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Richard Glossip: US Supreme Court halts man’s fourth execution attempt

May 6, 2023 World Justice News 0

A convicted man in Oklahoma has escaped a fourth execution attempt after a rare intervention from the US Supreme Court. The court halted Richard Glossip’s 18 May execution after the state’s top lawman said he […]

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Idaho to let prisoners on death row be executed by firing squad if no lethal injections available

March 26, 2023 World Justice News 0

Idaho will allow prisoners on death row to be executed by firing squad due to a US nationwide shortage of lethal injection drugs. Dwindling supplies of the substances needed have increasingly seen pharmaceutical companies ban […]

Alireza Akbari
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Alireza Akbari: British-Iranian national accused of being UK spy executed in Iran

January 14, 2023 World Justice News 0

A British-Iranian national has been executed in Iran after being accused of spying for the UK. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said he was “appalled” by the execution of Alireza Akbari, saying: “This was a callous […]

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Openly transgender woman executed for the first time in US history

January 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

UPDATE: Amber McLaughlin’s fate was sealed earlier Tuesday when Missouri Gov. Mike Parson declined a clemency request. McLaughlin spoke quietly with a spiritual adviser at her side as the fatal dose of pentobarbital was injected. McLaughlin breathed […]

Majidreza Rahnavard
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Iran public hanging: Second execution carried out over protests

December 12, 2022 World Justice News 0

Iran says it has publicly hanged a 23-year-old in what is the second execution linked to the recent anti-government protests. Majidreza Rahnavard, 23, was hanged early on Monday in the city of Mashhad, the judiciary […]

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Alabama preparing to use untried execution method nitrogen hypoxia on death row prisoner

September 14, 2022 World Justice News 0

A prisoner on death row in Alabama could be executed next week using a new, untried method that deprives the body of oxygen. James Houts, a deputy state attorney general, told a federal judge that […]

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Melissa Lucio: First Texas execution of Hispanic woman stayed

April 26, 2022 World Justice News 0

On 27 April, Melissa Lucio was supposed to die. But two days before the 53-year-old mother of 14 children was due to be executed, she was given a second chance. For 14 years, Lucio had […]

Julius Jones
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Julius Jones: Oklahoma prisoner’s execution halted at last minute

November 19, 2021 World Justice News 0

Oklahoma’s governor has halted the execution of prisoner Julius Jones hours before he was due to be put to death. Kevin Stitt said he was commuting the sentence to life imprisonment without parole. Hundreds of […]

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Ernest Johnson: Missouri executes man for killing three in 1994 robbery

October 6, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Missouri man has been executed for murder despite pleas for clemency by advocates who said he had an intellectual disability. Ernest Johnson received a lethal injection on Tuesday after the US Supreme Court refused […]

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Mustafa al-Darwish: Saudi man executed for crimes committed as a minor

June 15, 2021 World Justice News 0

Saudi Arabia has executed a man for offences that rights groups say he committed while aged 17, despite the kingdom’s assurance that it had abolished the death penalty for minors. Mustafa Hashem al-Darwish was arrested […]

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