The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

Judiciary has never tried to make death penalty redundant: SC judgment

‘Capital punishment cannot be ignored as long as it is in the law books’

The Hindu · Jun 24, 2022

Editorial: The death penalty is wrong — even for racist mass killers

A judge has asked federal prosecutors whether they will seek the death penalty against the white man accused in the killing of 10 Black people in Buffalo, New York, on May 14.

Los Angeles Times · Jun 22, 2022

White House: Suggestion Americans captured in Ukraine should face death penalty is 'appalling'

A White House official said on Tuesday it is "appalling" that a public official in Russia would suggest the death penalty for Americans captured in Ukraine.

Reuters · Jun 21, 2022

Last Brit sentenced to hanging has died and denied killing sister until the end

Alan Norton was sentenced to death by hanging in 1966, after his sister was found stabbed to death, but the death penalty was then abolished.

Daily Record · Jun 16, 2022

Buffalo supermarket shooting suspect Payton Gendron faces federal hate crime charges, possible death penalty

Payton Gendron, the 18-year-old white man accused of hunting and killing 10 Black people in a Buffalo supermarket, could face the death penalty.

Tribune News Service · Jun 15, 2022

Malaysia to table bill ending death penalty in October

Malaysia expects capital punishment will no longer be mandatory in the country by January, once it obtains the required approvals from parliament, according to Law Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar.

Bangkok Post · Jun 13, 2022

Egypt: Murderer of Alexandria Priest Receives Death Sentence

An Egyptian criminal court on Saturday sentenced to death by hanging the defendant in the murder of Father Arsanios Wadeed Rizkallah, priest of the Church of the Virgin Mary in Karmouz. Last month, the criminal court in Alexandria asked the country’s top mufti, the highest religious authority for Islam, to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 12, 2022

Malaysia agrees to abolish mandatory death penalty

Malaysia's law minister says the government has agreed to abolish the mandatory death penalty and allow judges to set alternative punishments for a range of offenses

The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2022

Malaysia renews pledge to abolish mandatory death penalty

Malaysia has agreed to abolish the mandatory death sentence and replace it with other punishments at the discretion of the court, its law minister said on Friday, revisiting a pledge made over three years ago.

Reuters · Jun 10, 2022

Commentary: The new court’s absurd inhumanity: To preserve procedure, an innocent man must die

There has been a lot of attention paid, rightly, to the leaked opinion showing that the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. But another opinion, both cruel and absurd, issued by the Republican supermajority deserves attention, as well.

Tribune News Service · Jun 10, 2022