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 …
Read More »Robert Plant and Alison Krauss review Raise the Roof: A Long-awaited Reunion.
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 …
Read More »Justice Department to pay approximately $ 130 million to Parkland shooting victims
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 …
Read More »Capital punishment still fulfills its function
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 …
Read More »Oklahoma death penalty supporters fear end of executions
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, …
Read More »Keeping the death penalty at its lowest for five decades
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 …
Read More »Two days away from Julius Jones’ scheduled execution, all eyes are on the State Capitol
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 …
Read More »169 detainees positive for COVID-19, according to the Singapore prison service
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 …
Read More »The young age of the victims does not justify the death penalty: SC
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 …
Read More »Death penalty: Vees lose 3-2 to Duncan | Sports
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 …
Read More »If you break the law, you get punished: JDU leader after Hooch tragedy in Bihar |
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 …
Read More »Enemies of the Death Penalty Offer Spiritual Support in Executions | Kingman Daily Miner
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 …
Read More »Death row inmate Julius Jones is a prime example of Oklahoma’s failing justice system
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 …
Read More »Julius Jones: Oklahoma recommends removing man from death row weeks before execution, citing ‘inherently false’ case
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 …
Read More »Josh Brodesky’s column on mental health issues gives hope to others.
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 …
Read More »Repeated drug trafficking can lead to the death penalty
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 …
Read More »The countries with the death penalty are not the ones we would like to live in
(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 …
Read More »Convicted killer Brentt Sherwood off death row | New
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 …
Read More »The death penalty sought in the Cesareo case
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 …
Read More »Chronicle of Erwin Chemerinsky: Biden’s Death Penalty Hypocrisy | Chroniclers
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 …
Read More »How Mental Illness Law Is Changing Ohio’s Death Row
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 …
Read More »Does South Korea have the death penalty? Why the “Raincoat Killer” case sparked a debate
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 …
Read More »Julie Green, artist who painted prisoners’ last meals, died aged 60
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 …
Read More »Murder suspect after man dies in home invasion
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 …
Read More »Execution date for Julius Jones, 5 others in danger after federal appeal decision
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 …
Read More »Editorial | Capital punishment not just a problem in Supreme Court case | Editorials
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 …
Read More »Don’t let this nightmare fade away; we owe it to Judah – and to Jerrell
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 …
Read More »Death row inmate third in line for execution files lawsuit to be pulled from queue
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 …
Read More »Supreme Court appears likely to allow death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber
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 …
Read More »Texas 7 death row inmate set for retrial – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
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 …
Read More »Boston Marathon victims divided over death penalty in Supreme Court case
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 …
Read More »Texas Executions Amid Delays on Religious Rights Claims | Texas News
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 …
Read More »The death penalty is not a deterrent
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 …
Read More »Don’t give killers a chance at parole
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 …
Read More »court overturns murder conviction and death sentence of man | Oregon News
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 …
Read More »Gandhinagar Civic Polls: Capital Punishment for Congress as BJP Conquers Gandhinagar | Ahmedabad News
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 …
Read More »Missouri to execute Ernest Johnson after Joe Biden vows to end capital punishment
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 …
Read More »Trial opens Monday for woman accused of killing three boys in house fire
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 …
Read More »Letter to the editor: executions have no place in the United States
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 …
Read More »Death row inmate from North Carolina releases rap song from behind bars
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”. …
Read More »Death row NC inmate releases rap song from behind bars
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”. …
Read More »Verdejo remains in prison as the US attorney’s office still contemplates the death penalty; Next hearing on December 17
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 …
Read More »Death penalty recommended for convicted murderer of SDPD officer
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, …
Read More »Mike Parson called on to stop the execution of Ernest Lee Johnson | New
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 …
Read More »Humanists call on Supreme Court to defend constitutional rights of convicted Texas inmate
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 …
Read More »Texas Justice System Fails ‘Ethics 101’ in Death Penalty Case, Lawyer Says
A Texas man who has been on death row since 2003 had his conviction overturned on Wednesday due to newly uncovered evidence that the county attorney who prosecuted him was also working for the judge, effectively serving as both accuser and a decision maker in a capital murder case. Former …
Read More »Bob Doucette: The Julius Jones affair presents a collision of uncertainty and finality | Chroniclers
Oklahoma’s only execution chamber is at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. Jones On February 5, 2018, a file photo provided by Oklahoma Corrections shows Julius Jones. Oklahoma has scheduled its first executions for September 20, 2021, since the state suspended lethal injections six years earlier following a series of …
Read More »Former prosecutor of death row inmate says initial trial was flawed
A former lawyer for a man sitting on Oklahoma death row said his initial trial was unfair. Amy McTeer represented John Marion Grant, who is scheduled to perform on October 28. McTeer said there were no other black men on Grant’s Osage County jury and the court treated him with …
Read More »Man receives death sentence for rape and murder of 8-year-old girl
A 26-year-old man was sentenced to death on Monday for raping an eight-year-old and strangling her before dumping her body down a drain in Sirohi near here last September. Special judge Ajitabh Acharya of the POCSO tribunal imposed the death penalty on convicted Nikram alias Bharma, calling his heinous offense …
Read More »Bloody Code: what was it, why was it bloody and when was it repealed?
