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Malaysia has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and give judges the discretion to mete out other punishments to offenders in what were previously capital crimes, three years after a previous government made the same decision.

Bangkok Post

Family of Brit sentenced to death in Ukraine demand he's treated 'with respect'

Brits Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner have been sentenced to death by the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) after being accused of acting as mercenaries for Ukraine, however their families insist they are prisoners of war

Daily Mirror

Ukraine: British POWs sentenced to death after 'show trial' which appears to violate Geneva Conventions

Two Britons captured while fighting in Ukraine’s armed forces have been sentenced to death after what has been condemned as a “show trial”. Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who surrendered to Russian forces during the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, were convicted on the charge of “being a…

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Pussy Riot activist Aysoltan Niyazova released from Croatia jail

‘The only thing I felt was the injustice of the whole situation,’ Aysoltan Niyazova says

The Independent UK

What we know about the three men risking the death penalty after being captured by Russia

Three men are at risk of facing the death penalty after they were captured by Russian forces while fighting for Ukraine. Here's what we know about the case.

ABC News

Two Britons, Moroccan risk death penalty after guilty pleas in Donetsk court

Two Britons and a Moroccan who were captured while fighting for Ukraine could face the death penalty after pleading guilty in a court of one of Russia's proxies in eastern Ukraine, Russia's RIA news agency reported.

Reuters

Russia tries to link Brit fighter to Ukraine mass grave as captured dad faces trial

Andrew Hill, 35, from Plymouth, faces a possible death penalty and is one of three captured Brits currently on trial in the unrecognised Donetsk People’s Republic for "monstrous crimes"

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Newark man Aiden Aslin could face death penalty after being captured by Russian forces in Ukraine

A new video has appeared of him in a Donetsk pro-Russian court

Nottingham Post

Editorial: Not everything should go to the ballot. Lawmakers, do your job

November elections often leave California voters contending with too much of a good thing: a heap of propositions that clutter the ballot. Remember 2016, when the ballot had 17 measures, including two on the death penalty and another two on plastic bags?

Los Angeles Times

Arizona set to execute Frank Atwood, who killed girl in 1984

An Arizona prisoner convicted in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl is scheduled to be executed Wednesday

The Independent UK

Aiden Aslin: Brit captured by Russian forces faces death penalty

Aiden Aslin attended court with one of his co-accused Shaun Pinner in the Donetsk People’s Republic

The Independent UK

Bring ‘much-loved’ captured Aiden Aslin home, say his emotional family

‘Aiden is a much-loved man and very much missed, and we hope that he will be released very soon,’ his family said.

Evening Standard

DA seeking death penalty in Georgia country club slayings

ATLANTA — Cobb County’s district attorney plans to pursue the death penalty against an aspiring rapper accused of fatally shooting three men last summer at a bustling golf course.

Tribune News Service

Pro-Russia officials open trial against Britons captured fighting in Ukraine

Prosecutors from self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic say men face death penalty

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The Independent UK

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s defence attorneys request to withdraw from death penalty trial

Trial to decide if killer of 17 is sentenced to death or life in prison without parole

The Independent UK

Parkland shooter Nikolas Cruz’s defence attorneys ask to withdraw from death penalty trial

The public defenders representing Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz tried to withdraw from his death penalty trial after the judge ordered them to move forward with jury selection even though one member of their five-member team has COVID-19

Tribune News Service

Defense asks judge to withdraw from Parkland case. She denies the motion

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Parkland mass shooting trial became the scene of a tense standoff Monday pitting the defense, missing a critical team member due to COVID, against a Broward County judge who has grown openly tired of delays that have pushed jury selection into its third month.

The Times of India

Uttar Pradesh: When Samajwadi Party govt tried withdrawing cases against Varanasi blast accused in 2012

VARANASI: Ten years before Monday’s decision of the Ghaziabad sessions court of awarding death penalty to Waliullah Khan in March 7, 2006, serial blasts in Varanasi, the then Samajwadi Party (SP) government in the state had sought legal opinion for the withdrawal of cases from some terrorists, including Waliullah.

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The Independent UK

Judge rejects Arizona prisoner’s bid to delay execution due to ‘excruciating’ back pain

A judge has denied an Arizona prisoner’s bid to delay his execution in the 1984 killing of an 8-year-old girl

The Independent UK

Defense attorneys in Florida school shooting try to withdraw

Daily Mirror

Brit fighters captured in Ukraine could be executed, claims Russian state TV

British fighters Aiden Aslin, 28, Shaun Pinner, 48, and Andrew Hill, 35 - whose families have previously claimed they are members of the Ukrainian army - have been warned they may be executed despite neither Russia nor Ukraine permitting the death penalty

The Hindu

Mumbai court awards convict death penalty for rape, torture and murder of woman

The 32-year-old woman was raped and assaulted inside a tempo in suburban Mumbai’s Sakinaka

Zenger

Mama’s Boy: Egyptian Minister’s Son Faces Death Penalty For Double Murder

The son of Egypt’s immigration minister is facing the death penalty for the premeditated murder of two young men in the United States.

The Hindu

The challenge of reforming death penalty sentencing

Lower courts must rigorously comply with the Supreme Court of India’s decision in ‘Manoj’ enabling an informed sentencing inquiry

Al Jazeera

UN rights chief hails CAR decision to end death penalty

About 170 countries so far have abolished or introduced moratoria of death penalties in law or practice.

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