Capital Punishment

Prosecutors say Utah death row inmate Douglas Carter’s confession, seen in this 2022 photo, is enough to convict him, despite ‘damning revelations’ about police payments to two key witnesses who now say they lied in their testimony. (Utah State Prison) Estimated reading time: 5-6 minutes SALT LAKE CITY — Death …

A Brief History of Capital Punishment The meaning of the death penalty is simple. It is a state-sanctioned form of punishment for killing a person convicted of a serious crime. The practice is known as execution. In all countries, law students take courses and courses to study in circumstances where …

Did Did Boris Johnson feel a spark of alarm when news broke that Saudi Arabia had executed 81 men just days before his trip to meet Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman? The Prime Minister is not known to be a man of conscience, but he has a solid command of …

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A Senate committee chairman has revived a bill that would dramatically increase the secrecy surrounding Idaho’s execution drugs, bringing the issue back for a second vote Monday after it failed last week. With another member of the Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee present, the bill passed …

Saudi Arabia killed 81 suspected criminals on Saturday, the largest mass execution recorded in the kingdom’s modern history. Those killed had been convicted of a range of crimes including murder, membership in militant groups like al-Qaeda and supporting Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The executions were announced by Saudi Arabia’s state-run news …

For the past year, the dogs have been stuck in the Anne Arundel County Animal Control and Welfare Facility in Millersville, waiting, while their owners vehemently claimed their innocence and fought for their release. “These dogs were seated on dog death row for a crime they did not commit,” said …

The persecution began in the 1500s and lasted nearly two centuries. Nearly 4,000 people have been accused of witchcraft, the vast majority of them women. They were arrested, brutally tortured and forced to make false confessions. Two-thirds of the defendants were executed, according to historians. Unlike the United States, whose …

State Representative Robert “Renny” Cushing, who staged a massive sit-in against nuclear power in the 1970s and spent decades later advocating for social justice in the State House, has died. He was 69 years old. Cushing, D-Hampton, who was battling stage 4 prostate cancer, died Monday at his home, the …

MONROE, La. (KNOE) – State Senator Katrina Jackson introduced a bill that would abolish the death penalty in Louisiana for crimes committed after August 1, 2021. Jackson says her pro-life views, along with the potential financial benefits, led her to write the legislation. “Life is really the one thing that …

Advertising In January, Malaysian Justice Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said the cabinet would discuss the findings of a study on alternatives to the mandatory death penalty, which applies to crimes such as drug trafficking, betrayal and murder. After almost two years of no progress on death penalty reform, this …

This photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections on February 5, 2018 shows Julius Jones. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP, file) To get off death row in Oklahoma, if the Republican-dominated legislature gets its way, inmates would have to admit their crimes. The Clemency and Parole Board simply …

Kimberly Monique Smith (Forsyth County Jail) North Carolina prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty against a mother accused of brutally murdering her adopted 5-year-old son last year. Appearing Friday in Forsyth County Superior Court, Assistant District Attorney Belinda Foster said the state wants to take legal action against Kimberly Monique …

By IAN ROBINSON, Newscaster LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) — A historic old courthouse on the northeast corner of the state is at risk of making history. Sitting in a two-acre public square in Lake Providence, the structure of the former East Carroll Parish Courthouse has deteriorated over the years due …

The Singapore courts will next week consider the arguments of four men who have spent more than a decade on death row, amid fears the city-state will continue executions to free up space on death row. The Singaporean government does not disclose the number of people held on death row, …

The ’90s craze that dominated Super Bowl advertising — there was even a parody of cable guy — is showing signs of bleeding into New York state politics: Some desperate Republicans who think this fall’s gubernatorial election is winnable are begging George Pataki to run again. Hey, he’s three years …

By PTI WAYANAD: A court here on Monday handed down the death sentence to a man convicted of murdering a newly married couple in 2018 in Vellamunda Kandathuvayalil area of ​​Wayanad district. District and Sessions Judge V Harris also imposed a fine of Rs 12 lakh on the 48-year-old convict …

