The Latest Breaking News from Death Penalty

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 · Jun 8, 2022

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 · Jun 7, 2022

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 · Jun 7, 2022

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.

The Times of India · Jun 6, 2022

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 · Jun 6, 2022

Defense attorneys in Florida school shooting try to withdraw

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

The Independent UK · Jun 6, 2022

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

Daily Mirror · Jun 6, 2022

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

The Hindu · Jun 2, 2022

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.

Zenger · Jun 2, 2022

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

The Hindu · Jun 1, 2022