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Why whole-life imprisonment is rising in England and Wales

In England and Wales, whole-life imprisonment is the harshest sanction available to the courts, emerging in the decades after the abolition of the death penalty. The whole-life order requires people to spend their whole lives in prison with no prospect of release, except on exceptional compassionate grounds.

The Conversation

Burkina Faso moves to reinstate death penalty as junta overhauls penal code

Burkina Faso’s military-led government has taken a step toward reinstating the death penalty, adopting a new penal code that once again allows capital punishment for crimes including treason, terrorism and espionage.

Radio France Internationale

African nation plans to reintroduce death penalty for serious crimes

The country had abolished capital punishment in 2018

The Independent UK

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French student convicted of vandalising Robert Badinter's grave

The 23-year-old man who admitted desecrating the tomb a few hours before the former French justice minister's entry into the Panthéon on 9 October was sentenced on Wednesday by the Nanterre court.

Euronews

‘Green River Killer’ who butchered up to 80 people is ‘near death’ in prison: report

Gary Ridgway, aka the Green River Killer, pleaded guilty in 2001 in a deal to avoid the death penalty

The Independent UK

British man facing death penalty in Bali over claims he smuggled 1kg of cocaine in his backpack

Kial Robinson, 29, appeared in court over drug smuggling charges

The Independent UK

The deadliest wait: five women on death row

Up to 1,000 women globally await execution in prison, with mitigating factors such as child abuse and coercion ignored

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Body Cam Reveals Decarlos Brown Mental Health Plea Before Ukrainian Refugee Murder on Charlotte Train

Newly released footage shows Decarlos Brown's January crisis before stabbing Iryna Zarutska. Trump demands death penalty amid schizophrenia revelations and Iryna's Law.

International Business Times UK

Why women kill

Experience of domestic violence is at the heart of why many women are driven to commit violent crimes

The Guardian - UK

Prosecutors say comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges

The Independent UK

Elissa Slotkin ‘refuses to be intimidated’ after Trump threatens her and fellow Dems with death penalty over troop video

Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, has been given around-the-clock security over the incident

The Independent UK

Trump Rages 'Seditious Behavior' Urges 'Lock Them Up' After Democrats Tell Troops To Reject Illegal Orders

President Donald Trump escalated tensions in Washington by publicly threatening Democratic lawmakers with imprisonment or even the death penalty after they urged military and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful orders.

Benzinga

Trump Demands Death for Seditious Democrats in Truth Social Rant

Trump accuses Democratic veterans of sedition and suggests the death penalty after they released a video advising US troops to refuse illegal orders from the administration.

International Business Times UK

New Report Highlights the ‘Fatal Flaws’ Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions

The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries to be leading contributors to exonerated death sentences.

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The Independent UK

Sheikh Hasina’s party leaders urge India to continue giving her ‘shelter’ after death penalty

Dhaka pushes New Delhi to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

The Independent UK

Protestors threaten to bulldoze ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina’s family home

Protestors threatened to bulldoze the home of ousted Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's father in Dhaka, as crowds demanded the death penalty for charges of crimes against humanity against civilians.

The Independent UK

Bangladesh’s ousted PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for ‘crimes against humanity’

Hasina has been in exile in India after fleeing the country on 5 August last year

Texas Observer

Pro-Life, Anti-Death Penalty

Nan Tolson is the face of the conservative movement against capital punishment in Texas.

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The Independent UK

Starmer shuts down Lowe’s calls for a referendum on the death penalty: ‘It is not the answer’

Sir Keir Starmer has shut down Rupert Lowe’s recommendation that the death penalty be reintroduced for foreign criminals.

The Conversation

Under Ron DeSantis’ leadership, Florida leads the nation in executions in 2025

After years of steady decline in the number of people executed in the United States, there has been a sharp reversal in 2025.

International Business Times UK

Amid Typhoon Uwan, Kiko Barzaga Proposes Death Penalty To Protect Sierra Madre, Other Natural Defences

As Typhoon Uwan batters the Philippines, Filipino politician Kiko Barzaga proposed death penalty against those mining Sierra Madre and other natural defences of the country.

The Independent UK

George Banks, one of America’s most notorious mass murderers, dies at 83

He passed away on Sunday afternoon at Phoenix state prison in Pennsylvania

The Guardian - US

DeSantis accused of playing politics as Florida shatters executions record

The state has killed 15 people this year with two more scheduled this month as death penalty in decline across US

The Independent UK

Judge halts death penalty case in New Mexico due to federal shutdown

A judge in New Mexico halted legal proceedings in a federal death penalty case because the U.S. government shutdown is impeding the defendant’s right to legal representation

The Independent UK

Suspect accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte light rail may face death penalty if convicted

Decarlos Brown Jr. was indicted by a federal grand jury following the fatal train attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on August 22

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