However, you could also be punished if you simply conspired to commit a capital crime or assisted in a rescue attempt for those who had been jailed for such crimes. One of the most notable pieces of legislation was the Waltham Black Act. In 1723, a number of deer thefts …
Read More »Dylann Roof’s death sentence should stand, prosecutors say
Methods of execution used in the United States Although lethal injection is the most common, many states offer alternative methods to execution. Federal government lawyers opposed Dylann Roof’s request for a new appeal hearing, arguing the South Carolina man was properly convicted and convicted of the racist murders of nine …
Read More »CHS overturns death penalty in murder case
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Friday overturned a man’s death sentence in a murder case and ordered his release if not required in other cases. Mohammad Rashid Bhatti was sentenced to death for the murder of Altaf Hussain and for injuring his friend Deepak on April 24, 2013. According …
Read More »Federal court dismisses trial in Willie B. Smith death penalty case, execution to move forward – WKRG News 5
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama (WIAT) – A federal court has dismissed a lawsuit brought by death row Willie B. Smith, who was due to stand trial in 2022. Alabama Attorney General’s Office reprimanded for “misrepresentation” in Willie B. Smith III death penalty case Smith’s lawsuit was dismissed on jurisdictional grounds in a …
Read More »Will Bobby Kennedy’s killer be free?
The 20th anniversary of September 11 has reminded Americans how a single attack on the homeland can change the course of history. But another reminder came just a month earlier when a California parole board recommended the release of the man responsible for the first real act of terrorism in …
Read More »The prison where Jeffrey Epstein committed suicide collapses
NEW YORK – Inside the famous Lower Manhattan Federal Prison, small pieces of concrete fall from the ceiling. Frigid temperatures are forcing inmates to stuff old coronavirus masks through vents to try and stop the cold air. One cell is off-limits because the door is now unstable – likely from …
Read More »Scott Peterson will be sentenced to life in prison in November (judge)
Scott Peterson is seen in a jail photo dated May 11, 2018. Just over a year after appeals court overturned convicted murderer Scott Peterson’s death sentence, a judge reportedly said on Wednesday that Peterson would be formally sentenced to life imprisonment sometime in November. The exact date will likely be …
Read More »Leadership Conference Announces New Staff Member and Executive Team Additions
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact Person: Stephen Peters, [email protected], 202.466.1887 WASHINGTON – The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and The Leadership Conference Education Fund announced today that Scott Simpson is joining organizations as CEO of Campaigns and Programs. The organizations also announced Jesselyn McCurdy as executive vice president of …
Read More »Biden must act on growing feelings against the death penalty
The flattening of public discourse – political, social, moral and ethical – into a simplistic left-right binary is a disturbing trend that too few of us oppose. People are encouraged to live in their echo chambers through media designed to confirm their worldviews and social media feeds tailored to reinforce …
Read More »Craig opens at the start of the campaign | News, Sports, Jobs
Republican gubernatorial candidate James Craig has received a ton of criticism from critics for failing to answer reporters’ questions and rushing to a safe haven known as Fox News, where interviewers have took a vaccine that prevents them from asking tough questions. On the other hand, answering journalists’ questions puts …
Read More »Supreme Court of Nevada: detainee no longer eligible for death penalty
Supreme Court of Nevada. The Associated Press Monday, September 20, 2021 LAS VEGAS – A Nevada death row inmate convicted of murdering a man in 1980 for $ 2 is no longer eligible for the death penalty and must face resentment, the Nevada Supreme Court has ruled.Nevada judges ruled on …
Read More »The death penalty in Kenya: a bleak future? – LEGAL OFFICER – Commentary
Edgar Odongo Ochieng, JURIST staff member, is a fourth year law student at the University of Nairobi, the law school discusses the future of the death penalty in Kenya in light of new guidelines issued by the Court Supreme of Kenya. The debate on the death penalty is a subject …
Read More »Australian sentenced to death in Thailand for smuggling half a ton of crystal meth released
