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Florida top court rules death penalty may be sought in pending cases
The Florida Supreme Court ruled [order, PDF; opinion, PDF] Monday that prosecutors can seek the death penalty during an ongoing case despite constitutional concerns with Florida's death penalty law. Last October the state's Supreme Court ruled that (More) |
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Egypt top court upholds death penalty for soccer rioters
Egypt's Court of Cassation , the nation's highest court, on Monday upheld the death penalty for 10 men involved in the Port Said Stadium Riot in which more than 70 individuals were killed after a soccer game in 2012. Supporters of the winning team (More) |
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Court: Missouri not required to disclose source of execution drug
The Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District on Wednesday ruled that state prison officials are not required to disclose the names of the pharmaceutical suppliers that provide the state with pentobarbital, the drug used in lethal injection. The (More) |
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Ohio governor postpones executions amid challenge to lethal injection procedure
Ohio Governor John Kasich on Friday put on hold eight executions after a magistrate for the US District Court of the Southern District of Ohio on Wednesday refused to lift a stay on the first three of Ohio's scheduled executions. Ohio has since a (More) |
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Mississippi house approves bill allowing firing squad executions
The Mississippi House of Representatives approved a bill Wednesday that would allow execution by firing squad, nitrogen gas or electrocution if the current method of execution, lethal injection, is deemed unconstitutional by a court. The legislati (More) |
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Federal judge refuses to lift order delaying Ohio exeuctions
A judge for the US District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on Tuesday refused to lift a preliminary injunction that delays executions in Ohio. Last month Judge Michael Merz blocked Ohio's lethal injection protocol by deeming it unconstitu (More) |
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UN: Iran should halt execution of juvenile
UN human rights experts on Thursday urged the government of Iran to stop the execution of Hamid Ahmadi, a 17 year old with a death sentence stemming from Ahmadi fatally stabbing another Iranian youth. The office of the UN High Commisioner for Human (More) |
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Pakistan top court approves execution of man with schizophrenia
A Pakistani man who was convicted of killing a cleric in 2002 can be executed , according to the Supreme Court of Pakistan Friday, despite having been diagnosed with schizophrenia. The court stayed the execution of Imdad Ali last October as his wif (More) |
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Federal judge rejects Ohio lethal injection protocol
A federal judge on Thursday blocked Ohio's lethal injection protocol. The protocol, which uses three drugs, was rejected as the sedative midazolam was deemed insufficiently humane. The sedative has been used in numerous states that experienced probl (More) |
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Indonesia corruption group arrests constitutional judge
The Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) confirmed Thursday that it had arrested a Constitutional Court judge in an investigation involving three other suspects and as many as 10 other detainments. The investigation surrounds allegat (More) |