Kayla Holzendorf and Dominique Lewis Content Warning: This story contains details of an alleged case of extreme physical and sexual abuse of children; this may disturb readers. Texas prosecutors have won a grand jury indictment against a 25-year-old mother and her 29-year-old boyfriend in the horrific death of the woman’s …

Japan and Iran, despite being worlds apart, culturally and geographically, share one thing in common: both countries impose the death penalty. Two Iranian directors behind a thriller drama on the issue that is banned from showing in Iran hope their work will resonate with Japanese viewers, as well as citizens …

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A Singapore court heard a last-ditch appeal on Wednesday from the families of two death row inmates suspected of being mentally disabled, hours before their execution. The two men, who were arrested for drug trafficking in the country, would be the first executions carried out …

CNN Editorial Research Here’s a look into the life of George Ryan, the former governor of Illinois who served time in prison after being convicted of racketeering, conspiracy and fraud. Staff Date of Birth: February 24, 1934 Place of birth: Maquoketa, Iowa Birth name: Georges Homer Ryan Dad: Thomas Ryan, …

Suge Knight’s son spoke with TMZ about Snoop Dogg’s acquisition of Death Row Records from Blackstone investment firm MNRK Music Group earlier this week. Suge Jacob Knight calls Snoop’s ownership of the label co-founded by his father a “win for the West Coast”, which he sees as in need of …

The distraught mother of Rupesh Pandey, a 17-year-old Hindu boy who was killed by an Islamist mob during the Saraswati Puja Visarjan procession in Jharkhand, has sought justice for the brutal murder of her underage son. She demanded that the culprits be hanged. Rupesh Pandey was lynched by a mob …

They should also consider mitigating factors in favor of life imprisonment, Bench says. Do not prescribe the death penalty considering only the horror of the crime, also consider factors that may help the prisoner save his life, the Supreme Court told judges nationwide in a verdict on Wednesday. In a …

Maximilien de Robespierre was the architect of the Terror of the Revolution and he too went to the guillotine. © Giacomo Aliprandi / Wikipedia commons The guillotine was supposed to be human, but became a brute force for almost two centuries. The guillotine. This terrifying emblem of the French Revolution, …

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The second round of a “people’s court” to investigate Iran’s killings of protesters and rights abuses has begun behind closed doors for security reasons. This round of the People’s Court, organized by human rights groups, began its work in London on Friday and will continue until Sunday. The hearings in …

The Edmonton Oilers haven’t had much success in Washington. Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, the oldest Oilers player on the roster, has won once in Washington since entering the NHL in 2011/12. Leon Draisaitl, Connor McDavid and Darnell Nurse have never won a match in the American capital. Success in Washington hasn’t come …

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — As the Chinese government tightened its grip on its ethnic Uighur population, it sentenced one man to death and three others to life in prison last year for textbooks taken in part from resistance movements historic events that had once been sanctioned by the ruling Communist …

Three of the judges of the Gregg majority subsequently renounced it. When Lewis Powell’s biographer asked him shortly after his retirement if he wished he could change his vote in any case, Powell said he would have voted the other way in any death penalty case. Towards the end of …

An informal poll taken last week suggests that most Cherokee County residents think the death penalty should not be abolished. Oklahoma State Rep. Mauree Turner, D-OKC, filed a bill for the 2022 legislative session to create a state question on whether capital punishment should exist in the state. “What I’m …

By KEN RITTER, Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Two doctors enlisted to oversee what would be Nevada’s first execution since 2006 never want to be publicly identified, state officials told a federal judge on Wednesday. Prison officials want to use a novel combination of three or four drugs to …

The show may be named after John Cena’s The Suicide Squad character, but Peacemaker Cast member Danielle Brooks has been stealing scenes left and right as Leota Adebayo since her inception. In fact, I’d say her character is the heart and soul of creator James Gunn’s tumultuous series, and I …