However, defense attorneys backed by the Melbourne-based Capital Punishment Justice Project claimed in their appeal that Cook and his accused colleagues were trapped by another Australian offshore worker called Douglas Shoebridge. Douglas Shoebridge, who testified against Luke Cook in court in Thailand Shoebridge, 38, a compass fitter also known as …
Read More »True Stories of Crime “The Vault”: A Week in Review for September 18th
The Amorous Steamer ST. PAUL – When a state chooses to make a drastic change in the way it enforces law and order – especially in the way it punishes those who break the law, it is safe to assume that the change would come after a careful study, well-reasoned …
Read More »San Diego synagogue shooter avoids death penalty by pleading
A 22-year-old former nursing student has pleaded guilty to the murder of one person and attempted murder of 53 others in a deadly shooting at a Southern California synagogue, ending the possibility of ‘incur the death penalty. Through JULIE WATSON Associated Press September 18, 2021, 02:33 • 3 minutes to …
Read More »MO Governor Mike Parson won’t stop Ernest Johnson’s execution
Part of Ernest Lee Johnson’s brain was removed during surgery to remove a tumor. He now has the mental capacity of a child. Photography Jeremy Weis Missouri cannot legally execute Ernest Lee Johnson, 61, on October 5. Because the Supreme Court has always held that killing someone so cognitively disabled …
Read More »Another Texas death row inmate sees execution delayed after alleged religious freedom violation – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth
HOUSTON (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Another Texas death row inmate has had his execution delayed over allegations the state is violating his religious freedom by not letting his spiritual advisor lay his hand on him during his lethal injection. Ruben Gutierrez was to be executed on October 27 for fatally stabbing an …
Read More »(Video) Iran: Ebrahim Raisi’s planned speech at the UN is a threat to human rights
(NCRI) and (OMPI / MEK Iran): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has underlined the continued lack of responsibility for the 1988 massacre. (NCRI) and (OMPI / MEK Iran): The monument commemorates more than 30,000 political prisoners executed in the 1988 massacre. Most of the political prisoners were members or supporters of …
Read More »Ukiah, 20, arrested for starting the Hopkins fire that burned “many structures and threatened hundreds of lives”
Devin Johnson [Booking photo from the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department website] Mendocino County Sheriff’s Office Captain Greg Van Patten announced this evening in a public update that law enforcement has arrested Devin Johnson, 20, on arson charges. Law enforcement accuses him of deliberately starting the Hopkins fire, the blaze that …
Read More »Court of Appeals Relaunches Challenge of Death Row Inmates in California | California News
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A death row inmate in California who was convicted of murder in 1986 by a one-member black jury can challenge his conviction and sentence, a federal appeals court ruled on Friday . Curtis Lee Ervin, who is black, was tried by a predominantly white panel after …
Read More »Capital punishment – a matter of life and death
ON September 3, Muhammad Hafizul Rashid Emmy, 29, broke down in tears when the Kuala Lumpur High Court sentenced him to death by hanging after convicting him of smuggling 299.09g of cannabis into the country. three years ago. Following this heartbreaking news, social media users are calling for the abolition …
Read More »Letters to the Editor – September 4, 2021
The question: The potential release of the convicted murderer of 24-year-old Barbara Meliota in 1982. I am writing this letter to support Phyllis Meliota (“’I can never forgive’,” August 30). I am a retired police officer and I oppose the parole of Anthony Doyle and all the murderers. Doyle’s crime …
Read More »The Day – 7 black men executed for rape in 1951 obtained posthumous pardons
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam on Tuesday granted posthumous pardons to seven black men who were executed in 1951 for the rape of a white woman, in a case that has prompted calls for clemency from the the whole world and in recent years. was denounced as …
Read More »Court of Appeal hears the request of a former death row inmate for a new trial | Courts
One of the last three men to be on Colorado death row, currently serving a life sentence, is asking the Court of Appeals to grant him a new trial amid the widespread injustice that , according to Sir Mario Owens, led to his murder conviction in 2007. Owens now claims …
Read More »North Livermore Baptist Church | Lewiston’s Sun Journal
