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Eight reasons why the US still has the death penalty

A messy mix of politics, punishment, religion and tradition result in the death penalty having a secure future in the USA.

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How the Bahrain judicial system fails its migrant workers

From labour exploitation to torturous conditions in confinement, the rights of foreign workers facing the death penalty in Bahrain are often neglected.

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Belarus stands alone as Europe’s last defender of the death penalty

Belarus is an outlier, as the last European state to maintain the death penalty. And, with a recent amendment, they’re doubling down.

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Indian court fighting against a tide of death sentences

India’s trial courts are issuing more death sentences as capital punishment becomes an option for more crimes. But their highest court is pushing back.

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Finding certainty in an uncertain Indonesian death penalty

Indonesia is changing its approach to the death penalty, but half-measures won’t be enough to stop capital punishment outright.

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Indonesia’s death penalty ‘moderation’ a misnomer

As Indonesia moves to shed its colonial, undemocratic past, its so-called ‘moderate’ death penalty laws — riddled with ambiguity — undermines any move forward.

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Nikolas Cruz’s team says his brain is ‘irretrievably broken’ because of mother’s drinking as he fights death penalty

Defence says there is ‘no defence for this crime’ but Nikolas Cruz’s ‘choices’ all began with the ‘choices’ made by his biological mother Brenda Woodard

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Nikolas Cruz sentencing - live: Parkland shooter’s sister brought out of jail to testify at his trial

The public defence team for Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz began presenting its case in court Monday

The Independent UK

Morocco’s King Pardons 588 Convicts

Marking Youth Day, Morocco's King Mohammed VI has granted his pardon to 588 convicts, revealed a statement by the ministry of justice. A total of 15 inmates benefited from pardon over their remaining prison term. Up to 391 prisoners had their prison terms reduced. One inmate had her prison sentences…

Asharq Al-Awsat

LGBTQ rights across the globe: marriage to the death penalty

Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.

Bangkok Post

Vegas man faces death penalty in boy’s body-in-freezer case

Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty for a Las Vegas man accused of killing his girlfriend’s 4-year-old son and hiding the body in a freezer

The Independent UK

Malaysia aims to learn from Thailand in push for medical use of cannabis

Malaysia plans to learn from the cannabis policy of neighbouring Thailand in its effort to legalise use of the drug for medical purposes, a health ministry official said on Wednesday, in a country where possession can bring the death penalty now.

Reuters

Joe Nathan James Jr: Critics call for investigation into ‘abhorrent’ three-hour Alabama execution

Lethal injection one of longest in US history

The Independent UK

Three Britons captured by rebels in Ukraine plead not guilty to being mercenaries

All the captured men could face the death penalty if found guilty of being mercenaries

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Harrowing images of Brits who face death penalty if convicted of being Ukraine ‘mercenaries’

John Harding, Andrew Hill and Dylan Healy are on trial in a court in Donetsk which is run by Kremlin-backed separatists

Daily Mirror

Man jailed for life after crushing girlfriend's infant son against van floor

Mohamed Aliff Mohamed Yusoff, 29, escaped the death penalty after crushing the tot's head against the floor of his van

The Hindu

India, Italy negotiate legal assistance treaty

Treaty yet to be signed amid concerns over death penalty provisions in India

Daily Mirror

Three Brits face death penalty after Russia accuses them of being 'mercenaries'

Three more Brits will be tried in a secret Russian court, and are facing the merciless death penalty. They also face terrorism charges after being accused of being 'mercenaries'

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Death penalty looms over NYC bike path attack jury selection

About 200 potential jurors for the trial of a man charged with killing eight people on a New York City bike path in a terror attack have filled out questionnaires posing questions about the death penalty

Salon

NY AG may seek "corporate death penalty"

NY law allows AG to seek to dissolve businesses that operate "in a persistently fraudulent or illegal manner"

Al Jazeera

Singapore executions under scrutiny as more hanged for drugs

Questions being asked over speed of executions, legal representation, and the ethnicities of the condemned.

The Independent UK

Victim’s son delivers heartbreaking statement as prosecution rests in Parkland shooter death penalty trial

“Every Saturday we ran to Dunkin’ Donuts and walked back,” recalled Corey Hixon

Daily Record

Millionaire facing death penalty after killing wife with shotgun on safari trip

Lawrence 'Larry' Rudolph, 67 - convicted of killing his wife of 34 years Bianca Rudolf - faces the death penalty or life in prison after Monday's verdict.

Daily Mirror

Millionaire may face death penalty after being found guilty of shooting wife on safari

Big game hunter Lawrence Rudolph, 67, was convicted of shooting his wife Bianca Rudolf in the heart on the final day of their African safari trip, but maintains she accidentally shot herself

The Conversation

Myanmar: death penalty the latest tactic for military junta's murderous regime

Since the 2021 coup, Myanmar’s death penalty moratorium has been a myth. The junta has routinely targeted civilians for extra-judicial killing, including using army snipers to callously pick off peaceful protesters. There have been killings of prisoners too, with many of the dead reportedly exhibiting signs of torture on their…

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