While the sentencing of former Welikada Magazine prison superintendent Emil Ranjan Lamahewage earlier this month brought justice to those who died inside Welikada prison nine years ago, his death sentence highlights another long-standing problem in the country. While a continuing de facto moratorium on capital punishment in Sri Lanka is …

TAMPA – The state will continue to seek the death penalty for Steven Lorenzo in connection with the murders of Jason Galehouse and Michael Wachholtz. A month after Lorenzo offered not to contest whether the state ends his pursuit of capital punishment, prosecutors announced in court Friday that they have …

(New York) – The United Nations Department of Peace Operations should ban the deployment of Bangladesh’s notoriously abusive paramilitary Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), 12 organizations said in a letter to Under-Secretary-General Jean-Pierre Lacroix, released public today. Human rights organizations have documented widespread abuses of the RAB. UN human rights experts …

Pune/Kolhapur: Prominent lawyer Ujjwal Nikam said on Tuesday that the purpose of capital punishment, which serves to deter others from committing heinous crimes, was frustrated by the delays that resulted in the death sentence being commuted to life sentence. “Accountability must be fixed for the delay in the movement of …

“New wine is poured into fresh wineskins” (Mark 2:22). 1 Sam 15:16-23; Mr 2:18-22 There are some truly horrible stories in the Bible. One is in Judges 11:34-40, Jephthah’s sacrifice of his daughter to keep a vow. Another is verse 9 of Psalm 137, about beating babies against rocks, and …

(The Conversation is an independent, nonprofit source of news, analysis, and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) For the past 11 years, civil rights historian Vicki Crawford has worked as director of the Morehouse College Martin Luther King Jr. Collection, where she oversees the archive consisting of sermons, speeches, writings …

Nur Janti (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta ● Fri, January 14, 2022 Although several government officials have expressed support for prosecutors’ request for the death penalty for a ponderren (Islamic boarding school) teacher accused of raping his students, activists have questioned the deterrent effect of the death penalty in sexual …

Indonesian prosecutors on Tuesday called for the death penalty for an owner of an Islamic boarding school accused of raping at least a dozen students since 2016, in a case that grabbed national headlines. The prosecution also demanded that the court order Herry Wirawan, 36, founder of an Islamic boarding …

FARGO, North Dakota (AP) – Federal Judge Says Defense Lawyers Cannot Use Intellectual Disability As Factor In Second Death Penalty Debate For Man Convicted Of Murdering University Of North Dakota Student Dru Sjodin. Last year, Judge Ralph Erickson ordered a new round of sentencing for Alfonso Rodriguez Jr., after ruling …

Ali Nasser Abulaban. Image from NBC 7 A social media personality accused of shooting his wife and another man in an East Village apartment building appeared in court on Friday for a hearing to determine whether he will stand trial for murder. Ali Nasser Abulaban, 29, is charged on October …

More than 365 prisoners were executed in 2021 in Iran, raising concerns over the appalling human rights situation that has worsened since Ebrahim Raisi became president of the regime. This number does not include prisoners who are secretly executed, and it is not possible to know their names and places …

CHENNAI: It is important to record that Madras University lost its reputation quickly, Madras High Court said while suggesting “capital punishment” to officials who fail to maintain integrity and dedication absolute to duty. “In the past it was very proud to say that the degree was obtained at the University …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone for Major Dhyan Chand Sports University in Meerut, aimed at providing international sports facilities for young people in Uttar Pradesh. Equipped with modern and state-of-the-art sports facilities, the university is being built at a cost of Rs 700 crores. Addressing …

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WASHINGTON – The Pentagon is building a second courtroom for war crimes trials at Guantánamo Bay that will exclude the public from the chamber, the latest step towards secrecy in the nearly 20-year-old detention operation. The new courtroom will allow two military judges to hold proceedings simultaneously from 2023. On …

