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Aluva rape, murder case: Kerala welcomes death penalty given to convict

KOCHI: The decision of a Kerala court on Tuesday to impose the death penalty by hanging on a migrant worker from Bihar, Asafaq Alam (28), convicted of the brutal rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Aluva, was met with widespread approval in the state.

The Times of India

Inimical witnesses can’t be dismissed as partisan: Supreme Court

The verdict came in a petition filed by a murder convict who sought the commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment

The Hindu

Aluva child murder case | Kerala court sentences convict Asafak Alam to death

Convict Asafak Alam was awarded death penalty on Nov 14, 2023 for rape and murder of a 5-yr-old girl in Aluva in Kerala. Judge K. Soman tried the case under POCSO and IPC. Alam was found guilty on 13 counts, including abduction, murder and rape. He was given life imprisonment…

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Malaysian hitman released from Australian immigration detention after high court ruling

Sirul Azhar Umar, sentenced in Malaysia over a politically charged murder, cannot be deported by Australia because he would face the death penalty

The Guardian - AU

Benedict Birnberg obituary

Pioneering lawyer and civil liberties campaigner who paved the way for the abolition of the death penalty in Britain

The Guardian - UK

Slain Microsoft executive’s ex-wife pleads not guilty to murder charges

The state is seeking the death penalty for Shanna Gardner for killing of Jared Bridegan

The Independent UK

Families of Ex-Navy personnel detained in Qatar say misinformation being spread, 8 Ex-Navy men didn't work on submarines

Friends and families of the eight former Indian Navy personnel detained in Qatar and given the death penalty by a court in the Gulf country remain hopeful for early relief.

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Supreme Court quashes death penalty over ‘hurried trial’ of accused

Justice Mishra highlighted how cases dealing with serious offences should not be tried in a hurry.

The Hindu

Infant rape and murder case | Supreme Court sets aside man's conviction, remits matter for fresh trial

Supreme Court sets aside death penalty of man convicted for rape, murder of 3-month-old, remits matter for de novo trial. SC noted trial was conducted in a "hurried manner" without giving accused proper opportunity to defend himself.

The Hindu

No Path to Redemption for Devout Death Row Inmates

Texas offers religious education to the condemned but rarely values religious growth when considering clemency requests.

Texas Observer

Louisiana denies clemency hearings to five death row prisoners

There was a rush to hold hearings before the anti-death penalty governor, John Bel Edwards, leaves office in January

The Guardian - US

Court to pronounce verdict in journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case on October 18

Saumya Vishwanathan murder case: A local court reserved its judgment in the 2008 murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan for October 18.

The Hindu

Christian Coalition Escalates Fight Against Death Penalty, Calls For Fair Hearings And Clemency

Christian leaders intensify fight against death penalty, argue for fair hearings and mercy for inmates on death row.

Zenger

Batla House Encounter: HC refuses to confirm death penalty to Ariz Khan, awards life term

The bench had reserved its judgement on the issue in August after the lawyers for the convict and the State concluded their submissions.

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The Independent UK

Sister Helen Prejean sues Louisiana officials over ‘secret’ settlement to slow death penalty appeals

Settlement by state leaders would slow most death penalty clemency appeals

The Independent UK

Texas executes death row inmate over 2000 carjacking murder hours after order of stay was overturned

“To the family of the victim, I sincerely apologize for all of it,” death row inmate Jedidiah Murphy said before he was exected on Tuesday

Al Jazeera

Families of the executed appeal to ‘heartless’ Singapore for change

Families call for moratorium on executions and review of the use of the death penalty in the city state.

The Guardian - US

‘Clear retaliation’: Louisiana attorney general accused of conflict of interest in clemency petition cases

Jeff Landry, a death penalty supporter, pushed to remove an independent counsel as the pardon board was set to hear from inmates

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No, Mike Pence, We Should Not Make It Easier To Execute Mass Shooters

The Independent UK

Florida to seek death penalty against man accused of murdering Lyft driver

Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against a Florida man accused of murdering a Lyft driver whose car he allegedly stole in an attempt to escape another killing

The Independent UK

Sister Helen Prejean's 'Dead Man Walking' arrives at Met in Jake Heggie's operatic version

Jake Heggie's version of “Dead Man Walking” reaches the Metropolitan Opera for the season’s opening night in a production by Tony and Olivier Award winner Ivo van Hove starring mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato as Sister Helen Prejean

The Independent UK

Federal contractor faces death penalty on charges for spying and sending US government secrets to Ethiopia

The 50-year-old, originally from Ethiopia, was arrested last month and could face the death penalty if convicted of espionage

The Independent UK

A preacher to death row inmates says he wants to end executions. Critics warn he's only seeking fame

A death row inmate in Oklahoma is scheduled for execution next week, but he has fired his lawyers and skipped a clemency hearing

The Independent UK

Families of Idaho murder victims break from prosecutors as they call for cameras in Bryan Kohberger’s trial

Kohberger is facing the death penalty over the brutal murders of four University of Idaho students

The National (Scotland)

More than 70 MPs call on Rishi Sunak to demand Jaggi's release at G20 in India

A CROSS-PARTY group of more than 70 MPs has written a letter to the Prime Minister demanding he raise the case of a Scot facing the death penalty in…

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