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Commentary: How blasphemy laws are used to serve political ends

On Jan. 17, Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously voted to expand the country’s laws on blasphemy, which already carried the death penalty for insulting the prophet Muhammad. Now anyone in Pakistan deemed to have insulted the prophet’s companions, which could include thousands of early Muslims, can face life imprisonment.

Los Angeles Times

Trump is planning to bring back firing squads if re-elected

Former president granted clemency to drug offenders during his White House term

The Independent UK

US urges death penalty for New York truck attacker

New York (AFP) - US prosecutors argued Monday that an Uzbek man who killed eight people in New York six years ago should be executed, despite President Joe Biden's opposition to the death penalty.

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Death penalty phase of trial looms for NYC bike path killer

A jury on Monday will begin considering whether an Islamic extremist should be sentenced to death for killing eight people people on a New York City bike path

The Independent UK

The Observer view on the ‘red wall rottweiler’ fuelling Tory dreams of the death penalty

The appointment of Lee Anderson as deputy chair is a cynical attempt to woo a powerful section of the party’s right

The Guardian - UK

New York truck attacker may face death penalty despite Biden pledge

New York (AFP) - President Joe Biden promised to abolish capital punishment for federal crimes, but the US government is due to argue, beginning Monday, that an Uzbek man should get the death penalty for killing eight people in New York half a decade ago.

AFP

It’s not just that Lee Anderson is wrong about hanging: he’s also the wrong man to stop the Tories sinking

Hankering for the death penalty may get the deputy chair attention, but it won’t attract working-class voters with genuine problems, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Iran's crackdown on protesters: Can the EU deter Tehran?

Iran has long been one of the world's most prolific executioners. But it seems to have taken the death penalty to a new level recently, with dozens of people executed in the last few weeks, according to the Norway-based NGO Iran Human Rights. The UN has denounced what it calls…

France 24

BBC Question Time: Tories blasted by 'appalled' audience over death penalty

A Tory minister was blasted for sitting through 'another round of musical chairs' on BBC Question Time following the controversy over Lee Anderson's appointment to a senior role

Daily Mirror

Dear Lee Anderson: Derek Bentley was innocent and hanged. We scrapped the death penalty for a reason

There were moral and practical considerations to ending the barbarity of state executions in Britain. They are still relevant today, says writer and former Guardian crime correspondent Duncan Campbell

The Guardian - UK

Mixed views after Lee Anderson calls for return of death penalty and rows with BBC Nottingham presenter

The outspoken Ashfield MP has just been made deputy Conservative Party chairman

Nottingham Post

Talking Point: What do you think of Lee Anderson backing the return of the death penalty?

The new deputy chairman of the Conservatives has defended his view that there are some instances where capital punishment is appropriate

Evening Standard

Tory MPs standing down spell trouble for Sunak

The new Tory deputy party chair, Lee Anderson, made headlines this morning for his views on the death penalty and after clashing with a BBC radio presenter over accusations of dishonesty. But it was the decision taken off-stage by a fellow red wall MP that tells us far more about…

Evening Standard

Jagtar Singh Johal's brother writes to MI6 chief as Dumbarton man spends another birthday in prison

In an open letter to MI6 chief Richard Moore, Gurpreet Singh Johal says “with your help, maybe one day soon, he’ll be walking back through our front door in Dumbarton, instead of fearing the death penalty in Delhi”.

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When did the death penalty become illegal in the UK? Alabama killer was first to be executed with nitrogen gas

The death penalty is illegal in the UK and nobody has been executed here for nearly 60 years

The Independent UK

Sunak distances himself from Anderson’s death penalty views

Deputy Tory chairman Lee Anderson said ‘Nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed’.

Evening Standard

Lee Anderson defends death penalty comment amid criticism of ‘daft’ remarks

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak rejected any calls for a return of executions

The Independent UK

New Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson backs death penalty and clashes with reporter

The outspoken MP accused a radio presenter of dishonesty in a testy exchange.

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Lee Anderson says he'd support return of the death penalty after being appointed Tory deputy chairman

The controversial MP has said that the death penalty should be brought back for serious criminals who are clearly identifiable.

Nottingham Post

Lee Anderson argues with Nottingham BBC presenter and asks if she's lied 10 times

Controversial MP was being interviewed in wake of calling for return of the death penalty

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak flew back to London from Dorset last night before flying to Cornwall this morning, No 10 confirms – as it happened

PM rejected overnight stay in west country and used helicopter to return to London before flying to Cornwall in plane

The Guardian - UK

Rishi Sunak rebukes Tory vice-chair for backing death penalty

Lee Anderson, who was given role on Tuesday, also called for a naval ‘standoff’ in the Channel over small boats

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Is it a good idea for Florida to make it easier to execute people?

The governor and many Florida lawmakers want to make it easier to sentence murderers to death. But will their plan live up to their expectations or will it just deepen the legal quagmire that already envelops state-sanctioned executions?

Evening Standard

New Tory party deputy chair Lee Anderson backs return of death penalty

The outspoken MP said of fusilier Lee Rigby’s killers ‘they should have gone, same week. I don’t want to pay for these people’

Nottingham Post

Nottinghamshire MP Lee Anderson says he is in favour of death penalty

He said: 'Nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed'

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