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Trump blasts Biden over death sentence commutations, says 'makes no sense'
2 weeks, 3 days ago

Trump blasts Biden over death sentence commutations, says 'makes no sense'

Firstpost  

President Biden, in his final month in office, announced Monday he was converting the sentences of 37 of the 40 federal inmates awaiting execution to life without the possibility of parole. Donald Trump criticised Joe Biden on Tuesday for commuting the sentences of nearly every federal prisoner on death row, as the president-elect prepares to take office. In his final …

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Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates ahead of Trump’s return
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Biden commutes sentences for 37 of 40 federal death row inmates ahead of Trump’s return

Firstpost  

With less than a month left in office, Biden had faced growing calls from death penalty opponents to commute the sentences of those on death row to life in prison without parole, which the 37 will now serve US President Joe Biden speaks at the White House, in Washington, December 8, 2024. With less than a month left in office, …

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US President Joe Biden commutes death sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on death row ahead of power hand-over to Trump
2 weeks, 4 days ago

US President Joe Biden commutes death sentences of 37 of 40 inmates on death row ahead of power hand-over to Trump

Op India  

On Monday, 23rd December, US President Joe Biden commuted death sentences of 37 federal inmates changing their punishment to life in prison without parole. This is ahead of January 20th, 2025, when incumbent President Joe Biden would hand over power to President-elect Donald Trump. Incumbent President Joe Biden is believed to have faced pressures recently from congressional Democrats, anti-death penalty …

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Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners

NPR  

Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row prisoners toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Biden used his clemency authority Monday to commute the sentences of 37 of the 40 men on federal death row to life without parole, in one of the most significant moves taken against capital punishment in recent presidential history. Citing his experience as …

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Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life in prison
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Joe Biden commutes sentences of 37 federal death row inmates to life in prison

ABC  

United States President Joe Biden has commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 inmates on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment, just weeks before Donald Trump, an outspoken proponent of expanding capital punishment, takes office. While running for president in 2020, Mr Biden's campaign website said he would "work to pass legislation to eliminate the death …

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Advocates want Biden to spare the lives of the 40 prisoners on federal death row
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Advocates want Biden to spare the lives of the 40 prisoners on federal death row

NPR  

Advocates want Biden to spare the lives of the 40 prisoners on federal death row Anti-death penalty advocates hope President Biden will grant clemency to 40 people on federal death row. A growing number of groups have asked the president to spare the lives of the 40 prisoners on federal death row by commuting their sentences, too. CHIARA EISNER, BYLINE: …

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Bangladesh HC acquits former home minister and senior military officials in 10-truck weapons haul for ULFA case
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Bangladesh HC acquits former home minister and senior military officials in 10-truck weapons haul for ULFA case

Op India  

Bangladesh High Court has acquitted former Home Minister and BNP leader Lutfozzaman Babar and five others who were earlier convicted of supplying arms to ULFA, the armed separatist groups in India. Five others acquitted in the case are former director of Directorate General of Forces Intelligence Maj Gen Rezzakul Haider Chowdhury, ex- Chittagong Urea Fertilizer Limited managing director Mohsin Talukder, …

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Has the hangman's noose helped China curb big scams?
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Has the hangman's noose helped China curb big scams?

India Today  

As part of President Xi Jinping's signature anti-corruption policy to catch the "tigers", China this week hanged the biggest "tiger" it caught. Xi's China has been handing out severe penalties, including death sentences, for high-profile officials and businesspeople involved in major corruption cases, since he came to power in 2013. CORRUPTION IS SERIOUSLY DEALT WITH Although China keeps its execution …

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Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people. Some say he could do a lot more
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people. Some say he could do a lot more

NPR  

Biden commutes sentences for 1,500 people. Some say he could do a lot more toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images President Biden on Thursday announced he is commuting the prison sentences for nearly 1,500 people and pardoning 39 others in what the White House said was the largest act of clemency in a single day in modern presidential history. …

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State Must Not Defeat Purpose Of Death Sentence By Showing Laxity In Implementation: Supreme Court
4 weeks, 2 days ago

State Must Not Defeat Purpose Of Death Sentence By Showing Laxity In Implementation: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court while upholding the commutation of death sentences of two convicts highlighted several instances of administrative and judicial delays in the processing of mercy petitions and issuance of death warrants, which ultimately led to the commutation of sentence. A bench of Justices Abhay Oka, Ahsanuddin Amanullah, and Augustine George Masih observed a delay of over three years by …

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Biden under pressure to commute federal death sentences
1 month ago

Biden under pressure to commute federal death sentences

Raw Story  

by Chris Lefkow U.S. President Joe Biden is facing growing calls to commute the death sentences of the more than three dozen federal inmates on Death Row before Donald Trump returns to the White House. A coalition of death penalty opponents submitted a letter to Biden on Monday asking him to commute federal death sentences to life in prison without …

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Article 21 | Death Penalty Must Be Commuted If Inordinate Delay In Execution Is Caused By Circumstances Beyond Convict's Control: Supreme Court
1 month ago

Article 21 | Death Penalty Must Be Commuted If Inordinate Delay In Execution Is Caused By Circumstances Beyond Convict's Control: Supreme Court

