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Justice Gorsuch's Dissent in Death Penalty / Religious Objection Case

In Tuesday's Hoffman v. Westcott, the Court denied a stay of execution; Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Jackson would have granted… The post Justice Gorsuch's Dissent in Death Penalty / Religious Objection Case appeared first on Reason.com.

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Man charged in daylong Memphis shooting rampage is no longer serving as his own lawyer

A Tennessee man who faces the death penalty if convicted of killing three people in a daylong series of shootings in 2022 has changed course and decided not to serve as his own lawyer in the case

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Big Breaking: Three get death penalty in 1981 Dehuli massacre

Breaking news coming in from Mainpuri where a local court handed over capital punishment to three convicts in 1981 Dehuli massacre. Read further on Dynamite News:

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Inside the race against time to halt Louisiana’s first execution in 15 years

The state plans to kill a prisoner with nitrogen gas. Critics say that amounts to torture

The Independent UK

Appeals court says Louisiana can carry out the state’s first nitrogen gas execution next week

Louisiana’s first execution using nitrogen gas is set to move forward as planned after a federal appeals court overturned a lower judge’s ruling Friday

The Independent UK

Los Zetas Cartel Leaders Plead Not Guilty To Drug Trafficking Charges As They Face Death Penalty In The U.S.

The Treviño Morales, leaders of Los Zetas, pleaded not guilty to drug trafficking charges as they potentially face the death penalty in the U.S.

Latin Times

South Carolina schedules its fifth execution in seven months

A man who shot and killed an off-duty police officer is scheduled to become the fifth person executed in South Carolina since the state resumed the death penalty in September

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Los Zetas Cartel Leaders Could Face the Death Penalty In The U.S. After Extradition From Mexico

Miguel Ángel and Omar Treviño Morales, known as "Z-40" and "Z-42" respectively, are facing a multitude of charges, including drug trafficking, money laundering and firearms trafficking

Latin Times

Trump’s executive orders: From birthright citizenship to withdrawing from WHO, here’s a list of his actions so far

President signed huge stack of orders on first day in office covering everything from national security to paper straws and has shown no sign of slowing down

The Independent UK

America’s next killing spree: 10 days, five states, six death-row prisoners set to die

Desolate spectacle of executions ramps up as the landscape of states’ laws on capital punishment is as riven as the US itself

The Guardian - US

An Arizona prisoner whose execution is coming up isn't asking for a reprieve

A prisoner scheduled to be executed in what would be Arizona’s first use of the death penalty in over two years will not ask for a reprieve from his death sentence

The Independent UK

Last Words of First Death Row Inmate Executed by Firing Squad in 15 Years Revealed: 'Help Us End the Death Penalty'

Brad Sigmon, a convicted murderer, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, and used his last words to call for the abolition of the death penalty.

Latin Times

Last Words of Man Executed in South Carolina by Firing Squad: Asked Christians to Help End Death Penalty

Brad Sigmon, 67, was executed by firing squad in South Carolina, becoming the first US prisoner in 15 years to die by this method, using his final words to urge Christians to help end the death penalty.

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Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers insist he shouldn’t face death penalty because he has autism

His attorneys argued that there is an ‘unconscionable risk’ he’ll be executed because of a neurological disorder rather than culpability

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Georgia lawmakers consider easing one of the nation's toughest death penalty laws

Lawmakers have tried multiple times to change Georgia's strict legal standard to prove that someone has an intellectual disability and shouldn't get the death penalty

The Guardian - UK

British activist Jagtar Singh Johal acquitted in India terror trial

Human rights campaigner still faces threat of death penalty if found guilty of further charges

The National (Scotland)

Scot acquitted on terrorism charges in India – but still faces death penalty threat

A SCOTTISH Sikh detained in India for seven years has been acquitted in one case against him – though still faces the threat of the death penalty.

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Supreme Court Overturns Murder Conviction And Death Penalty

Supreme Court overturns Glossip's murder conviction and death penalty, setting a precedent for future cases.

The Independent UK

Supreme Court throws out Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip's murder conviction and death sentence

The Supreme Court has thrown out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him

Latin Times

Sinaloa Cartel Leader 'El Mayo' Willing To Plead Guilty To Avoid Death Penalty

"Mr. Zambada doesn't want to go to trial and is willing to accept responsibility for a charge that doesn't carry out the death penalty," said the drug lord's lawyer Frank Perez

The Independent UK

Former lawmaker gets life sentence for murder of father and son during 1984 anti-Sikh riots

Sajjan Kumar convicted of inciting mob that ran riot in Delhi following Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her Sikh bodyguards

The Independent UK

Judge reopens challenge to Louisiana execution protocol as state prepares to use nitrogen gas

A federal judge has reopened a lawsuit challenging Louisiana’s execution protocol as the state prepares to carry out the death penalty using nitrogen gas in the coming weeks

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