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States try to obscure execution details as drugmakers hinder lethal injection

In 2011, Jeffrey Motts was executed in South Carolina. More than a decade later, the state hasn’t carried out another execution because officials have struggled to obtain the drugs needed for lethal injection.

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Judge rejects death penalty challenge in 4 Nebraska killings

A Nebraska judge has rejected a challenge to the death penalty in the case of a man charged in the killings of four people last summer in a small town in the northeastern corner of the state

The Independent UK

Rights groups welcome Malaysia's move on death penalty

Human rights groups have applauded Malaysia’s move to scrap the mandatory death penalty as a major step forward in the push for the abolition of capital punishment in Southeast Asia

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Malaysia Parliament votes to scrap mandatory death sentences

Malaysia’s Parliament has approved a bill that would scrap mandatory death penalties and limit capital punishment to serious crimes as part of wide-ranging reforms

The Independent UK

Lori Vallow: A timeline of the trail of mystery deaths surrounding the ‘doomsday cult mom’

Lori Vallow is about to stand trial for the murders of her children Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow. But the case spans a deeply disturbing pattern of murders, unexplained deaths and bizarre cult beliefs about killing zombies going back years

The Independent UK

Malaysian Parliament moves to end mandatory death penalty

Bill passes lower house, now goes to the upper chamber and, if passed, would be sent to the king to be signed into law.

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Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms

Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offences punishable by death, and abolish natural-life prison sentences, a move cautiously welcomed by rights groups.

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Sharpton invokes Donald Trump’s call for death penalty in the Central Park Five wrongful conviction

NEW YORK — In a fiery Saturday address, the Rev. Al Sharpton invoked ex-President Donald Trump’s call for the death penalty in the Central Park Five case — noting the Manhattan mogul will appear in the same courthouse where the exonerated defendants were found guilty.

Tribune News Service

Lori Vallow trial: A timeline of the trail of mystery deaths surrounding the ‘doomsday cult mom’

The Independent UK

Central Park 5 member hits back at Trump

Trump called to bring back the death penalty for Central Park 5 — and never apologized when they were cleared

Salon

Florida death penalty requirement could soon be 8 out of 12 jury votes

Florida’s threshold for the death penalty could soon be the lowest in the nation, with the Florida Senate on Thursday passing a priority bill of Gov. Ron DeSantis to require the vote of only eight jurors out of 12 in order to implement capital punishment.

Tribune News Service

Texas House delays final vote on barring the death penalty for mentally ill defendants

The chamber has repeatedly passed legislation in recent sessions eliminating the death penalty in cases of severe mental illness, but hardline conservatives are now pushing back.

The Texas Tribune

Google, others say Uganda anti-LGBTQ bill bad for business

A business group in Uganda including corporate giants such as Google says it opposes the country's anti-LGBTQ legislation, calling it “a concern for global businesses and investors operating or planning to invest” in the East African country

The Independent UK

Editorial: An outrageous death penalty proposal, even for Florida

Florida Gov. LeRoy Collins’ hands trembled when he could no longer put off signing a death warrant. There would be 29 of them. His secretary said it made her physically ill to type them at first. But she got used to it.

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Uganda's new anti-LGBTQ+ law could lead to death penalty for same-sex 'offences'

People in same-sex relationships in Uganda now face the possibility of life in prison after the country’s parliament unanimously passed its 2023 anti-homosexuality bill. The legislation, which Amnesty International has called “appalling”, “ambiguous” and “vaguely worded”, establishes a range of harsh penalties for same-sex “offences” – including the death penalty…

The Independent UK

Prosecutors seeking death penalty in Memphis shootings

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty if a Tennessee man is convicted of first-degree murder in a daylong shooting rampage in Memphis that left three people dead and three others wounded

WEKU

Idaho is the latest state to permit execution by firing squad

Four other states — Mississippi, Oklahoma, Utah and South Carolina — also currently permit executions by firing squad, according to the nonprofit Death Penalty Information Center.

The Independent UK

Biden's Justice Dept. keeps hard line in death row cases

An Associated Press review of dozens of legal filings shows that President Joe Biden’s Justice Department is fighting just as vigorously as Donald Trump's did to uphold death row inmates' sentences, despite Biden's opposition to capital punishment

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Idaho governor signs firing squad execution bill into law

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has signed into law a bill allowing firing squads to execute death row inmates when lethal injection drugs are unavailable

France 24

Death penalty and high conviction rates: A deep dive into Japan's criminal justice system

At 87 years old, Iwao Hakamada is on the verge of finding true freedom, more than 50 years after being sentenced to death for murders he says he did not commit. Tokyo's high court ordered a retrial this month, acknowledging that key evidence that led to his conviction had likely…

Daily Mirror

Judges facing death penalty in Saudi Arabia for being too soft on human rights

Ten male judges have been hit with high treason charges - a crime punishable by death in repressive Saudi Arabia - after confessing to being too "lenient" in human rights cases

Reuters

Gay activist says Uganda LGBTQ community 'in shock' at new law

Members of Uganda's LGBTQ community are in shock and fear being arrested after parliament passed a new law that makes it a crime to identify as gay, and imposes tough sentences that include the death penalty in certain cases, an activist said on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

The countries where homosexuality is still illegal, as Uganda passes death penalty bill

It is illegal to be gay in 70 countries, nearly half of which are in Africa

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: NSW election campaign gets messy; Uganda’s homosexuality death penalty; and polygamy killing male elephant seals

State politics heats up as Dominic Perrottet prepares to clash with Chris Minns in the final leaders’ debate

The Independent UK

Judge says no death penalty for mom in triple murder case

A woman charged with conspiracy and murder in connection with the deaths of her two children and her new husband’s late wife will no longer face the death penalty, a judge ruled Tuesday

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