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The prosecutor recounted the coldness and cruelty of Parkland gunman as trial begins

The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Fla., high school detailed for jurors how he coldly mowed down his victims.

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Parkland school killer Nikolas Cruz hides face as horrific videos of massacre played at death penalty hearing

Unanimous jury decision needed for death sentence

The Independent UK

Harrowing video aired at death penalty trial of US school shooter

Fort Lauderdale (United States) (AFP) - A harrowing video of the Valentine's Day 2018 shooting at a high school in Florida that left 17 people dead was played at the sentencing trial on Monday of the man who admitted to carrying out the massacre.

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Prosecutor urges jury to sentence Parkland school shooter to death

Jury to decide on death penalty or life in prison for gunman who pleaded guilty to murdering 17 people in 2018

The Guardian - US

The Buffalo supermarket shooter pleads not guilty to federal charges

The white gunman charged with killing 10 Black people in a racist mass shooting was arraigned Monday on federal hate crime charges that could be punishable by the death penalty.

WEKU

Parkland school shooting - live: Jury hears opening statement in Nikolas Cruz death penalty sentencing trial

Deadliest mass shooting in US history ever to make it to trial goes before a jury

The Independent UK

US school shooter faces death penalty at sentencing trial

Fort Lauderdale (United States) (AFP) - A prosecutor arguing for the death penalty denounced the "unspeakable" murders of 17 people at a Florida high school as the sentencing trial began Monday for the troubled young man who admitted to carrying out the Valentine's Day 2018 shooting.

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Parkland school shooting - live: Nikolas Cruz sentencing begins as jury deliberate on death penalty

Deadliest mass shooting in US history ever to make it to trial is finally about to go before a jury today

The Independent UK

The price of punishment: Seeking justice for the Parkland victims, and condemning a killer, carries ballooning cost

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Justice is not free.

Tribune News Service

The Parkland school shooter faces the death penalty as his trial begins

Opening statements begin on Monday. A jury faces two options to punish the Parkland shooter responsible for killing 17 people in 2018: life in prison or the death penalty.

WEKU

Buffalo shooter indicted on federal hate crimes charges

The charges carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment or the death penalty.

Axios

Breakaway east Ukraine territory defends death penalty as it opens Moscow embassy

(This content was produced in Russia, where the law restricts coverage of Russian military operations in Ukraine.)

Reuters

This doctor helped send Ramiro Gonzales to death row – now he’s changed his mind

Texas plans to execute Gonzales this week even though the expert witness says he isn’t a threat to society, write Maurice Chammah and Keri Blakinger

The Independent UK

Singapore hangs 2 drug traffickers despite opposition

Two drug traffickers have been hanged in Singapore, bringing the number of executions this year in the city-state to four

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Brit fighter captured in Ukraine launches desperate appeal to overturn death penalty

Aiden Aslin, 28, was captured by Russian forces in Mariupol while fighting for Ukraine and is now appealing against his death sentence for alleged "mercenary activities", which he denies

The Independent UK

Singapore urged to halt hanging of Malaysian drug trafficker

Anti-death penalty activists in Malaysia are urging Singapore’s government to halt the execution of a convicted Malaysian drug trafficker this week, the second in less than three months

The Guardian - UK

Two more Britons captured in Ukraine could face death penalty

Russia has charged former soldier Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy, believed to have been doing humanitarian work, with fighting as mercenaries

Asharq Al-Awsat

Turkey's Erdogan Says Ready to Back Reinstating Death Penalty

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would approve possibly reinstating the death penalty if parliament were to send a bill on the matter to him, broadcaster NTV cited him as saying on Friday. Erdogan's justice minister said at the weekend Turkey would consider turning back the 2004 abolishment of capital…

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Russia-backed separatists to start using death penalty from 2025 - criminal code

Russian-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine where two Britons and a Moroccan have been sentenced to death say the death penalty will start being used from 2025, according to an updated criminal code of the breakaway Donetsk People's Republic (DPR).

Reuters

Turkey's Erdogan says ready to back reinstating death penalty -media

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said he would approve possibly reinstating the death penalty if parliament were to send a bill on the matter to him, broadcaster NTV cited him as saying on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Former deputy minister gets death penalty

The Appeals Court on Friday sentenced a former deputy minister of commerce to death, instead of life imprisonment as earlier imposed, for the murder of a judge's brother.

Al Jazeera

Thousands protest in India’s Udaipur after Hindu tailor murdered

Holding saffron flags and placards, about 7,000 people demand death penalty for two Muslims accused of beheading Teli.

AFP

Thousands protest after sectarian murder in India

Udaipur (India) (AFP) - Thousands of people protested in the Indian city of Udaipur on Thursday following the murder of a Hindu tailor, with many calling for the two Muslim men accused of killing him to get the death penalty.

Reuters

European court tells Russia to ensure two Britons do not face death penalty

The European Court of Human Rights issues said on Thursday it had issued interim measures to instruct Russia to ensure the death penalty on two Britons who were captured after fighting for Ukraine was not carried out.

Axios

Smuggling charges filed against 2 men over Texas migrant tragedy that killed 53 people

Suspected truck driver and his alleged conspirator could face death penalty if convicted.

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