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'No Warning': The Death Penalty In Japan
Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was awarded $1.4 million in compensation.
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Ex-Judge Challenges Japan's "Unopenable Door" Retrial System After Hakamada Case
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, won compensation from Japan this week after almost five decades in jail -- and he owes his freedom to a judge with steely determination.
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"Hangman's Noose Not To Be Taken Off": Top Court Commutes Death Penalty
Directing the hangman's noose to be "taken off the convict's neck", the Supreme Court ordered a death row prisoner to remain in jail "till the end of his days given by god almighty".
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Donald Trump Vows Death Penalty For 'Rapists, Murderers, Monsters'
Donald Trump hit out Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepares to replace the Democrat in the White House.
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700 Bangladeshi Terrorists, Death Row Convicts Still On Run After Jailbreak
Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday.
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6th US Inmate Execution: Texas Man Put To Death For Murder Of Twins In 1989
A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.
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Japan's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Now A Free Man
A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, closing a nearly six decades-long chapter.
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Rs 34 Crore Raised To Bring Home Kerala Man From Saudi Prison After 18 Years
Its an unprecedented state of excitement at the house of elderly Fatima in Kerala's Kozhikode, whose son, Abdul Rahim, a death row convict in Saudi Arabia, is set to return home after securing a pardon.
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Japan Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty For World's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate
Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday sought the death penalty in the retrial of a man reputed to have been the world's longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014, local media reported.
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Sarabjit Singh's Killer Shot Dead By Bike-Borne Gunmen In Lahore: Report
Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Sayeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore today, sources said.
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Son of Soldier In Pak Jail Asks President, PM To Bring His Father Back
Son of an Army jawan who went missing after the India-Pakistan war in 1965 and was reported to be lodged in Lahore prison has urged the Centre to intervene and ensure the release of his father Anand Patri from Pakistan jail.
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413 Death Row Convicts In Jails Across Country Till 2020: Centre's Data
As many as 413 prisoners, who have been awarded death sentence, were lodged in jails across the country till the end of 2020, according to a new central government data.
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Japan Delivers Death Sentence To 3, Marking First Executions Under New PM
Japan on Tuesday executed three prisoners on death row, the first since December 2019, local media reported citing unnamed sources including from the justice ministry.
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US Supreme Court To Debate Restriction On Religious Advisors At Executions
The US Supreme Court will consider Tuesday a death row prisoner's request that his pastor be allowed to touch him during his execution, a case that could determine the role of religious advisors in death chambers.
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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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'No Warning': The Death Penalty In Japan
Capital punishment in Japan is under scrutiny again after the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, was awarded $1.4 million in compensation.
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Ex-Judge Challenges Japan's "Unopenable Door" Retrial System After Hakamada Case
The world's longest-serving death row prisoner, Iwao Hakamada, won compensation from Japan this week after almost five decades in jail -- and he owes his freedom to a judge with steely determination.
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"Hangman's Noose Not To Be Taken Off": Top Court Commutes Death Penalty
Directing the hangman's noose to be "taken off the convict's neck", the Supreme Court ordered a death row prisoner to remain in jail "till the end of his days given by god almighty".
-
Donald Trump Vows Death Penalty For 'Rapists, Murderers, Monsters'
Donald Trump hit out Tuesday at Joe Biden for commuting the sentences of almost every American federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepares to replace the Democrat in the White House.
-
700 Bangladeshi Terrorists, Death Row Convicts Still On Run After Jailbreak
Around 700 Bangladeshi prison inmates were still on the run after mass jailbreaks over the summer during the student-led revolution that ousted autocratic ex-prime minister Sheikh Hasina, authorities said Wednesday.
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6th US Inmate Execution: Texas Man Put To Death For Murder Of Twins In 1989
A Texas man was put to death by lethal injection on Tuesday evening for the murders of teenage twin sisters, prison officials said, the sixth death row inmate to be executed in the United States in the past 12 days.
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Japan's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate Now A Free Man
A Japanese court on Thursday acquitted Iwao Hakamada, the world's longest-serving death row prisoner, closing a nearly six decades-long chapter.
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Rs 34 Crore Raised To Bring Home Kerala Man From Saudi Prison After 18 Years
Its an unprecedented state of excitement at the house of elderly Fatima in Kerala's Kozhikode, whose son, Abdul Rahim, a death row convict in Saudi Arabia, is set to return home after securing a pardon.
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Japan Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty For World's Longest-Serving Death Row Inmate
Japanese prosecutors on Wednesday sought the death penalty in the retrial of a man reputed to have been the world's longest-serving death row prisoner until his release in 2014, local media reported.
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Sarabjit Singh's Killer Shot Dead By Bike-Borne Gunmen In Lahore: Report
Amir Sarfaraz Tamba, an accused in the murder of Indian death row prisoner in Pakistan Sarabjit Singh and a close associate of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terror outfit founder Hafiz Sayeed, was killed by unidentified gunmen in Lahore today, sources said.
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Son of Soldier In Pak Jail Asks President, PM To Bring His Father Back
Son of an Army jawan who went missing after the India-Pakistan war in 1965 and was reported to be lodged in Lahore prison has urged the Centre to intervene and ensure the release of his father Anand Patri from Pakistan jail.
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413 Death Row Convicts In Jails Across Country Till 2020: Centre's Data
As many as 413 prisoners, who have been awarded death sentence, were lodged in jails across the country till the end of 2020, according to a new central government data.
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Japan Delivers Death Sentence To 3, Marking First Executions Under New PM
Japan on Tuesday executed three prisoners on death row, the first since December 2019, local media reported citing unnamed sources including from the justice ministry.
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US Supreme Court To Debate Restriction On Religious Advisors At Executions
The US Supreme Court will consider Tuesday a death row prisoner's request that his pastor be allowed to touch him during his execution, a case that could determine the role of religious advisors in death chambers.
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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.
