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China is greenlighting possible death penalties for 'diehard' supporters of Taiwan gaining independence
Punishments for actively supporting Taiwan's independence include 10 years and up in prison or the …
Matthew Loh
Trump faces 'corporate death penalty' after fraud ruling
After a Manhattan judge ruled that Donald Trump committed fraud at the Trump Organization, experts …
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A Republican House member spoke in support of a Ugandan law that doles out a death penalty for 'aggravated homosexuality'
Rep. Tim Walberg traveled to Uganda to voice his support for the country's law that sentences peopl…
Madison Hall
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These haunting photos show how the death penalty has evolved in America
A group of newsmen looking at the chair in which Gary Gilmore sat when facing the firing squad on J…
Katie Balevic
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Florida teen's death in cement mixer was his employer's fault, investigators say
A 19-year-old died in March 2023 after a cement mixer he was cleaning powered on.
Charles R. Davis
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Idaho murders: State seeks the death penalty against Bryan Kohberger
Idaho murders suspect Bryan Kohberger could face the death penalty at trial. The state sought capit…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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South Carolina becomes the latest GOP-led state with a bill to make the death penalty a punishment for abortion
The bill, which is still in the legislature, aims to define a fetus as a living person and equate t…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Ron DeSantis styles himself a culture warrior for God. But his push to expand the death penalty is 'deeply concerning' to the Catholic Church.
The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops told Insider that the proposals to make it easier to imp…
Charles R. Davis
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State-sanctioned killings see a 'worrying' 20% global increase with China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia leading as 'the world's most prolific executioners:' report
The "worrying rise" comes after the repealing of COVID-19 restrictions that slowed down judiciary p…
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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These are the reasons the Parkland shooter's life may have been spared during his death penalty trial
The jury's recommendation may represent a growing apprehension toward the use of capital punishment.
Taiyler Simone Mitchell
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A spate of swatting incidents has plagued Republican politicians this holiday season. Lawmakers want stronger penalties.
This holiday season, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Green, Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, and multiple Georgia l…
Michelle Mark
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A man was given the death penalty after footage of him being roasted in jail by Comedy Central's Jeff Ross was used in his sentencing
Lawyers for a Texas death-row inmate say Comedy Central roast footage of him and Ross was improperl…
Mia Jankowicz
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Russia frees 2 Americans who were captured while fighting for Ukraine and threatened with the death penalty
Family members told CNN that the two military veterans were released Wednesday as part of a Ukraine…
Charles R. Davis
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The US is almost out of options to make Russia pay for Navalny's death
President Joe Biden said in 2021 that Russia would suffer "devastating" consequences if Navalny die…
Tom Porter
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A Vietnamese real-estate exec embezzled so much money it equalled 3% of the country's GDP. Her punishment is death.
In Vietnam's largest-ever fraud trial, a tycoon was sentenced to death. Prosecutors said she embezz…
Joshua Zitser
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An infamous Stalin-era military unit called SMERSH is being re-created by Putin as he steps up his search for spies: UK intel
The infamous counterintelligence unit was formed by Soviet dictator Josef Stalin to counter Nazi su…
Tom Porter
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Ron DeSantis said it's a 'miscarriage of justice' that the Parkland shooter got a life sentence instead of the death penalty
"I just don't think anything else is appropriate except a capital sentence in this case," DeSantis …
Cheryl Teh
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Families of Parkland massacre victims rip jury for rejecting death penalty: 'You set a precedent for the next mass killing'
"This animal deserves to die, he hunted all these people," Michael Schulman, the father of victim S…
Natalie Musumeci
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South Carolina has finished renovating a correctional facility and says death row inmates now have the option of being executed by firing squad
The electric chair is the state's main form of execution and will still be an available option, sho…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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Saudi Arabia executes a record 81 people in a single day
The 81 men killed committed a range of "multiple heinous crimes," said Saudi Arabia, and included "…