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Japan’s justice minister resigns over death penalty comments

Minister Yasuhiro Hanashi submitted his resignation letter to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Friday.

Al Jazeera

Japan minister resigns after criticism over death penalty remarks

Tokyo (AFP) - Japan's justice minister stepped down on Friday after facing criticism for reportedly saying his "low-profile" position only generates media coverage when he approves the death penalty.

AFP

Texas executes Tracy Beatty for strangling mother to death

Beatty’s lawyers argued unsuccessfully that the 2003 Smith County murder didn’t qualify for the death penalty. Neither the Supreme Court nor Texas Gov. Greg Abbott intervened on Wednesday.

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Death penalty: Campaign issue no more

It's an important milestone: Even with GOP pushing "law and order," candidates don't vow to put people to death

Salon

Tehran Toughens Stance against Protesters, Judiciary Threatens Capital Punishment

Iranian officials have sharpened their threats against anti-regime protesters with the country's hardliner Chief Justice Gholam-Hossein Ejei announcing on Monday his support for delivering the death penalty against demonstrators. “The deputy head of the judiciary and the public prosecutor are following up on a daily basis the files of key…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Man charged in Alabama church shooting fighting mental test

A man facing a potential death penalty in the killing of three people who were shot at an Alabama church dinner is fighting a court-ordered mental evaluation

The Independent UK

Red Fort Attack Case: Supreme Court Affirms Death To Pakistani Attacker Of Red Fort

A bench headed by Chief Justice UU Lalit rejected Arif's review plea and upheld the death penalty granted to him. Read on for details:

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Parkland school shooter escaped death penalty after killing 17 due to controversial rule

Nikolas Cruz massacred 17 people in the deadliest high school shooting in US history and many of the victims' families hoped he would face the death penalty - but the Parkland school shooter was spared

Daily Mirror

Iranian protesters in new show of defiance despite crackdown

Paris (AFP) - Iranians staged new protests Tuesday to denounce the country's theocratic regime in defiance of a crackdown that has seen prominent figures arrested and some even face the death penalty.

AFP

Iran protests rage on in defiance of crackdown

Paris (AFP) - Iranians staged new protest actions to denounce the country's theocratic regime in defiance of a crackdown that is now seeing those arrested put on trial and facing the death penalty.

AFP

Branson declines Singapore’s invite to death penalty debate

Singapore had invited Richard Branson to a live TV debate after he criticised the city state’s death penalty as brutal.

Al Jazeera

Sick killer that slit the throats of two boys he beat with hammer receives death penalty

WARNING, GRAPHIC DETAILS: A man who murdered two boys by beating them with hammers and cutting their throats has been told he will face the death penalty, after a court heard how he confessed the crime to his own mum

Daily Mirror

Branson turns down Singapore death penalty debate

Singapore (AFP) - British tycoon Richard Branson has rejected an invitation to debate Singapore's interior minister on the death penalty but doubled down on criticism that grew over the execution of a Malaysian man.

AFP

Death sentence sought for man accused of killing officer

A prosecutor wants the death penalty for a man charged with killing an Indiana police officer

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Iran accuses journalists who reported Mahsa Amini’s death of spying for CIA

Spying charge levelled at Niloofar Hamedi and Elahe Mohammadi carries death penalty as Tehran seeks to suppress running protests

The Independent UK

Ex-politician pleads not guilty in Vegas reporter killing

Prosecutors say a former Las Vegas-area politician won’t face the death penalty at trial in the killing of a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct

Salon

Is Biden against death penalty or not?

Sayfullo Saipov committed a terrible crime. That's why his case is the ultimate test of Joe Biden's courage

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If Singapore Wants to Debate the Death Penalty, Talk To Us — Not Richard Branson.

If the Singapore government really prioritized the well-being of people in Singapore, they wouldn’t be wasting time and money trying to get Richard Branson over for a “debate.”

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Iranian Judiciary Begins Trial of Protesters

Iranian authorities are slapping charges of an offense that carries the death penalty against protesters who partook in anti-regime demonstrations sparked by the death of Mahsa Amini after her arrest by the morality police in Tehran. Iran’s judiciary chief Gholam Hossein Mohseni Ejei announced that courts will trial detainees in…

Bangkok Post

Singapore invites billionaire Branson to death penalty debate

Singapore invited British billionaire Richard Branson to a live televised debate with Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam on the city-state’s drug policy and death penalty in response to a blog post by the businessman on the subject.

The Texas Tribune

What to know before voting for Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judges

Texans will vote on three seats for the state’s highest criminal court in November. Here’s what the court does, who is running for office and what issues candidates are running on.

The Independent UK

Jailed ex-politician indicted in killing of Vegas journalist

A former Las Vegas-area politician has been indicted on a murder charge carrying the possibility of the death penalty in the killing of a veteran investigative journalist who wrote articles critical of him and his managerial conduct

The Independent UK

Union head: Vegas officer killing should bring death penalty

A union chief is calling for the death penalty for a man accused of killing a veteran patrol officer, and the top prosecutor in Las Vegas says a decision will be made in the coming weeks

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Parkland and the flawed argument against capital punishment

Jurors recently handed down their decision in the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz, the man who murdered 17 people, mostly children, in the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting in 2018 in Parkland, Florida. They opted against the death penalty, choosing instead to give Cruz life in prison without parole.

WEKU

The Parkland shooter's life sentence could bring changes to Florida law

Until 2016, Florida law allowed trial judges to impose a death sentence if a majority of the jurors agreed. But now, anything less than 12-0 means an automatic sentence of life without parole.

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