NO. LIVERMORE – At North Livermore Baptist Church on August 22, the congregation was greeted by Pastor Bonnie Higgins at 9:30 a.m. to begin the service. The call to worship was read and the Lord’s invocation / prayer was recited. The hymns sung were “Love Lifted Me”, “Our Great Savior”, …
Read More »Death penalty must be rethought – Las Vegas Sun News
By Gabriela Molina, Las Vegas Tuesday August 24, 2021 | 2 a.m Nevada’s death penalty system is extremely flawed – a striking example of its shortcomings is the case of Zane Floyd. Floyd is a veteran with brain damage who could be executed this fall. Ideally, the legal system would …
Read More »Death penalty required for 8 people accused of murdering LGBT rights activist Xulhaz, Tonoy
Golam Sarwar Khan Zakir ended his plea for the death penalty on Sunday before the special anti-terrorism court in Dhaka. Defense lawyer Nazrul Islam then began to make his case. Judge Mojibur Rahman Rahman has set himself Monday to finish hearing the rest of the defense arguments. Along with Zia, …
Read More »Terror preacher Anjem Choudary sparks fury by saying Taliban SHOULD cut thieves and adulterers’ hands to stone
VILE hate preacher Anjem Choudary urged the Taliban to cut off thieves’ hands, stone adulterers and whip anyone caught drinking. The 54-year-old bile-breathing cleric, who inspired a generation of jihadist fighters and was jailed for five years in 2016 for supporting ISIS, also wants to ban music and mixing between …
Read More »Death row convict Zane Floyd revealed
Lawyers for death row inmate Zane Floyd, convicted of the Las Vegas grocery store massacre, on Tuesday filed court documents detailing for the first time a request to commute his death sentence. Federal public defenders for Floyd have argued that he suffered from brain damage caused by the Fetal Alcohol …
Read More »In Moscow, Idaho, Conservative “Christian Reconstructionists” Thrive Amid Gospel Unrest
Eds: This story was provided by The Conversation for AP customers. The Associated Press does not guarantee the content. (THE CONVERSATION) Evangelical groups in the United States have been facing a decline in numbers for years. And a disorderly cultural struggle over the direction of the movement could serve to …
Read More »Man is sentenced to life without parole for stabbing in Midway adult bookstore
SAN DIEGO – A man who fatally stabbed an employee at a Midway District adult bookstore almost three years ago was sentenced to life in prison on Friday without the possibility of parole. Shaun Douglas Ward, 42, pleaded guilty last month to first degree murder in connection with the October …
Read More »How a case of mistaken identity led to a life sentence for murder
Thomas Raynard James at Okeechobee Correctional Facility in Florida, where he is currently serving a life sentence for murder. Photo by Octavio Jones / Courtesy GQ.com By the time the van arrived to transport Thomas Raynard James to the courthouse, he had been in jail for three weeks. Long enough …
Read More »PRAWA, CSO Forum for failing to execute detainees to decongest detention centers – Blueprint Newspapers Limited
Prisoners Rehabilitation and Welfare Action (PRAWA) and the CSO Forum on Detention and Corrections in Nigeria called on the federal and state governments to end the execution of sentenced inmates as a solution to congestion in detention centers.They called for the effective implementation of Nigerian laws that address the problem …
Read More »Free him and right a grave injustice
Dr Charles Steele, Jr. Dr. Charles Steele, Jr. is the President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, based in Atlanta. As President and CEO of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), I am often summoned to Tennessee to fight social injustices. Although I am always confronted with the …
Read More »“Red flags”: SA killer’s ex-girlfriend testifies that he tried to crash her car while she was driving with their son
Jurors heard a creepy recording of convicted cop killer Otis McKane in a car on Monday, including the moment he grabbed his then-girlfriend’s wheel and nearly forced her and son downstairs age, to crash. The testimony was part of the state case in the punishment phase of a capital murder …
Read More »Sierra Leonean parliament votes to abolish the death penalty
DAKAR, July 23 (Reuters) – Sierra Leone’s parliament on Friday voted unanimously to repeal the death penalty more than two decades after the West African nation’s last execution. President Julius Maada Bio is expected to sign the bill soon, which will make Sierra Leone the 23rd African country to abolish …
Read More »President Raisi’s human rights record – Iran Center for Human Rights
