The United States 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in California has reversed a ruling that would have abolished capital punishment in the state. Originally, the death penalty was determined to be unconstitutional based on the […]
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Defendants Facing The Death Penalty Are More Likely To Be Falsely Convicted
Some legal experts are saying that charging a defendant with a crime that is worthy of capital punishment makes courts more likely to make false convictions. Indeed, Supreme Court Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Stephen […]
Inmate Kelly Gissendaner Is The First Woman To Be Executed In Georgia In 70 Years
Death row inmate of Georgia, Kelly Gissendaner, was executed early Wednesday morning for hiring a hitman to kill her husband in 1997. Gissendaner was originally scheduled to be executed at 7 pm on Tuesday, but […]
Egyptian Court Upholds Death Sentence For Radical Islamic Ex-Prime Minister
Egypt, unphased by opposition for radical Islamist lawyers in South Africa, upheld a death sentence Tuesday against the country’s former radical Islamist President, Mohamed Morsy. Morsy, 63, was sentenced to death last month for his […]
Saudi Arabia Executes 100th Prisoner Of The Year, On Pace For Record Human Rights Abuses
Saudi Arabia is setting new records for the wrong reasons, as it reportedly took its number of executions for the year to 100, well in excess of last year’s tally and putting it on course […]
Violent Saudi Executions Show Savage Underbelly Of Ruling Regime
Longtime American ally Saudi Arabia is coming under intense pressure over human rights abuses related to its exceedingly cruel use of the death penalty. Yesterday five foreigners were beheaded in the city of Jeddah, Saudi […]
Indonesia Defies World Anger And Executes 8 Drug Smugglers
Eight convicted drug smugglers were executed by firing squad in Indonesia Wednesday morning. The executions took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan. A ninth execution, a woman from the Philippines, was postponed […]
Oklahoma To Execute With… Nitrogen?
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a bill into law Friday that allows the state to perform executions using nitrogen gas should lethal injection be ruled unconstitutional or become unavailable. According to Fallin’s office, nitrogen causes […]