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Iran Hangs Man 'For Second Time' After Previous Execution Halted: Report
Iran hanged a 26-year-old man for a second time Wednesday months after a previous execution was halted half a minute in, an NGO said.
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Iran Executed 834 People Last Year, Highest Since 2015: Rights Groups
Iran executed a "staggering" total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said Tuesday.
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Iran Executes 4 People "Cooperating" With Israeli Spy Agency Mossad: Report
Four individuals convicted of cooperating with Israel's spy agency Mossad were executed in Iran on Sunday, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.
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Executed Prisoners Deserve "Many Death Sentences", Says Myanmar's Junta
Myanmar's junta lashed out Tuesday against international condemnation of the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.
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"Deserved Many Death Sentences": Myanmar's Junta On Activists' Execution
The four political prisoners executed by Myanmar's junta in the country's first cases of capital punishment in decades "deserved many death sentences", a military spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Man Convicted Of Gang Raping Minor
The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of capital punishment awarded to a man, convicted of raping a seven-year-old minor girl in Madhya Pradesh in 2018.
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Japan Death Row Inmates Sue Over Same-Day Execution Notification
Two death row inmates in Japan are suing the country over how prisoners are notified only hours before the death penalty is carried out, demanding change and seeking compensation for the impact of the "inhumane" practice, their lawyer said.
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US Resumes Use Of Death Penalty After Two Decades, Schedules 5 Executions
The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.
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Nirbhaya's Rapists Get Closer To Eventual Execution: Foreign Media
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected the pleas to review the capital sentences of three assailants in a notorious gang rape and murder of a young college student that shook India in 2012, bringing them one step closer to eventual execution.
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Thailand Carries Out First Execution Since 2009
Thailand has carried out its first execution since 2009, the government said, putting a 26-year-old convicted murderer to death by lethal injection in a move condemned by Amnesty International as "deplorable".
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Death Penalty For Child Rape 'Populist Measure', Says Justice AP Shah
Criticised over the recent spate of rapes of minors, the government may have introduced capital punishment through an executive order but not everyone seems convinced that's the right step forward. Among them former chief justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, some lawyers, child rights activists and families of three child survivors of sexual abuse ...
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Death For Rape Of Children Below 12, Says Government, Clears Executive Order
The centre today signed off on an ordinance, or emergency executive order, to introduce capital punishment for child rapists, a move that is seen as an effort to signal the government's commitment to fight sexual crimes against young girls. The change was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within hour...
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Alabama Executes Inmate, 83, Oldest In Modern US History
Alabama on Thursday executed an 83-year-old man convicted of a deadly 1989 serial bombing spree, making him the oldest known person put to death in the modern era of US capital punishment.
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Alabama To Execute 83-Year-Old Inmate, Oldest In Modern US History
Alabama is set on Thursday to execute an 83-year-old convicted pipe-bomb killer, believed to be the oldest person put to death in the modern era of US capital punishment.
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Oklahoma To Use Nitrogen For Executions In First For US
Oklahoma officials said on Wednesday the state would resume executions using nitrogen gas, a move that would make it the first U.S. state to use the gas for capital punishment.
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Iran Hangs Man 'For Second Time' After Previous Execution Halted: Report
Iran hanged a 26-year-old man for a second time Wednesday months after a previous execution was halted half a minute in, an NGO said.
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Iran Executed 834 People Last Year, Highest Since 2015: Rights Groups
Iran executed a "staggering" total of at least 834 people last year, the highest number since 2015 as capital punishment surged in the Islamic republic, two rights groups said Tuesday.
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Iran Executes 4 People "Cooperating" With Israeli Spy Agency Mossad: Report
Four individuals convicted of cooperating with Israel's spy agency Mossad were executed in Iran on Sunday, the semiofficial Fars news agency reported.
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Executed Prisoners Deserve "Many Death Sentences", Says Myanmar's Junta
Myanmar's junta lashed out Tuesday against international condemnation of the country's first use of capital punishment in decades.
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"Deserved Many Death Sentences": Myanmar's Junta On Activists' Execution
The four political prisoners executed by Myanmar's junta in the country's first cases of capital punishment in decades "deserved many death sentences", a military spokesman said on Tuesday.
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Supreme Court Stays Execution Of Man Convicted Of Gang Raping Minor
The Supreme Court has stayed the execution of capital punishment awarded to a man, convicted of raping a seven-year-old minor girl in Madhya Pradesh in 2018.
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Japan Death Row Inmates Sue Over Same-Day Execution Notification
Two death row inmates in Japan are suing the country over how prisoners are notified only hours before the death penalty is carried out, demanding change and seeking compensation for the impact of the "inhumane" practice, their lawyer said.
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US Resumes Use Of Death Penalty After Two Decades, Schedules 5 Executions
The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.
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Nirbhaya's Rapists Get Closer To Eventual Execution: Foreign Media
India's Supreme Court on Monday rejected the pleas to review the capital sentences of three assailants in a notorious gang rape and murder of a young college student that shook India in 2012, bringing them one step closer to eventual execution.
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Thailand Carries Out First Execution Since 2009
Thailand has carried out its first execution since 2009, the government said, putting a 26-year-old convicted murderer to death by lethal injection in a move condemned by Amnesty International as "deplorable".
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Death Penalty For Child Rape 'Populist Measure', Says Justice AP Shah
Criticised over the recent spate of rapes of minors, the government may have introduced capital punishment through an executive order but not everyone seems convinced that's the right step forward. Among them former chief justice of Delhi High Court AP Shah, some lawyers, child rights activists and families of three child survivors of sexual abuse ...
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Death For Rape Of Children Below 12, Says Government, Clears Executive Order
The centre today signed off on an ordinance, or emergency executive order, to introduce capital punishment for child rapists, a move that is seen as an effort to signal the government's commitment to fight sexual crimes against young girls. The change was cleared at a meeting of the Union Cabinet convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi within hour...
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Alabama Executes Inmate, 83, Oldest In Modern US History
Alabama on Thursday executed an 83-year-old man convicted of a deadly 1989 serial bombing spree, making him the oldest known person put to death in the modern era of US capital punishment.
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Alabama To Execute 83-Year-Old Inmate, Oldest In Modern US History
Alabama is set on Thursday to execute an 83-year-old convicted pipe-bomb killer, believed to be the oldest person put to death in the modern era of US capital punishment.
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Oklahoma To Use Nitrogen For Executions In First For US
Oklahoma officials said on Wednesday the state would resume executions using nitrogen gas, a move that would make it the first U.S. state to use the gas for capital punishment.
