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Life over death: On death penalty abolition and parliamentary panel report

That the parliamentary committee that examined the proposed criminal statute, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, has not made a recommendation to abolish the death penalty is disappointing

The Hindu

Washington Court Refuses to Enforce Saudi Child Custody Decree

"During the custody battle [in Saudi Arabia], Ghassan AlHaidari accused Bethany of gender mixing, adultery, and insulting Islam and Saudi Arabia. Gender mixing, a punishable crime, entails having a male friend. To prove the charge of adultery, Ghassan submitted a photograph of Bethany with a male, who Ghassan claimed to…

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Court classifies Aluva case as ‘rarest of rare’ to award death sentence

Judge K. Soman awarded the death penalty to the accused Asafak Alam in the Aluva child rape and murder case, deeming it a ‘rarest of rare’ case. Prosecution established guilt on oral, documentary, digital, scientific and circumstantial evidence. The court noted the premeditated nature of the crime and the lack…

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The Qatar death row and India’s options

Whether through diplomatic dialogues, political interventions, legal appeals, or a blend of these strategies, India has the potential to seek a resolution in the case of the Naval officers awarded the death penalty

The Hindu

Asafak Alam is the only convict to get death sentence in Kerala this year

Kochi's Asafak Alam is 1st convict to receive death penalty in Kerala this yr; Lablu Hussain, Nino Mathew, Amer-ul-Islam also sentenced to death for brutal murders. Nirbhaya case influenced conviction in Perumbavoor case, where victim sustained 51 wounds resisting sexual attack.

The Hindu

Parliamentary panel on criminal law Bill leaves decision on death penalty to Centre

The proposed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita Bill, 2023 has increased the number of crimes which can attract the death penalty from 11 to 15

The Hindu

Aluva rape, murder case: Kerala welcomes death penalty given to convict

KOCHI: The decision of a Kerala court on Tuesday to impose the death penalty by hanging on a migrant worker from Bihar, Asafaq Alam (28), convicted of the brutal rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in Aluva, was met with widespread approval in the state.

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Inimical witnesses can’t be dismissed as partisan: Supreme Court

The verdict came in a petition filed by a murder convict who sought the commutation of his death penalty to life imprisonment

The Hindu

Aluva child murder case | Kerala court sentences convict Asafak Alam to death

Convict Asafak Alam was awarded death penalty on Nov 14, 2023 for rape and murder of a 5-yr-old girl in Aluva in Kerala. Judge K. Soman tried the case under POCSO and IPC. Alam was found guilty on 13 counts, including abduction, murder and rape. He was given life imprisonment…

The Hindu

Malaysian hitman released from Australian immigration detention after high court ruling

Sirul Azhar Umar, sentenced in Malaysia over a politically charged murder, cannot be deported by Australia because he would face the death penalty

The Guardian - AU

Benedict Birnberg obituary

Pioneering lawyer and civil liberties campaigner who paved the way for the abolition of the death penalty in Britain

The Guardian - UK

Slain Microsoft executive’s ex-wife pleads not guilty to murder charges

The state is seeking the death penalty for Shanna Gardner for killing of Jared Bridegan

The Independent UK

Families of Ex-Navy personnel detained in Qatar say misinformation being spread, 8 Ex-Navy men didn't work on submarines

Friends and families of the eight former Indian Navy personnel detained in Qatar and given the death penalty by a court in the Gulf country remain hopeful for early relief.

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Supreme Court quashes death penalty over ‘hurried trial’ of accused

Justice Mishra highlighted how cases dealing with serious offences should not be tried in a hurry.

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Infant rape and murder case | Supreme Court sets aside man's conviction, remits matter for fresh trial

Supreme Court sets aside death penalty of man convicted for rape, murder of 3-month-old, remits matter for de novo trial. SC noted trial was conducted in a "hurried manner" without giving accused proper opportunity to defend himself.

Texas Observer

No Path to Redemption for Devout Death Row Inmates

Texas offers religious education to the condemned but rarely values religious growth when considering clemency requests.

The Guardian - US

Louisiana denies clemency hearings to five death row prisoners

There was a rush to hold hearings before the anti-death penalty governor, John Bel Edwards, leaves office in January

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Court to pronounce verdict in journalist Soumya Vishwanathan murder case on October 18

Saumya Vishwanathan murder case: A local court reserved its judgment in the 2008 murder case of TV journalist Soumya Vishwanathan for October 18.

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Christian Coalition Escalates Fight Against Death Penalty, Calls For Fair Hearings And Clemency

Christian leaders intensify fight against death penalty, argue for fair hearings and mercy for inmates on death row.

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Batla House Encounter: HC refuses to confirm death penalty to Ariz Khan, awards life term

The bench had reserved its judgement on the issue in August after the lawyers for the convict and the State concluded their submissions.

The Independent UK

Sister Helen Prejean sues Louisiana officials over ‘secret’ settlement to slow death penalty appeals

Settlement by state leaders would slow most death penalty clemency appeals

The Independent UK

Texas executes death row inmate over 2000 carjacking murder hours after order of stay was overturned

“To the family of the victim, I sincerely apologize for all of it,” death row inmate Jedidiah Murphy said before he was exected on Tuesday

Al Jazeera

Families of the executed appeal to ‘heartless’ Singapore for change

Families call for moratorium on executions and review of the use of the death penalty in the city state.

The Guardian - US

‘Clear retaliation’: Louisiana attorney general accused of conflict of interest in clemency petition cases

Jeff Landry, a death penalty supporter, pushed to remove an independent counsel as the pardon board was set to hear from inmates

Reason

No, Mike Pence, We Should Not Make It Easier To Execute Mass Shooters

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