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Georgia death row inmate petitions court for stay of execution
Warren Hill, a Georgia death row inmate with an undisputed IQ of 70, filed motions on Monday for a stay of execution with the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit [official website; motion] and the US Supreme Court [official website; motion] (More) |
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Pakistan government ends moratorium on executions
Pakistan's new government on Thursday lifted the country's moratorium on executions. The Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N), a center-right party, took power during elections in May, defeating the incumbent Pakistan People's Party (PPP) . PML-N Interi (More) |
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Bangladesh court sentences 9 politicians to life in prison for murder of journalist
A court in Bangladesh on Friday sentenced nine politicians from the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) to life imprisonment for the murder of journalist Gautam Das in 2005. Shortly before his murder, Das published a series of reports d (More) |
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UN urges Iraq to address human rights abuses
The UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) released a report Thursday which presses Iraqi leaders to develop measures addressing the growing trend of human rights abuses in Iraq. According to the UN, terrorist groups killed more than 3,100 Iraqi c (More) |
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Supreme Court issues final orders of term
The US Supreme Court issued its final orders of the term Thursday, granting certiorari in two cases, and sending several controversial cases back to lower courts for reconsideration. In White v. Woodall [docket; cert. petition, PDF] the court will (More) |
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UN rights expert condemns recent executions in Nigeria
The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions Christof Heyns on Wednesday condemned the Nigerian government for the alleged execution of four men in the State of Edo . Heyns voiced his concern "that capital punishment (More) |
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Bangladesh war crimes court to try 2 in absentia
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh (ICTB) on Monday ordered Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin and Ashrafuzzaman Khan to be tried in absentia for the murders of 19 intellectuals and 11 crimes against humanity committed during the 1971 independence war (More) |
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Supreme Court to rule on recess appointments, abortion clinic 'buffer zone'
The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to review the president's recess appointment power . In NLRB v. Noel Canning [docket; cert. petition, PDF], the court will decide: (1) whether the president's recess-appointment power may be exercised during a re (More) |
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Oregon Supreme Court upholds governor's death penalty moratorium
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a death row inmate cannot reject a reprieve by the governor. Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber in 2011 issued a temporary reprieve for death row inmate Gary Haugen, just before his scheduled execution, a (More) |
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North Carolina repeals death penalty racial justice law
North Carolina Governor Patrick McRory on Wednesday signed into law Senate Bill 306 , repealing the Racial Justice Act (RJA) [text; JURIST news archive] that allowed minority death row inmates to seek a reduced sentence. The 2009 law created an ad (More) |
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