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Arizona plans to execute 1st prisoner in nearly 8 years

An Arizona man convicted of killing a college student in 1978 is scheduled to become the first person to be executed in the state after a nearly eight-year hiatus in its use of the death penalty

The Independent UK

Sinister house of serial killer who asked for death penalty preserved with creepy dolls

Photos of the US serial killer's home, which belonged to murderer Steven Brian Pennell, include a room that houses a creepy collection of dilapidated porcelain dolls

Daily Mirror

Arizona inmate loses bid to avoid execution on Wednesday

A federal judge has rejected a request to postpone the planned execution of an Arizona prisoner on Wednesday in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years

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Arizona man set to be executed despite concerns over his mental health

Clarence Dixon, 66, is scheduled to be put to death at a state prison on Wednesday morning

The Independent UK

Gran convicted of drug trafficking on death row waiting for execution inside brutal Bali prison

Lindsay Sandiford, 65, is hauled up inside the infamous Kerobokan prison in Indonesia, where if prisoners are facing the death penalty and survive the firing squad, the commander must shoot the prisoner in the head.

Daily Record

Daughter of Briton facing death penalty in Iraq ‘heartbroken and afraid’ as father misses wedding

‘The horrible, but very real, possibility of the death penalty is hanging over us,’ Leila Fitton says

The Independent UK

A new track for capital punishment jurisprudence

The Supreme Court of India’s intervention paves the way for reaffirming the fundamentals of the rarest of rare principle

The Hindu

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Martin brothers face arraignment on murder counts in downtown Sacramento mass shooting

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The two brothers charged with multiple murders in the April 3 mass shooting in downtown Sacramento appeared in court Thursday afternoon in a case that could lead to a death penalty prosecution against them.

Tribune News Service

Anti-death penalty activists rally as Missouri man is executed for double murder

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas Citians came out in protest Tuesday ahead of the impending execution of Carman Deck, a 56-year-old man convicted of murdering two people in eastern Missouri who died by lethal injection at a state prison.

Tribune News Service

Carman Deck executed: Burglar who murdered elderly couple put to death in the US

Double murderer Carman Deck, 56, who killed elderly couple James and Zelma Long at the Missouri home in 1996 has been executed by lethal injection despite having had the decision overturned three times

Daily Mirror

Melissa Lucio’s son vows to ‘keep fighting until she gets home’ as death row case will return to court

Bobby Alvarez tellsThe Independent that the ‘fight still isn’t over’ to free his mother from death row

The Independent UK

Prosecutors will seek death penalty for ‘cult mom’ Lori Vallow

Couple believed that people could become ‘zombies’ if they were possessed by evil spirits

The Independent UK

Missouri inmate whose death sentence was overturned three times set to be executed today

Death penalty opponents say Missouri officials will commit ‘scripted, premeditated ‘legal’ homicide’ of inmate Carman Deck

The Independent UK

Editorial: The perverse logic of capital punishment

Singapore’s execution last Wednesday of a mentally disabled Malaysian man for drug smuggling sparked international protests and outrage. Executing a man who no longer threatens his government or community — especially one with a child’s mental capacity — isn’t justice. It’s murder, even if sanctioned and disguised by an irrational…

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The Independent UK

Missouri execution to go ahead after governor declines to give 11th hour reprieve

‘No one is suggesting that Carman Deck should get out of prison and go home tomorrow’

The Independent UK

Missouri execution to go ahead after governor declines to give 11th hour reprieve (OLD)

‘No one is suggesting that Carman Deck should get out of prison and go home tomorrow’

The Independent UK

Tennessee halts executions ahead of a review of lethal injections

Lethal injections will remain paused through the end of the year

The Independent UK

Lawyer's apparent illness delays Florida school shooter case

Jury selection in the trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz has been delayed by at least a week because his lead attorney is apparently ill

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Two British fighters captured in Ukraine could face death penalty

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin, who have both lived in Ukraine for years, were caught by Russian soldiers in the disputed Donbas region

Wales Online

British 'mercs' captured while fighting for Ukraine threatened with the death penalty

Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin charged with 'a number of crimes against civilians of the Donetsk People’s Republic'

The Independent UK

Jim Fitton: Family feel ‘completely abandoned’ by Foreign Office as Briton faces death penalty in Iraq

Son-in-law says 66-year-old is ‘certainly putting on a brave face and stiff upper lip for us’

Daily Mirror

Brit prisoners in Russia may face death penalty over claims of 'crimes on civilians'

Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, were both captured within days of each other while fighting alongside Ukrainian forces in the besieged city of Mariupol last month

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Missouri killer whose death sentence was reversed 3 times is days away from execution

DE SOTO, Mo. — Carman Deck once talked about his victims' kindness.

Evening Standard

Jim Fitton: Thousands support efforts to free British geologist amid Iraq death penalty fears

A petition urging the release of father-of-two Jim Fitton has received more than 92,000 signatures in the three days since it was launched

The Independent UK

Thousands support efforts to free British geologist amid death penalty fears

A petition urging the release of father-of-two Jim Fitton has received more than 97,000 signatures in the three days since it was launched.

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