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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

The Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

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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

The Independent UK

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

Salon

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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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…

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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.

Bangkok Post

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 Texas Tribune

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

The Independent UK

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.

Chicago Tribune

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.

WEKU

Fabiola Santiago: No justice: Florida jury gives a gun-obsessed monster what he took from innocents — life

He killed 17 and injured 17 more.

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The Independent UK

Parkland shooter's life sentence could bring changes to law

The life sentence about to be imposed on Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz could bring changes to the state's death penalty law

The Independent UK

Biden nominates 7 for US attorney, judge and marshal slots

The Biden administrating is putting forth seven new Justice Department and judicial nominations covering three U.S. attorney’s offices in Texas and other senior posts

The Independent UK

British mother of girl killed in Parkland school massacre condemns verdict as gunman spared death penalty

Anne Ramsay, whose 17-year-old daughter was among victims of killer Nikolas Cruz, does not believe justice was done

Miami Herald

After Parkland shooter gets life verdict, what’s next for the death penalty in Florida?

MIAMI — A jury’s decision to hand out a life sentence for Parkland mass killer Nikolas Cruz will make it even more difficult to secure death sentences in the future — and could also spur Florida lawmakers to consider changing the state’s capital punishment law, legal experts say.

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Jury rejects death sentence for Parkland school shooter in all 17 murders

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County jury showed mercy Thursday to a heartless killer who didn’t know the meaning of the word as he stalked the hallways of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School more than four years ago, viciously ending the lives of 17 innocent people.

The Independent UK

Juror who prevented Nikolas Cruz getting death penalty defends herself

Cruz will spend the rest of his life in prison without parole for killing 17 and injuring 17

Tribune News Service

‘They did not receive justice today’: Families stunned, angered, disgusted by jury's decision to spare life of Parkland gunman

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — It has been 1,702 days since they last looked into the eyes of their child, their spouse, but the families of 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in 2018 finally got their moment of reckoning.

Miami Herald

White House says Parkland verdict ‘brought a measure of justice and accountability’

A Florida jury’s decision to recommend life in prison for the shooter who killed 17 students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School drew strong reaction from the families who lost sons, daughters and spouses in the attack, many of whom were outraged that the jury rejected the death…

AFP

Florida school shooter spared death penalty, gets life in prison

Fort Lauderdale (United States) (AFP) - A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty and backed life imprisonment for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school, in a sentence that shocked and angered some relatives of the victims.

The New Daily

‘Robbed of Justice’: Families shocked as mass shooter avoids death penalty

Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz has avoided the death penalty after a jury recommended life without the possibility of parole.

ABC News

The Loop: January 6 committee votes to subpoena Donald Trump for testimony, Parkland shooter spared death penalty for murder — as it happened

What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up of this morning's key stories.

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