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After two years of delays in the trial, Lori Vallow was found guilty of the murders of her children. But the case spans a deeply disturbing pattern of unexplained deaths and bizarre cult beliefs about killing zombies

Singaporean national Saridewi Djamani, 45, was convicted in 2018 of trafficking over 30 grams of heroin. She is first woman to be hanged since 2004.

Saridewi Djamani was handed a death penalty after being convicted of trafficking 30g of heroin in 2018

Judge deems motion untimely, focuses on mental health as defense argues against death penalty

The announcement of the scheduled Friday execution of a woman comes as human rights groups say Singapore is out of step with the global trend of more countries moving away from capital punishment.

Saridewi Djamani, 45, was executed on Friday on drugs charges

Country joins growing list of African nations free of capital punishment, but execution remains for high treason

Singapore has executed a man for drug trafficking and is set to hang a woman on Friday

Killing of Saridewi Djamani is one of two this week as activists say most on death row are marginalised people

Convict sentenced to death penalty for murdering 6yo boy & raping minor sister; 4 life terms for rape, 92 yrs for attack on mother & grandmother. Judge termed crime rarest of rare & noted convict was related to victims' family. Fine of Rs 9,91 lakh imposed; 11 yrs in default.

He claimed that during his presidency child trafficking was ‘down to the lowest number in many years just four years ago’