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UK judges refuse to ban death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago

May 17, 2022 World Justice News 0

Nine of the UK’s most senior judges have refused to ban the mandatory death penalty in Trinidad and Tobago. The law dates back to when the country was a British colony. The judges expressed concerns […]

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China: Canadian citizen loses appeal against death penalty

August 10, 2021 World Justice News 0

A Canadian citizen has lost his appeal against a death sentence in China for drug smuggling. The court said it upheld Robert Lloyd Schellenberg’s sentence because evidence against him was “sufficient”. Schellenberg was initially sentenced […]

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‘Hollywood Ripper’ Michael Gargiulo sentenced to death for murders

July 17, 2021 World Justice News 0

A convicted murderer nicknamed the “Hollywood Ripper” has been sentenced to death for the killings of two women in the 2000s. Relatives of his victims wept as a judge gave Michael Gargiulo the sentence in […]

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US attorney general halts federal executions restarted under Trump

July 2, 2021 World Justice News 0

The US attorney general has ordered a pause on federal executions that were resumed in 2020 under the Trump administration after a 17-year hiatus. Merrick Garland, the US government’s top lawyer, also ordered a review […]

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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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Virginia governor signs bill to abolish death penalty

March 24, 2021 World Justice News 0

Virginia has become the first Southern US state to abolish the death penalty after its governor signed into law a bill that ends capital punishment. Governor Ralph Northam said the repeal would stop a “machinery […]

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Bangladesh Avijit Roy murder: Five sentenced to die for machete attack on blogger

February 16, 2021 World Justice News 0

A court in Bangladesh has sentenced five men to death and one to life in jail for hacking a secular blogger to death six years ago in Dhaka. Avijit Roy, based in the US and […]

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Gracious David-West: Nigerian serial killer sentenced to death in Port Harcourt

October 9, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man who killed nine women in a case that caused outrage in Nigeria has been sentenced to death in the southern city of Port Harcourt. Prosecutors say 40-year-old Gracious David-West strangled his victims in […]

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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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Man sentenced to death in Singapore via Zoom

May 20, 2020 World Justice News 0

A man has been sentenced to death via a Zoom video call in Singapore, as the country remains on lockdown following a spike in Covid-19 cases. Punithan Genasan, 37, received the sentence on Friday for […]

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