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16 hours ago · Capital punishment by country. Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state -sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used in almost every part of the world. Since the mid-19th century many countries have abolished or discontinued the practice.
7 hours ago · Ohio’s capital punishment system has been in a kind of limbo since 2018. The state can’t lay its hands on the drugs necessary for lethal injection, so executions have stopped, and death row inmates are facing an indefinite delay. Even adding those complications to an already lengthy and expensive appeals process, capital punishment retains a rhetorical appeal among some Republican officials.
7 hours ago · A new report from the Death Penalty Information Center highlights how capital punishment intersects with electoral politics, and how the demands of political campaigns have pushed some officials toward a more aggressive posture. Robin Maher helped write the report and heads up the non-profit which tracks how the death penalty is applied but ...
16 hours ago · Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center (DPIC), a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., that tracks state and federal executions, said it’s also critical for the ...
16 hours ago · Al-Ghamdi’s conviction follows that of his brother, Mohammed al-Ghamdi, who was issued a death sentence in July 2023 over tweets made from an anonymous account with nine followers.
16 hours ago · Warning: This article contains distressing details. A drunk driver who caused a car crash that killed an eight-month-old baby and his aunt has been sentenced to over 17 years in prison.
16 hours ago · PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court on Tuesday (July 9) upheld the death penalty for a serial rapist known as ‘Rambo Bentong’, who was convicted of murdering a teenager and an employee of the Bentong ...
