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Anfal death sentences do not require presidential approval: Iraqi judge
An Iraqi judge and spokesman for the Iraqi High Tribunal said at a Baghdad news conference Monday that the execution of three former Saddam-era Iraqi officials sentenced to death for their role in the 1988 Anfal Campaign can proceed without the ap (More) |
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Iraq president objects to execution of Saddam-era defense minister
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani Friday objected to the planned execution of former Saddam-era Defense Minister Sultan Hashim Ahmad al-Tai , saying that al-Tai should receive clemency because he was only acting under the threat of death from Saddam a (More) |
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UN rights expert condemns Iraqi use of death penalty
UN special rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Leandro Despouy has issued a new report criticizing the government of Iraq for its ongoing use of the death penalty . In the report, Despouy specifically condemned the government for (More) |
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China death sentences at ten-year low: high court justice
Death sentences handed down by Chinese courts were at a ten-year low in 2006 and the trend continues in 2007, according to a Chinese Supreme Court justice quoted by state media Monday. In response to wrongful convictions and international criticism (More) |
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Rwanda calls on Canada to extradite genocide suspects
Rwandan prosecutors have called for Canada to extradite five suspects in the 1994 Rwanda genocide [BBC backgrounder; JURIST news archive], according to Friday media reports. The five, who all appear on Rwanda's most-wanted list and whom Rwandan (More) |
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Global death penalty report [HOC]
The Death Penalty Worldwide, Hands Off Cain, August 30, 2007 . Read the full text of the report. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Executions worldwide up, countries with death penalty down: report
The number of executions worldwide increased slightly in 2006 while the number of countries that employ capital punishment decreased, according to a report [text; press release] released Thursday by the Rome-based anti-death penalty group Hands Off (More) |
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North Carolina Medical Board asks judge to dismiss death penalty lawsuit
Lawyers for the North Carolina Medical Board argued in court Wednesday that a lawsuit filed against them earlier this year by the North Carolina State Department of Corrections was filed prematurely and should be dismissed. The lawsuit alleges th (More) |
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Truscott death penalty verdict reversal [Ontario CA]
Her Majesty the Queen v. Steven Murray Truscott, Ontario Court of Appeal, August 28, 2007 . Read the full text of the judgment . Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here. (More) |
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Canada appeals court quashes 1959 verdict that helped undermine death penalty
The Court of Appeal for Ontario on Tuesday overturned the 1959 guilty verdict against Steven Truscott for the rape and murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper. Last year, the Canadian appeals court heard new evidence suggesting that the death very like (More) |
First execution by guillotine in France
On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person beheaded by the guillotine in France.
Learn more about the history of the guillotine.