The Allahabad High Court acquitted a man who had been sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a minor. The High Court said the prosecution had failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. While dismissing the reference for affirmation of the death penalty and allowing Nazil’s …

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Supreme Court is considering a proposal that would allow death row inmates to represent themselves in certain court proceedings, an idea that has drawn opposition from defense attorneys, prosecutors and advocacy groups. Mental Health. Judges last week scheduled a February 10 hearing on the proposal, which …

The far-right Confederation party calls for the reinstatement of the death penalty for high treason. “This is very necessary, given the nature and pace of contemporary conflicts,” said Jakub Kulesza, head of the Confederation’s parliamentary group, adding that the 10-year prison sentences for the crime were “ludicrous”. The party’s request …

Saudi Arabia did the unexpected over the weekend by hosting a giant rave party. The four-day electronic music festival with psychedelic lights and international DJs was held in the deserts of Riyadh with the blessing and money of the Saudi royal family. The House of Saoud fully supported and sponsored …

THE streets of London have never been paved with gold. But if Liverpool are to end their season with a silver Prem shine, they may have to stop suffering the death penalty that has cost them so far. 3 Antonio Conte’s side have not played since their 3-0 win over …

AUSTIN – When convicted Fort Worth killer Quintin Jones visited the death chamber in Huntsville on May 19, there were no media witnesses to watch him die. It was the first time out of 570 executions carried out in Texas since 1982 without any reporter first describing an inmate’s last …

More than half of states in the United States have either abolished the death penalty or implemented formal suspensions, as the country’s use of brutal punishment continues to wither away. When Virginia became the first southern state to abolish the death penalty in March, it brought the number of states …

A Pune court on Tuesday sentenced a 47-year-old man to death for the murder of four family members in the Kalyaninagar region in 1997. Bhagwat Kale, his wife Geeta and his cousin Sahebrao Kale were charged with entering in Ramesh’s house. Patil on May 15 of the same year, killing …

by James D. Zirin James D. Zirin is a former federal prosecutor for the Southern District of New York. Four years ago I wrote a book called Supremely partisan about the Supreme Court, in which I argued that judges arrive at results left and right based not on the Constitution, …

The number of people on death row in the United States fell below 2,500 for the first time in 29 years after twenty consecutive years of decline, according to the US Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). In a new report, Capital punishment, 2020 – Statistical tables, published …

Published on: 12/09/2021 – 19:08Amended: 12/09/2021 – 19:06 Washington (AFP) – A convicted murderer was executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma on Thursday, the 11th person to be executed in the United States this year, the least in decades. Bigler Stouffer spent more than 35 years on death row for …

Nikolas Cruz faces the death penalty during his trial due to open in January. File photo courtesy of the Broward County Sheriff | License photo December 7 (UPI) – A Florida judge on Tuesday dismissed Nikolas Cruz’s request to remove the death penalty from consideration at his next sentencing hearing …

A TOUCHING mural in honor of the tragic Arthur Labinjo-Hughes has appeared after it was revealed he could finally be buried. The poignant artwork shows the six-year-old in a blue Birmingham City jacket kicking a soccer ball. 7 A fresco appeared for ArthurCredit: Disney 7 His mother Olivia Labinjo-Halcrow can …

A deeply partisan majority at Roberts Court is poised to enshrine a new principle in American jurisprudence: Justice for the loudest shout. The six GOP-appointed Supreme Court justices left no doubt in their pleadings that they would end the constitutional abortion right that American women have enjoyed for nearly half …

“Stop killing us” is a rallying cry that Reverend Sheri Amore Dickerson has used for years to call on the Oklahoma Police for their disproportionate rate of police violence against black and brown residents of Sooner State. “Our law enforcement agencies are militarized and constantly use brute force and there …

Today, the United States Supreme Court hears Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, among the most significant cases of a generation. The court will consider whether states can ban pre-viability abortions. Decide they could get the court to overturn Roe vs. Wade and Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, …