The following interview with Hadi Ghaemi, executive director of the Center for Human Rights in Iran, was produced and published by Iran Primer and republished here with permission. What role did Raisi play in the 1988 executions of thousands of Iranian political prisoners? How important or central was the decision …
Read More »Former judge questions executions
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (CAPITOL NEWS SERVICE) – Floridians for alternatives to the death penalty are circulating a video of a former Florida Supreme Court judge who believes the state has executed innocent people. The retired judge is also wondering about the costs. Gerald Kogan spent 11 years on the Florida Supreme …
Read More »Editorial: Timely moratorium on the federal death penalty | Notice
Terre Haute in neighboring Vigo County, Indiana, has become the scene of an abuse of the federal death penalty, a punishment long reserved as a last resort in the US justice system. Instead, the executions turned into a political spectacle. A repeat of this sad chapter of history is unlikely, …
Read More »“Texas 7” member on death row appears in court to claim judge in his case was racist
“Texas 7” member on death row appears in court to claim judge in his case was racist A man who was part of “Texas 7” wants his case reviewed and ultimately dismissed. A man who was part of “Texas 7” wants his case reviewed and ultimately dismissed. Randy Halprin is …
Read More »Jim Dey | ‘Poster boy’ for innocence has been terribly misinterpreted | Columns
The headlines were right on one point. âAnthony Porter, whose case helped end the death penalty in Illinois, dies. “ there is no doubt. The 66-year-old from Chicago was a crucial ingredient in the potent mix of politics, corruption and morality / amorality that resulted in the death penalty in …
Read More »Trial begins Monday in murder of USC student who jumped on suspected Uber ride | Colombia News
COLUMBIA – The murder of Samantha Josephson two years ago after hopping in a car she thought was her Uber shocked the nation and prompted ride booking companies and state legislatures to change the rules. Now, the trial for the murder of a Clarendon County man in the stabbing death …
Read More »Kim Kardashian West shows continued support for death row inmate Rodney Reed
AUSTIN (KXAN) – Kim Kardashian West publicly tweeted her support for death row inmate Rodney Reed on Friday. This isn’t the first time the celebrity with nearly 70 million Twitter followers has shown her support. Reed was convicted of sexually assaulting and murdering 19-year-old Stacey Stites in Bastrop in 1996. …
Read More »Everyone on death row has a lawyer. Not everyone has a Kim Kardashian | Capital punishment
WWhen death row inmate Rodney Reed found out his execution had been called off – just days before it took place – he was sitting in a tiny visitation room at a maximum security prison in East Texas , speaking to Kim Kardashian West. The reality TV star had traveled …
Read More »EDITORIAL: Japan should join global movement to end death penalty
July 11 marked the 30th anniversary of the entry into force of a United Nations treaty to abolish the death penalty. In the three decades since the entry into force of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights on July 11, 1991, many countries …
Read More »Artist Chintan Upadhyay fails to secure bail in murder case of his wife Hema
The Mumbai Sessions Court rejected a request for provisional bail filed by artist Chintan Upadhyay, who was arrested in 2015 for conspiring to kill his wife and lawyer. The disabled body of artist Hema Upadhyay and his lawyer were found mutilated in a sewer in suburban Mumbai in 2015. Upadhyay …
Read More »Anthony Porter’s case led to the abolition of the death penalty in Illinois
John Hanlon said Anthony Porter’s 1999 case and exoneration played an important role in ultimately abolishing the death penalty in Illinois. The former general manager of the Illinois Innocence Project Housed at the University of Illinois Springfield, Hanlon said the case also led to a governor’s commission that made recommendations …
Read More »Grand jury charges man who killed Cuyahoga County Corrections officer and another man at Parma bar
PARMA, Ohio – A County of Cuyahoga the grand jury indicted Juan Carlos Perez, 27, one of two brothers accused of killing a Cuyahoga County correctional officer on leave and another man in a bar. The grand jury charged him with two counts of aggravated murder, two counts of murder, …
Read More »India must settle with Cairn Energy and the rest – The New Indian Express
The Indian government’s refusal to honor the award of an international arbitral tribunal to pay its dues to Edinburgh-based Cairn Energy is becoming increasingly embarrassing. While the energy major has registered business in various countries – USA, Netherlands, Germany, etc. – for seizure of government assets like the Air India …