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday held that inordinate delay in execution of death sentence have a dehumanizing effect on convicts and when such delays are caused by factors beyond the prisoners' control, the death sentence must be commuted to life imprisonment. Right to Challenge Delay Convicts facing undue, unexplained, and inordinate delays in the execution of death sentences may approach …

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Supreme Court Issues Guidelines On Death Penalty Execution & Mercy Petitions To Avoid Delay In Process
1 month ago

Supreme Court Issues Guidelines On Death Penalty Execution & Mercy Petitions To Avoid Delay In Process

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday directed all states and union territories to constitute a dedicated cell for the prompt processing of the mercy petitions by death row convicts within the timeline laid down by the respective governments. The dedicated cell shall be responsible for the prompt processing of the mercy petitions within the time frame laid down by the respective …

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Vietnam court may commute tycoon’s death sentences if she repays $11 billion
1 month, 1 week ago

Vietnam court may commute tycoon’s death sentences if she repays $11 billion

Associated Press  

HANOI, Vietnam — A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life if she reimburses some $11 billion, or three-fourths of what she defrauded in the country’s biggest financial crime. As chairperson of the Van Thinh Phat real estate firm, the court said she …

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Vietnam court may commute tycoon’s death sentences if she repays $11 billion
1 month, 1 week ago

Vietnam court may commute tycoon’s death sentences if she repays $11 billion

LA Times  

A court in Vietnam on Tuesday upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan but said it could be commuted to life in prison if she reimburses some $11 billion, or three-fourths of the amount of her fraud in the country’s biggest financial crime. As chairperson of the Van Thinh Phat real estate firm, the court said …

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Bombay High court confirms death penalty for father and son in multiple murder case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bombay High court confirms death penalty for father and son in multiple murder case

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has confirmed death sentences for a father and son convicted of murdering four family members, whilst acquitting a third defendant. Bombay High court confirms death penalty for father and son in multiple murder case The convicts, Haribhau Telgote, 66, and his son Shyam, 35, were found guilty of murdering four relatives …

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Bombay HC upholds death sentences for father, son in quadruple family murder case
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Bombay HC upholds death sentences for father, son in quadruple family murder case

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has confirmed death sentences for a father and son convicted of murdering four family members, whilst acquitting a third defendant. The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court has confirmed death sentences for a father and son convicted of murdering four family members. ) While finding sufficient grounds to uphold the …

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Editorial: Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Executions of the conceivably innocent are no better than human sacrifice

LA Times  

Robert Roberson, photographed through plexiglass at Texas Department of Justice Polunsky Unit in 2023, is scheduled to be executed next month for supposedly shaking his 2-year-old daughter to death. In the days before the child’s death, she was running a fever, and an emergency room doctor prescribed an antihistamine that can cause fatal respiratory distress in young children. Opinion Editorial: …

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Pakistan court sentences Christian woman to death in blasphemy case
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Pakistan court sentences Christian woman to death in blasphemy case

The Hindu  

A court in Pakistan on Thursday sentenced a Christian woman to death in a blasphemy case. Judge Afzal Majuka of the Special Court in Islamabad after the trial found her guilty under Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code, which carries a death sentence. Earlier, Asia Bibi, who was sentenced to death for blasphemy, was kept in prison for …

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Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims
6 months, 1 week ago

Pakistani court sentences Christian man to death for posting hateful content against Muslims

Associated Press  

MULTAN, Pakistan — A court in Pakistan sentenced a Christian man to death for sharing what it said was hateful content against Muslims on social media after one of the worst mob attacks on Christians in the eastern Punjab province last year, his lawyer said Monday, adding he will appeal the verdict. In August 2023, groups of Muslim men burned …

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Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin. Chino city officials are sounding the alarm
8 months ago

Death row inmates are being transferred out of San Quentin. Chino city officials are sounding the alarm

LA Times  

A condemned inmate is led to his cell in San Quentin’s Death Row. City and law enforcement officials in San Bernardino County say they are outraged after dozens of death row inmates were transferred from San Quentin State Prison to Chino. “The transfer of death row inmates to CIM creates tangible public safety concerns for local residents,” said San Bernardino …

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Editorial: Of course the death penalty is racist. And it would be wrong even if it weren’t
8 months ago

Editorial: Of course the death penalty is racist. And it would be wrong even if it weren’t

LA Times  

Civil rights organizations and defense attorneys last month asked the California Supreme Court to invalidate the death penalty in this state for being irredeemably racist. Opinion Editorial: Bureaucracy of death may snag condemned Oklahoma man, guilty or not There’s no better example of the death penalty’s randomness than the case of Richard Glossip in Oklahoma, who even the district attorney …

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Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon to death in its largest-ever fraud case
9 months ago

Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon to death in its largest-ever fraud case

LA Times  

Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan has been sentenced to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever, state media outlet Vietnam Net said. The 67-year-old chair of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat had been charged with fraud amounting to $12.5 billion — nearly 3% of …

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Record number of people executed for drug offences in 2023
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Record number of people executed for drug offences in 2023

Al Jazeera  

In its annual report, Harm Reduction International says at least 467 drug-related executions took place last year. At least 467 people were executed for drug offences in 2023, a new record, according to Harm Reduction International, an NGO that has been tracking the use of the death penalty for drugs since 2007. “Singapore reversed the COVID-19 hiatus on executions, kicking …

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