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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 […]

Ernest Johnson
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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 […]

Mustafa al-Darwish
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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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Lisa Montgomery: US executes only woman on federal death row

January 13, 2021 World Justice News 0

Lisa Montgomery – the only female inmate on federal death row in the US – has been executed for murder. She received a lethal injection at a prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, after a last-minute […]

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Lisa Montgomery: Only woman on US federal death row to face execution

January 2, 2021 World Justice News 0

A US appeals court has lifted a stay of execution on the only woman awaiting a federal death penalty. Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the baby in […]

Lisa Montgomery
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US woman faces first federal execution since 1953

October 17, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US is to execute a female federal inmate for the first time in almost 70 years, the Justice Department said. Lisa Montgomery strangled a pregnant woman in Missouri before cutting out and kidnapping the […]

Navid Afkari
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Iran executes young wrestler despite global outcry

September 12, 2020 World Justice News 0

Iran has executed a wrestler accused of murder, state media report, defying international appeals for him to be spared. Navid Afkari, 27, was sentenced to death over the murder of a security guard during a […]

Daniel Lewis Lee
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US Supreme Court allows federal executions to resume

July 14, 2020 World Justice News 0

The US Supreme Court has cleared the way for the first executions of federal prisoners in 17 years. Several executions were delayed after a judge ruled on Monday that there were still unresolved legal challenges […]

Daniel Lewis Lee
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Daniel Lewis Lee: US judge delays first federal execution in 17 years

July 13, 2020 World Justice News 0

A US judge has ordered the first federal execution in more than 17 years to be delayed, just hours before it was due to go ahead The judge issued an injunction on Monday, shortly before […]

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