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The tree of life has been a powerful image in Jewish tradition for thousands of years – signifying much more than immortality

After weeks of wrenching testimony, jurors delivered a guilty verdict June 16, 2023, for the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 – the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The next phase of the trial will focus on sentencing, and whether Robert Bowers should face…

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Ugandan church waged rebellion against tradition – today's homophobic views are at odds with history

On 26 May Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, assented to the “anti-homosexuality bill” of 2023. The bill’s aim is to protect the “cherished culture of the people of Uganda, (and the) legal, religious, and traditional family values of Ugandans”. In the name of family values the law punishes “serial offenders” with…

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Humza Yousaf urges Prime Minister to assist as Dumbarton man facing death penalty in India

The First Minister said that Jagtar Singh Johal has been wrongfully imprisoned, for more than five years now, and urged Rishi Sunak to take a "direct approach" to make progress in the case.

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‘Dark side of the human spirit’: Stephen Bright’s death penalty fight

Doyen of death row lawyers releases The Fear of Too Much Justice, a book named for a famous supreme court dissent

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Humza Yousaf urges Rishi Sunak to ask for immediate release of Scots man imprisoned in India

Jagtar Singh Johal's family say he has been tortured, including through electric shocks, and faces the death penalty over his activism and campaigning for Sikh human rights.

Daily Record

Man found guilty of murdering 11 people in deadliest anti-semitic attack in US history

Gunman Richard Bowers killed 11 worshippers at a synagogue and is facing the death penalty

Evening Standard

Louisiana Gov. Said He Opposed the Death Penalty. Then Almost Every Death Row Inmate Applied for Clemency.

Only two clemency applications from death row inmates in Louisiana have been granted in the past 50 years.

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Nearly all of Louisiana's death row inmates ask governor for clemency on the same day

Nearly all of Louisiana’s death row inmates are asking term-limited Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards to spare their lives and grant them clemency

The Independent UK

Nearly all of Louisiana death row asks for clemency after governor expresses opposition to executions

State hasn’t conducted execution in over a decade

The Independent UK

Secure reports on family, socio-economic backgrounds and psychological status of accused before seeking death penalty: Karnataka High Court

The High Court of Karnataka has directed that public prosecutors need to secure and submit before the trial court a psychological evaluation of the accused and backgrounds of early and present family members, education, economic conditions, assets, and the possibility of reforms of the accused, in all the cases in…

The Hindu

Pittsburgh synagogue trial is proving the obvious, but ultimately focused on the death penalty

Worshippers, police officers and other witnesses have testified to the horror of the nation's deadliest antisemitic attack in the ongoing federal trial of Robert Bowers

The Independent UK

Mike Pence would rather see armed school guards than gun control reforms

Former vice president says ‘heart breaks’ for Chicago and other cities hit by gun violence

The Independent UK

Missouri jurors sentenced Michael Tisius to die for killing prison guards. So why did they change their mind?

Execution scheduled for Tuesday

The Independent UK

Australians facing death penalty in Vietnam granted clemency: PM

Two Australians who were facing the death penalty in Vietnam have been granted clemency, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

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Two Australians facing death penalty in Vietnam granted clemency, Albanese says

Prime minister hails ‘substantial breakthrough’ for the pair after his visit to south-east Asia

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Two Australians who faced the death penalty granted clemency in Vietnam, says Albanese

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says two Australian citizens who faced the death penalty in Vietnam have now been granted clemency.

The Guardian - UK

The Observer view on Uganda’s anti-gay laws: grotesque, legalised bigotry

Yoweri Museveni has introduced the death penalty for homosexual acts, but his legislation threatens more than the people it demonises

The Independent UK

Federal court reinstates death penalty order for Missouri inmate convicted of killing jailers

A federal appeals court has vacated a stay of execution granted to a Missouri inmate who was convicted of killing two jailers

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Uganda's New Anti-Gay Law Could Undermine AIDS Prevention

The new law dictates a life sentence for anyone caught having gay sex and the death penalty for anyone convicted of "aggravated homosexuality."

The Independent UK

As anti-gay sentiment grows, more LGBTQ+ people seek to flee Uganda

Frightened LGBTQ+ Ugandans are searching for a way to escape a new law prescribing the death penalty for ‘aggravated homosexuality

The Independent UK

Judge allows suspect in Indianapolis officer's fatal shooting to seek insanity defense

A man charged with fatally shooting an Indianapolis police officer in 2020 will be allowed to seek insanity as a defense as he tries to avoid the death penalty

The Independent UK

Uganda president doubles down on anti-LGBT+ law and death penalty

One of world’s harshest anti-gay laws includes death sentence for ‘serial’ homosexuals

The Independent UK

Pittsburgh synagogue shooting trial — live: Robert Bowers jury hears Tree of Life massacre survivors’ terror

Follow updates on the trial of Robert Bowers for the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018

The Conversation

Uganda's anti-homosexuality law is a patriarchal backlash against progress

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni assented to the anti-homosexuality bill on 26 May 2023. The new law legislates, among other things, a ten-year jail term for “attempted homosexuality”, a 20-year jail term for “promotion of homosexuality”, a life sentence for “the offence of homosexuality” and a death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”.…

The Independent UK

Tree of Life trial - live: Robert Bowers’ death penalty case begins for Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

Follow updates on the trial of Robert Bowers for the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018

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