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Bengal govt will amend existing laws to ensure death penalty to rapists: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee
Banerjee said that she would sit for dharna outside Raj Bhavan here if the governor delays in givin…
PTI
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China says Taiwanese working in the mainland 'need not worry' after it suggested a death penalty for 'independence die-hards'
On June 21, China sparked alarm in Taiwan after floating prison sentences, or even execution, for s…
Matthew Loh
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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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New criminal laws will replace IPC, CrPC, Indian Evidence Act from today
Provisions related to the gang rape of a minor woman will become consistent with the Protection of …
ANI
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Ron DeSantis' new death-penalty law is an open invitation for the Supreme Court to overturn limits on executions nationwide
Ron DeSantis said he's prepared to go to the Supreme Court to throw out a 2008 ruling limiting the …
Chris Panella
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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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Oklahoma's lax marijuana laws made it a green utopia for the cannabis industry. Then came the mass murder.
Oklahoma's lax pot laws made it a utopia for the cannabis industry. A mass murder on a weed farm in…
Matt Stroud
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Exonerated 'Central Park 5' member mimics Trump's 1980s ad that called for the return of the death penalty
"Over 30 years ago, Donald Trump took out full-page ads calling for my execution," Yusef Salaam, a …
Isobel van Hagen
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Uganda now has the death penalty for certain same-sex acts. Imported US 'Christian values' accused of inciting anti-LGBTQ persecution in Africa.
After a harsh anti-LGBTQ law was passed in Uganda, activists say homophobia in the country is linke…
Isobel van Hagen
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Judy Malinowski was burned alive and testified at her killer's trial from the grave. She said that he didn't deserve the death penalty.
Judy Malinowski was set on fire by her boyfriend who poured gasoline over her body. The mom, who la…
Jane Ridley
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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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Bryan Kohberger's lawyers say they need key FBI and police files related to Kohberger's cell phone records and white Hyundai Elantra due to 'heightened standard' of death penalty trial
Kohberger's defense asked for FBI files related to Kohberger, including a report where an agent tol…
Azmi Haroun
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An inmate who is scheduled to be executed just 5 days before Biden takes office tested positive for COVID-19
The federal prison in Terre Haute, Indiana, where Dustin John Higgs is being held has over 300 conf…
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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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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Meet Allison Greenfield, the law clerk driving Trump bonkers at his fraud trial
Donald Trump's attacks on Allison Greenfield, now banned by a gag order, led to a deluge of antisem…
Jacob Shamsian
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Trump attacked her as a 'co-judge'; now NY law clerk Allison Greenfield is on her way to becoming an actual judge
Undaunted by attacks by Trump and MAGA faithful, Allison Greenfield of Trump's fraud trial is runni…
Laura Italiano
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Scott Peterson, convicted in 2004 of killing his pregnant wife, has death penalty sentence overturned
The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that jurors had been improperly dismissed for saying they…
Charles Davis
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Brian Laundrie could face the death penalty if he winds up charged with murder in the death of Gabby Petito, experts say
Gabby Petito's body has been identified, and her death ruled a homicide. Police are searching for h…
Kenneth Niemeyer,Yelena Dzhan…
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Japan's death row prisoners live in fear that every morning will be their last, says lawyer. Inmates sue over 'extremely inhumane' same day executions.
Japanese death row inmates can be given just hours' notice before their executions. Two prisoners o…