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Death penalty cases: SC refers key issue to Constitution Bench

In many death cases, an accused person is condemned to the gallows by the trial judge on the same day he or she is convicted of a crime.

The Hindu

Trump says death penalty for drug dealers and human traffickers is ‘very humane’

The Independent reported earlier this week how Trump helped release people convicted of drug crimes – but now wants them dead

The Independent UK

Selling Fentanyl Could Mean the Death Penalty Under New Rubio Bill

As per usual, politicians' response to negative effects of the drug war is…more drug war.

Reason

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Woman sentenced to death for poisoning children

A woman was handed the death penalty on Thursday for poisoning her two children, including one count of murder, and posting images of them looking sick online to solicit donations.

Bangkok Post

Marvin Guy No Longer Faces Death Penalty for Allegedly Shooting, Killing Cop in Botched No-Knock Raid

An unannounced SWAT team invaded a Texas man’s home in failed pursuit of drug evidence. They’ve blamed him for the violence they incited.

Reason

Opening arguments set for death penalty case in slaying of 8

Opening statements are expected in the death penalty trial of a man indicted for his role in the death of eight family members

The Independent UK

ADF troops may face death penalty in Japan

Australian troops who committed serious offences while in Japan could be sentenced to death, under a military access treaty still being hammered out.

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In Tree of Life death penalty case, US prosecutors outline evidence of Bowers' history of hate ahead of 2023 trial

PITTSBURGH — Federal prosecutors this week gave notice to Robert Bowers' legal team that they will use his antisemitic vitriol on Gab.com at his trial as well as evidence from his phone, including a video of Jared Kushner in Jerusalem, images of Bowers making white supremacist gestures and antisemitic emails…

Tribune News Service

British gran facing death penalty for murdering her husband says she was 'framed'

Yasmin Kausar, from Leeds, was detained after the charred remains of her husband of 23 years were found in a car at a rubbish dump in Rawalpindi in the Punjab region on April 1

Daily Mirror

50 years after landmark death penalty case, Supreme Court's ruling continues to guide execution debate

The state of Oklahoma put James Coddington to death on Aug. 25, 2022, for the 1997 murder of a 73-year-old friend who refused to give him money to buy drugs.

The Conversation

Batla House encounter | Delhi High Court to hear convicts' pleas challenging death penalty, life term on September 22

While convict Ariz Khan was awarded the death penalty by a trial court, Shahzad Ahmed was sentenced to life imprisonment in the case

The Hindu

Prosecutors formally seek death penalty in Georgia golf course triple slaying

ATLANTA — Cobb County prosecutors on Wednesday formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against the man accused of killing three people last year at a Kennesaw-area golf course.

Tribune News Service

Dumbarton man Jagtar Johal Singh facing death penalty in India as calls made for his release

West Dunbartonshire Council was unanimous in agreeing a motion calling on the UK Foreign Secretary to advocate for the release of Mr Johal, who faces the death penalty.

Glasgow Live

Texas prosecutors lied repeatedly, committed perjury in death penalty case, DA says

FORT WORTH, Texas — Two former Tarrant County prosecutors lied and committed perjury in a death penalty case more than a decade ago, says District Attorney Sharen Wilson in a rare request for the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to grant the man a new punishment trial.

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The Independent UK

Alabama man's execution was botched, advocacy group alleges

An anti-death penalty group says Alabama corrections officials apparently botched a man's execution last month

360info

Special Report: Death penalty

Capital punishment remains one of the most divisive issues in global criminal justice. As more countries move to end the death penalty, some are doubling down.

360info

Death penalty abolitionists hit their hardest converts to date

Capital punishment has fewer practitioners than ever before, but the momentum of the abolitionist movement may be halted by some committed to the death penalty.

360info

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.

360info

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.

360info

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.

360info

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.

360info

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.

The Independent UK

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

The Independent UK

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

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