Trial begins Monday for Jose Larin-Garcia, a Cathedral City man who faces the death penalty for the alleged murder of four people in Palm Springs more than two years ago. You can follow the proceedings as News Channel 3’s Madison Weil live from the courtroom. We’re in court this morning …

One of the most debated questions in the United States (but also in the rest of the world) is that concerning the death penalty, its validity and its fallibility. A particularly complex and still topical ethical subject, which has been transformed over the years and recounted on several occasions, even …

Barbados is on the verge of completing its transition to a Republican system of government. On November 30, the 55th anniversary of her independence from Great Britain, the British Queen will no longer be the Head of State of Barbados. The word “royal” will be deleted from the names of …

I was quite dismissive when classic rock icon, former Led Zeppelin chief yowler Robert Plant, joined bluegrass Gen-X flagship Alison Krauss to release their unlikely-looking collaborative debut album, Sand rising, in 2007 O brother, where are you? and Cold mountain– an effort which seemed to me too close to the …

MIAMI – The Justice Department will pay around $ 130 million to 40 survivors and families of victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida high school massacre for the FBI’s failure to properly investigate two boards in the months leading up to the shooting suggesting the shooter. could open fire on …

Bowing to intense political pressure, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Republican governor of one of the country’s redder states, on Thursday commuted the death sentence for convicted murderer Julius Jones. Governor Stitt’s switching of Mr Jones, who was convicted of first degree carjacking murder in one of the most pro-death penalty …

Posted on Friday, November 19, 2021 | 4:18 p.m. Updated 9 minutes ago OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) – After a six-year moratorium on the death penalty following a spate of botched lethal injections, Oklahoma officials announced in August that they would seek execution dates for seven men condemned. The following month, …

WASHINGTON, DC – Americans’ views on the death penalty have remained relatively stable in recent years following a decline in 2017. The current 54% of American adults who say they support the death penalty for convicted murderers are essentially unchanged from past readings. four years and remains below any other …

Lawmakers inside the Oklahoma State Capitol building began their morning with the soft sound of beating drums and a native voice permeating the air outside their offices. A group from Oklahoma conducted what appeared to be an Indigenous prayer song around 7 a.m. Tuesday outside the State Capitol building, as …

Singapore Prison Service. (FILE PHOTO: Yahoo News Singapore) SINGAPORE – As of Wednesday, November 10, 169 inmates were currently positive for COVID-19 in all prisons in Singapore. The Singapore Prison Service (SPS) said in a press release Thursday that 54 other supervisees – who are inmates placed in community programs …

The Supreme Court has said that the young age of rape and murder victims cannot be the only reason for imposing the death penalty on the convict. The highest court partially upheld the man’s appeal and commuted his death sentence for the rape and murder of a 5-year-old girl to …

DUNCAN – The Penticton Vees had goals from Bradley Nadeau and Luc Wilson but gave up a first-period lead and fell to the Cowichan Valley Capitals by a score of 3-2 on Saturday night at the Cowichan Community Center. Penticton scored the first in what was a hotly contested game …

JDU President Rajiv Ranjan Singh | Photo credit: PTI Patna: Janata Dal-United (JD-U) fueled controversy on Saturday when a party leader compared recent deaths in Bihar from alcohol consumption to “punishment”. Up to 21 people have died so far due to the consumption of adulterated alcohol in Bihar. State police …

NEW YORK – After Sister Barbara Battista, a Roman Catholic nun fiercely opposed to the death penalty, agreed to accompany a convict to his execution in federal prison, she wondered with doubt: “Am I just a part of this whole killing machine? “ “The answer is ‘no’,” she decided, continuing …

The Oklahoma Pardons and Parole Board is to be applauded for recommending clemency for Julius Jones, but the fight is not over. The Council voted 3-1 today to commute Julius Jones’ death sentence to life with the possibility of parole. Jones served 22 years and would be eligible for parole …

