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Rate of executions in Saudi Arabia almost doubles under Mohammed bin Salman

Last six years among bloodiest in kingdom’s modern history despite push to modernise

The Guardian - UK

U.S. deeply concerned by release of Sudanese man found guilty of killing diplomat

Washington is deeply concerned over the release this week of a Sudanese man facing the death penalty in connection with the killing of a U.S. diplomat in 2008, the State Department said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Judge rules Tree of Life death penalty sentencing would occur in 2 phases

PITTSBURGH — If Robert Bowers is found guilty later this year of killing 11 worshipers inside a Squirrel Hill synagogue in 2018, his sentencing will be broken into two separate phases, a judge ruled this week.

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Editorial: Stepping up on ending capital punishment in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania’s costly, ineffective and immoral death penalty statute remains active, even though the state hasn’t executed anyone since 1999. With more than 100 prisoners on death row, one of the nation’s largest, the statute’s exorbitant legal costs still mount, as local prosecutors continue to try people under the death penalty,…

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Sheriff asks Gavin Newsom to lift death penalty ban for Goshen massacre. Arrest may be close

FRESNO, Calif. — Tulare County Sheriff Mike Boudreaux gave a brief update Monday on the investigation into the cartel-style massacre of six people in Goshen, including a 16-year-old mother and her 10-month-old baby.

Tribune News Service

Sudan releases man found guilty of killing U.S. diplomat - family

A Sudanese man facing the death penalty in connection to the killing of an American diplomat in 2008 has been released, his brother told Reuters on Monday.

Reuters

Rights Group: Iran Executed more than 50 People so far this Year

Iranian authorities have executed 55 people in 2023, Norway-based Iran Human Rights (IHR) said Friday, adding that the surging use of the death penalty aims to create fear as protests shake the country. IHR said it has confirmed at least 55 executions in the first 26 days of this year.…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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A man who killed 8 bicyclists in Manhattan is convicted and may face the death penalty

Sayfullo Saipov was found guilty of running down riders with a rental truck on a Manhattan bike path in 2017. Prosecutors said the Halloween attack was inspired by his reverence for the Islamic State.

WEKU

Court demands more info in South Carolina death penalty case

A circuit court must get more information from the South Carolina Department of Corrections regarding the agency's attempts to acquire lethal injection drugs

The Independent UK

New York City bike path attacker convicted for 2017 rampage

Sayfullo Saipov, who killed eight people after driving a truck down a busy New York City bike path, faces death penalty.

Al Jazeera

Isis-inspired Sayfullo Saipov guilty of eight NYC bike path murders in first Biden death penalty case

Jurors needed less than a day to determine killer guilty on all counts

The Independent UK

NYC bike path killer convicted, could face the death penalty

An Islamic extremist who killed eight people with a speeding truck in a 2017 rampage on a popular New York City bike path has been convicted of federal charges and could face the death penalty

The Independent UK

Half Moon Bay shooting suspect could face death penalty on seven counts of murder

Prosecutors say they will charge a farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms with seven counts of murder and one count of attempted murder

The Independent UK

Citing Parkland case, DeSantis suggests allowing death penalty in Florida without a unanimous jury

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis raised the idea this week of changing state law to allow juries to impose the death penalty without unanimous agreement, suggesting that perhaps only eight out of 12 jurors need to vote in favor.

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The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis wants to make it much easier for juries to sentence people to death

State currently requires unanimous decision before death sentence

The Independent UK

Idaho murders: Conflict of interest concerns raised as Bryan Kohberger attorney previously represented victim’s parent

Anne Taylor is now representing Bryan Kohberger as he faces the death penalty for the murders of Kaylee Goncalves, Madison Mogen, Xana Kernodle and Ethan Chapin.

Reason

Ron DeSantis Says Florida Shouldn't Require Unanimous Juries for Death Sentences

"We can't be in a situation where one person can just derail this," DeSantis told a gathering of law enforcement officials.

The Guardian - US

DeSantis calls to end jury unanimity for Florida death penalty cases

Republican governor suggests ‘super-majority’ should suffice in state that has required jury unanimity in capital cases since 2017

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Attorney for Idaho suspect Bryan Kohberger represented parent of slain college student before taking his case

BOISE, Idaho — Up until taking his case, Bryan Kohberger’s court-appointed public defender was actively representing a parent of one of the four Moscow stabbing victims her client is accused of killing, court records show.

The Independent UK

Top Tennessee prison officials fired after report finds ‘shocking’ issues with death penalty drugs

Drug maker didn’t follow state protocol, report finds

Asharq Al-Awsat

Britain Sanctions Iranian Figures over Human Rights Violations

Britain on Monday sanctioned more Iranian figures over what it said were human rights violations on Iranian people including the recent execution of British-Iranian dual national Alireza Akbari. The sanctions included an asset freeze on Iranian deputy prosecutor general Ahmad Fazelian, who the British foreign office said was responsible for…

The Conversation

Kenyan prisoners on death row weren’t deterred by the threat of the death penalty: new research findings

Kenya’s last execution of a prisoner was in 1987. But the country still hosts a death row population of nearly 600. Almost all were sentenced to death for murder or robbery with violence. New sentences are handed down every year.

Tribune News Service

Arizona pauses executions amid review of death penalty process

Arizona has paused all executions in the state while a review of its death penalty process is conducted, the state’s attorney general said.

Daily Mirror

Two officials fired after damming report says state failed to test execution drugs

An independent report uncovered major errors in Tennessee's lethal injection protocols as multiple executions were carried out without testing the drugs used in the death penalty process

The Independent UK

Judge: No in-person meetings for couple's triple murder case

An Idaho judge says a couple accused in a bizarre triple murder case will not be allowed to meet face-to-face to talk about strategy before they stand trial in April

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