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Uganda's anti-homosexuality law is a patriarchal backlash against progress

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni assented to the anti-homosexuality bill on 26 May 2023. The new law legislates, among other things, a ten-year jail term for “attempted homosexuality”, a 20-year jail term for “promotion of homosexuality”, a life sentence for “the offence of homosexuality” and a death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality”.…

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Tree of Life trial - live: Robert Bowers’ death penalty case begins for Pittsburgh synagogue massacre

Follow updates on the trial of Robert Bowers for the mass shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh in 2018

The Independent UK

Robert Bowers killed 11 in a Pittsburgh synagogue shooting. A jury ruled that he deserves death

Gunman was found guilty on 63 federal counts, including 11 counts each of obstruction of free exercise of religion resulting in death as well as hate crimes resulting in death

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Who is Robert Bowers: Antisemitic gunman sentenced to death for Tree of Life synagogue shooting

Robert Bowers has been sentenced to death

The Independent UK

Tunisia was the hope of the Arab spring. Now my father could face the death penalty for his words

Kais Saied has turned our country into a dictatorship, while Europe looks the other way, says British-Tunisian writer Soumaya Ghannoushi

The Guardian - UK

Trial for accused gunman in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre slated to start

The suspect in a 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue massacre is going on trial before a jury that could decide whether he will face the death penalty in the nation’s deadliest antisemitic attack

The Independent UK

Biden warns Uganda may face sanctions if strict anti-gay law not repealed

The Ugandan president signed the law that includes the death penalty for same-sex acts today.

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Uganda anti-gay law includes death penalty in some cases

The new law doesn’t criminalize those identifying as LGBTQ, but still prescribes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” which includes sexual relations involving people infected with HIV.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ law with death penalty for same-sex acts

Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has sparked international outrage after signing one of the world’s toughest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty for homosexual acts.

Evening Standard

Uproar as Uganda gets new anti-LGBT+ law including death penalty: ‘How many will die?’

Queer activists ask ‘how many of us will be jailed, or beaten, or further chased into the shadows of society’

The Independent UK

Ugandan president signs anti-LGBTQ+ law with death penalty for same-sex acts

Global outcry over Museveni’s assent to draconian new anti-gay law, condemned as a ‘permission slip for hate and dehumanisation’

The Guardian - UK

‘A very dark and sad day’: Uganda passes harsh anti-LGBTQ laws

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni has signed one of the world's harshest anti-LGBTQ laws, including the death penalty.

The New Daily

Uganda's president signs into law tough anti-gay legislation with death penalty in some cases

Uganda’s president has signed into law tough new anti-gay legislation supported by many in the East African country but widely condemned by rights activists and others abroad

The Independent UK

NIA seeking death penalty for Yasin Malik deeply disturbing: Hurriyat

The Hurriyat Conference on Sunday said the National Investigation Agency (NIA) seeking the death penalty for Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JLF) chief Yasin Malik is “deeply disturbing” for the people of J&K.

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The Independent UK

Man charged with killing Indianapolis police officer seeking insanity defense

A man charged with fatally shooting an Indianapolis police officer when she responded to a domestic violence call in 2020 is seeking an insanity defense as he seeks to avoid the death penalty

The Independent UK

Prosecutor wants death penalty for man accused of killing and dismembering Uber Eats delivery driver

Oscar Adrian Solis Jr allegedly murdered 59-year-old Randall Cooke as he made a delivery at a home Florida

The Independent UK

What's on DeSantis' agenda? A look at the laws he passed as Florida governor, from abortion to guns

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has cemented himself as a conservative standard-bearer in the lead-up to his 2024 presidential announcement

Daily Mirror

Woman, 19, caught with cocaine in her luggage in Bali will NOT be executed

Friends and family of Manuela Vitoria de Araujo Farias feared she would face the death penalty in Bali but prosecutors have asked the court to jail her for 12 years

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2 former Alabama governors from opposite sides of the political aisle express doubts over executions

Two former Alabama governors, from opposite sides of the political aisle, wrote in an opinion piece that they are now troubled by the state’s death penalty system and would commute the sentences of inmates sentenced by judicial override or divided juries

Tribune News Service

Judge entered plea for Idaho murder suspect Kohberger. Why? And what happens next?

BOISE, Idaho — Bryan Kohberger, the Pennsylvania man charged with murdering four University of Idaho students in November, sat in silence and declined to enter a plea Monday through his public defender at his long-awaited arraignment.

The Independent UK

Lori Vallow Daybell: Timeline of ‘doomsday cult mom’s’ mystery case

After two years of delays in the trial, Lori Vallow was found guilty of the murders of her children. But the case spans a deeply disturbing pattern of unexplained deaths and bizarre cult beliefs about killing zombies

The Independent UK

Death row inmate challenges new Tennessee post-conviction law

A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general over some capital punishment proceedings

The Independent UK

Lori Vallow Daybell: Timeline of ‘doomsday cult mom’s’ mystery case

After two years of delays in the trial, Lori Vallow has been found guilty of the murders of her children. But the case spans a deeply disturbing pattern of unexplained deaths and bizarre cult beliefs about killing zombies

Al Jazeera

Singapore hangs man for trafficking 1.5kg of cannabis

The execution is the second in three weeks, amid growing concern at the island’s use of the death penalty in drug cases.

The Independent UK

Singapore hangs 2nd citizen in 3 weeks for trafficking cannabis despite calls to halt executions

Singapore has hanged another citizen for trafficking cannabis, the second in three weeks, as it clings firmly to the death penalty despite global calls for the city-state to halt drug-related executions

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