The Oklahoma Pardons and Parole Board on Monday recommended a 3-1 stop to the upcoming execution of death row inmate Julius Jones. The vote comes just weeks before he was killed by lethal injection as the state restarts its controversial execution program. “Usually at a parole hearing, we are responsible …

My heart was deeply touched as I read Josh Brodesky’s essay. Making the difficult choice to be vulnerable and reveal his recent struggle with depression, he gave a voice to many of us. Given Brodesky’s position as the Editorial Page Editor, I appreciate how difficult it was for him to …

Hyderabad: Repeated cases of drug trafficking can result in the death penalty for the offender, Rachakonda Police Commissioner Mahesh Bhagwat said on Friday. He said that students were among the main victims of drug addiction and that police in Rachakonda would therefore restart Naya Savera, a drug treatment program. The …

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson, Utah County Attorney David Leavitt and Salt Lake County Attorney Sim Gill held a press conference to express their support for the death penalty abolished in Utah, September 14, 2021. By Robert C. Wadman | Special at La …

SUNBURY – Convicted killer Brentt M. Sherwood is off death row but will remain in jail for life. Following a two-day hearing in Northumberland County Court this week, Senior Judge Harold Woelfel Jr. ordered that Sherwood’s death sentence on July 30, 2007 be overturned. Sherwood remains in jail without the …

The death penalty will be sought for a man from Columbus accused of instigating what has developed into a murder case. Investigators say Abraham Jimenez Cesareo, 37, of 2207 Seventh St., hired a man from Chicago to come to Columbus and physically injure Leobardo Rodriguez Flores, 37. Cesareo hired Eliel …

The 1st Circuit Court of Appeal overturned his death sentence on the grounds that the trial judge had not done enough to ensure an impartial jury in the high-profile case, and because the judge did not allow the jury to hear evidence that Tamerlan had murdered three people before the …

COLUMBUS – A new Ohio law prohibiting the execution of people with severe mental illness at the time of their crime has begun to see its first implementation. Republican Governor Mike DeWine signed the bill in January covering killers diagnosed with schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar disorder or delusional disorder when …

The raincoat killer: in pursuit of a predatorr in Korea is Netflix’s latest must-see true crime documentary. The gripping three-part series documents the crimes of Yoo Young-chul, who killed 20 people, many of whom were sex workers or the elderly and wealthy. The documentary features new footage and features exclusive …

This article was originally published by The Art Newspaper, an editorial partner of CNN Style. Painter Julie Green died on Tuesday, October 12, at the age of 60, following a battle with ovarian cancer, the artist’s gallery, Upfor, confirmed. An art professor at Oregon State University, Green has created a …

REXBURG – A Jefferson County teenager is now charged with first degree murder after a man was killed in a home invasion last month. The first degree murder charge was laid Tuesday against Pierre Lake, 18, after the death of Ralph Brian, 65, at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center on …

In 10 days, the state of Oklahoma is set to execute its first death row inmate in nearly 7 years. John Marion Grant is the first of the seven, followed by Julius Jones, due to be executed over the next few months. However, a Friday ruling by the U.S. 10th …

The Boston Marathon Bomber case poses an unanswered question. The United States Supreme Court last week held what can only be described as bizarre oral arguments in the case of the Boston Marathon survivor bomber. “Odd” is a strange word to use to describe sterling legal arguments. But new judge …

A photo of Judah that appeared on WNDU-TV, South Bend. I am very angry at the moment. As we learn the details of the latest child homicide in La Porte County, I am going mad. You better be angry too. It shouldn’t hurt to be a kid. If the defendant …

The Oklahoma City man, currently third in line to be executed on state death row, has filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to remove him from the list. It’s a request that Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor said could be granted. Bigler Stouffer was convicted of the 1985 murder …

WASHINGTON – A divided Supreme Court appeared poised on Wednesday to allow the reimposition of the death penalty for Boston marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev after a federal appeals court overturned it. The majority of the judges suggested that they disagreed with the defense allegations that the trial judge improperly restricted …

