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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

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‘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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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.

Al Jazeera

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.

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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 Guardian - US

‘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

The Independent UK

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

Evening Standard

Dems go silent about the death penalty

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

Salon

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

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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.

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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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The Independent UK

Prosecutors seek death penalty for 3 Americans implicated in alleged coup attempt in Congo

Prosecutors are calling for for 50 people, including three Americans, to face the death penalty for what the Congolese army says was a coup attempt earlier this year

The Independent UK

Prosecutors will seek death penalty against PhD student accused of killing friend’s newborn baby

Nicole Virzi maintains that child slipped out of bouncer and hit his head. Doctors told police her version of events don’t add up

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Ph.D. Student Faces Death Penalty For Newborn's Death

Ph.D. student in Pennsylvania faces charges for killing a newborn baby and abusing the infant's twin brother. Legal proceedings unfold in a tragic case rai...

Reason

Criminal Justice Reform Took a Back Seat at the 2024 DNC

The official Democratic Party platform no longer endorses abolishing the death penalty, decriminalizing marijuana, or repealing mandatory minimums.

The Independent UK

‘He’s never changed, he never will:’ Exonerated Central Park 5 warn against Trump after his death penalty crusade

Wrongfully convicted men that Trump attacked in the 1980s took the stage at the DNC to back Kamala Harris

The Independent UK

Death row inmate expected to be resentenced to life without parole in Missouri

Despite expected resentencing, Marcellus Williams will continue campaign to prove innocence

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South Carolina Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty In Quintuple Homicide

South Carolina prosecutors seek death penalty for James Drayton in fatal shooting case. Drayton faces charges for killing five individuals in Inman.

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