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South Carolina executes first inmate in 13 years

September 21, 2024 World Justice News 0

South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years, administering a lethal injection to Freddie Owens. Owens, 46, was found guilty by a jury of killing shop worker Irene Graves during an […]

Man convicted of murder and rape executed in Florida

August 30, 2024 World Justice News 0

A Florida man found guilty of killing a college freshman and raping the victim’s older sister while the two were on a camping trip was executed on Thursday. The state administered a lethal injection to […]

Australian writer given suspended death sentence in China

February 5, 2024 World Justice News 0

Australian writer Yang Hengjun has been given a suspended death sentence by a Chinese court, five years after he was arrested and accused of spying. The sentence may be commuted to life imprisonment after two […]

US inmate faces first nitrogen execution after losing last-minute appeals

January 25, 2024 World Justice News 0

An Alabama death row inmate is expected to become the first person in the US to be executed with nitrogen gas, after losing last-minute appeals. The US Supreme Court and a lower appeals court declined […]

Gunman behind Pittsburgh synagogue shooting will be sentenced to death

August 3, 2023 World Justice News 0

A gunman will be sentenced to death after killing 11 worshippers at a synagogue in Pittsburgh in the deadliest antisemitic attack in US history. Jurors found Robert Bowers guilty in June for the October 2018 attack in […]

Jamshid Sharmahd: Iran could execute my dad at any time, says German woman

July 22, 2023 World Justice News 0

It was the middle of the night when the phone call came. Gazelle Sharmahd was woken up by her mother, who told her that her father, Jamshid, was calling from his jail cell in Iran. […]

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 […]

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 […]

Japan retrial for world’s longest-serving death row inmate

March 13, 2023 World Justice News 0

A Japanese man who was on death row for nearly half a century has been granted a retrial. Iwao Hakamada, now 87, is the world’s longest-serving death row inmate, according to Amnesty International. He was sentenced […]

Tennessee fires officials after damning death penalty report

January 21, 2023 World Justice News 0

Tennessee has fired two top officials after a report revealed numerous errors in the state’s lethal injection system. The Department of Corrections has fired head lawyer, Debra Inglis, and Inspector General Kelly Young. The independent […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]