five separate states are set to be put to death in the span of one week

The Independent UK

Taiwan Retains Death Penalty But Limits Use To 'Exceptional' Cases

A Taiwan court decided on Friday to retain capital punishment, but ruled its application should be "limited to special and exceptional circumstances".

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South Carolina To Execute Inmate After 13-Year Pause

South Carolina prepares for its first execution in 13 years, involving inmate Freddie Eugene Owens and highlighting complexities of the death penalty.

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Better Together chief turned Labour MP compares independence to death penalty

THE Scottish Labour MP who worked as the head strategist for the Better Together campaign in 2014 has compared independence to the death penalty…

The National (Scotland)

Families of Americans ensnared in DRC coup plot assert their innocence

Young Americans face death penalty for ‘amateurish’ assault in Congo that was led by one of their fathers

The Guardian - US

‘He deserves to live’: South Carolina to execute first man in 13 years despite doubts raised by evidence

Khalil Allah is set to be killed by lethal injection despite a key witness saying last month he made false remarks at trial

The Guardian - US

Four people arrested on drug charges in Bali face death penalty

Two Thai citizens among four facing capital punishment for allegedly smuggling methamphetamine and MDMA

The Independent UK

Americans Sentenced To Death In Congo Coup Attempt Appeal

Three Americans sentenced to death in Congo for alleged coup involvement; lawyer appeals. Congo reinstated death penalty after two decades.

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How 3 young Americans ended up in the middle of a coup attempt in Congo and facing a death penalty

A military court in Congo has convicted dozens of people, including three Americans, for a coup attempt

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Al Jazeera

DR Congo military court sentences 37 to death in coup trial

The defendants – who also included a Briton, Belgian and Canadian – have five days to appeal the verdict.

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Trial Of University Of Idaho Student Killings Moved To Boise

Trial of Bryan Kohberger, charged in the fatal stabbings of four University of Idaho students, moved to Boise for a fair trial. Prosecutors seek death penalty.

The Guardian - US

Trump fumbles debate question about Harris’s race and revisits Central Park Five

Ex-president appears to defend earlier call for death penalty and struggles to account for comments on vice-president

The Independent UK

‘Evil’ father of Georgia school shooting suspect should get death penalty says teenager’s granddad

Colt Gray’s grandfather said the teen grew up with a ‘dysfunctional’ father who screamed all the time

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Evening Standard

Rape laws toughened in India state after outrage over sex attack on junior doctor

The death penalty is to be introduced in West Bengal for rape which leaves victims fatally injured

Salon

Dems go silent about the death penalty

As goes the Democratic Party so goes the national conversation on criminal justice reform

The Guardian - US

South Carolina prepares for first execution in more than 13 years

After July ruling that state’s death penalty is legal, a man on death row has a week to decide how he will be executed

Radio France Internationale

DRC prosecutors seek death penalty for 50 defendants after coup attempt

Prosecutors in the Democratic Republic of Congo are calling for 50 defendants, including three Americans, to face the death penalty over what the army says was a coup attempt in May.

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Death Penalty Sought For 50, Including 3 Americans In Congo Coup

Prosecutors seek death penalty for 50 individuals, including 3 Americans, in Congo coup attempt. Alleged coup leader shot dead during arrest. Families clai...

France 24

DR Congo: 51 defendants on trial over alleged coup bid

Prosecutors seek the death penalty for 50 of the 51 men on trial over May's coup attempt in DR Congo. About half a dozen of the defendants are foreign nationals, including three Americans.

Caixin Global

Death Penalty Upheld for Former Official in China’s Largest Corruption Case

Inner Mongolian bureaucrat amassed $421 million in bribes and other illegal gains, court told

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