Read More »David Gale’s end of life explained
The film, The Life of David Gale, revolves around David Gale, a Texas professor on death row. With only a few days left before his execution, he decides to tell his story. His lawyer negotiates half a million fees to tell his story to a journalist. Bitsey Bloom is a …
Read More »NLC chairman Wabba advocates capital punishment for corrupt political elite
President of the NLC Ayuba Wabba By Angela Atabo Ayuba Wabba, president of the Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC), called for tougher sanctions against corruption in order to tackle the threat in Nigeria. Wabba said this during a roundtable with unions, unions and other unions labeled âPositioning unions as active drivers …
Read More »Clark County DA suggests Nevadans should consider death penalty referendum
After a ban on the death penalty was not approved by the legislature this spring, Clark County Attorney Steve Wolfson suggests the citizens of Nevada voice their opinion on the death penalty through a referendum, which allows voters to approve or disapprove an existing state law during a general election. …
Read More »The best quotes of the week: COVID, cops, college and capital punishment | Editorial
“It is time for people to get back to normal knowing that the virus will be here forever. The risk of COVID-19 is now low.” – Governor Pete Ricketts, announcing the end of Nebraska’s COVID state of emergency. “When we started this process, we were looking for the best person …
Read More »No death penalty sought in death of woman found on I-80
LEWISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Texas man not facing the death penalty if convicted of first degree murder in the murder of a woman whose body was found on Interstate 80 in Pennsylvania more early this year. Union County District Attorney D. Peter Johnson on Thursday officially ruled out the possibility …
Read More »US bishops welcome moratorium on federal executions
U.S. bishops welcome the government’s imposition of a federal executions ban and call for the abolition of the death penalty. By Devin Watkins The US Department of Justice on Thursday imposed a moratorium on federal executions, while a review of its policies and procedures is underway. Attorney General Merrick Garland …
Read More »Convicted inmate dies in hospital two decades after OKC murder
The legal battle over the fate of murderer Jimmy Dean Harris had been fought on and off for years, longer than most calls from his fellow inmates on death row. Harris was on death row for shooting his wife’s boss at a transmission store in Oklahoma City in 1999. The …
Read More »U.S. Attorney General Imposes Moratorium on Federal Executions
WASHINGTON, July 1 (Reuters) – U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday imposed a moratorium on federal executions as the Justice Department continues its review of the death penalty, the department said in a statement. “The Department of Justice must ensure that everyone in the federal criminal justice system not …
Read More »Today in history: the first trans-Pacific airplane flight ended in 1927 | Lifestyles
Today it’s Tuesday June 29 the 180th day of 2021. There are 185 days left in the year. Highlight in history: On June 29, 1927, the first trans-Pacific plane flight was completed as Lt. Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger arrived at Wheeler Field in Hawaii aboard the …
Read More »Reeder: Police sometimes punished for resorting to violence | Notice
ROCK ISLAND, Ill. – Police officers are agents of state violence. There is nothing particularly radical about this notion. After all, they tie up Tasers, batons, pepper spray, handcuffs and guns daily. Society has given these men and women enormous responsibility. Their job is to maintain order. And they have …
Read More »Germany’s Serge Gnabry warns England he is ready to continue his London goal streak after punishing Chelsea and Tottenham
SERGE GNABRY sent a frightening warning to England – that they are aiming to impose another dose of capital punishment on Tuesday. The German winger has scored six goals in his last two London appearances and is eager to continue his hot streak against the Three Lions at Wembley. 5 …
Read More »A look at Virginia’s laws that come into effect Thursday | Government-and-politics
On January 13, a Virginia Capitol police officer cycled past the South Portico of the State Capitol. JOE MAHONEY / TIMES-DISPATCH Most of the new laws approved earlier this year by the Virginia General Assembly will come into effect Thursday. This year’s session was the second year Democrats had full …
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