A Jewish death row inmate who was part of the so-called “Texas 7” gang is set to get a new trial for capital murder because the judge who presided over his case held anti-Semitic views, a district judge in New York said on Monday. the state. Dallas District Criminal Court …

Supreme Court to hear appeal to restore death penalty Tsarnaev was convicted in the 2013 bombing which killed 3 BOSTON, Oct. 10 (Reuters) – Liz Norden and Mikey Borgard both suffered when two bombs exploded at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, sending shrapnel through a crowd of …

By JUAN A. LOZANO, Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) – Executions in nation’s busiest death-penalty state face delays over legal questions over Texas’ refusal to allow spiritual counselors to touch inmates and pray at high voice as the condemned are put to death. It’s unclear when Texas will be able to …

New Clint chan tack 42 minutes ago Leela Ramdeen – There is no evidence that the death penalty has a deterrent effect on crime. The president and lawyer of Greater Caribbean for Life, Leela Ramdeen, expressed this point of view during a virtual forum on the death penalty, organized Thursday …

Internal Bill 1797 – “An Act to Reduce Mass Incarceration” – should never be allowed to pass. If so, it sends the wrong message to the killers – that parole is still on the table, no matter how ruthless they have been. The bill would put in place a system …

By ANDREW SELSKY, Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) – The Oregon Court of Appeals on Wednesday overturned the murder conviction and death sentence of a black man, saying his defense team failed to interview a key witness who had saw a white man flee the victim’s home. Jesse Johnson has …

GANDHINAGAR / AHMEDABAD: The BJP broke the spell and won a spectacular victory in civic polls in the state capital, Gandhinagar. Tuesday’s recount day saw the Saffron party win 41 seats out of 44 members, as Congress was virtually wiped out in its traditional stronghold. Before this triumph, the BJP …

Missouri is expected to carry out the fourth execution of the Biden administration on Tuesday, despite the president’s call to end the death penalty during his campaign. Ernest Lee Johnson, 61, is to die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. in Bonne Terre State Prison. He was sentenced to death …

WINK A woman accused of starting a fire in a house that killed three young boys is to be tried on Monday. Marian Williams, 49, is accused of torching the Arcadia home of the three little boys while they were inside in 2017. Police say Williams broke into her ex-boyfriend’s …

The new Afghan government has decided to resume executions. Undoubtedly, most of us consider this practice of the Taliban to be barbaric. We must remember, however, that the United States is also a nation that practices capital punishment. But our executions are justified, you say, reserved for the irrecoverable? Those …

RALEIGH, North Carolina (WNCN) – There are 135 offenders on death row, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Only one has the distinction of recording a rap song behind bars. Michael Braxton, 48, who goes by his name Rrome Alone, recorded and released “Live on Death Row”. …

RALEIGH, North Carolina (WNCN) – There are 135 offenders on death row, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Only one has the distinction of recording a rap song behind bars. Michael Braxton, 48, who goes by his name Rrome Alone, recorded and released “Live on Death Row”. …

Felix Verdejo will remain in prison for at least two more months pending a decision on whether the death penalty will be on the table for his ongoing trial. The latest Status Conference hearing produced the same results as in the previous session three months ago, with the United States …

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – Jurors have handed down a sentencing decision for the man convicted of shooting two San Diego police officers in 2016, killing one of them. Jesse Michael Gomez, 60, was convicted earlier this month of first degree murder for the death of Jonathan “JD” De Guzman, 43, …

With the execution of Ernest Lee Johnson in less than a week, concerned people have gathered at the Boone County Courthouse to call on Governor Mike Parson as the last hope for pardon. Johnson, 61, killed three people in a robbery at a Columbia convenience store in 1994. He was …

This is from the American Humanist Association: The American Humanist Association (AHA) has joined with other secular organizations on a friend of the court brief, filed today with the United States Supreme Court in Ramirez vs. Collier, dealing with the constitutionality of the death penalty and the right to free …