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Texas GOP Appears To Put Death Penalty For Abortion Patients On 2024 Wish List
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 3 hours agoIt’s not a huge leap that homicide charges against a person who the state believes murdered a child...
Zimbabwe on right side of history as it prepares to abolish the death penalty
Amnesty International· 12 hours agoThe death penalty is a cruel, inhumane, and degrading form of punishment which violates the right to...
United States and Iran help China push global executions to 10-year high
The Raw Story· 8 hours agoA new global report published by Amnesty International documents that the death penalty was imposed...
Petition to stop execution of Jamie Mills goes to governor
Birmingham News· 22 hours agoAdvocates from several organizations that oppose the death penalty delivered a petition to Gov. Kay...
Iran fuels 2023 global executions rise - Amnesty
BBC via Yahoo News· 22 hours agoIn contrast, Pakistan repealed its death penalty for drug offences last year, while the mandatory death penalty was ...
Global use of death penalty at highest level since 2015: Amnesty
Investing.com· 17 hours agoBerlin, May 29 (IANS/DPA) The use of the death penalty has reached its highest level worldwide since...
One Country Imposed 74% of 2023's Known Executions
newser· 2 hours agoIran's executions jumped 48%, up from 576 in 2022 and 314 in 2021. Amnesty notes 20% of 2023 death penalties were given to people of the Baluchi ethnic...
Groups challenge Florida death penalty ‘game of chance’
Sun-Sentinel· 1 day agoA 2023 law that lowered the number of jurors needed to recommend execution has resulted in a...
Deadliest year in a decade for executions worldwide; U.S. among top 5 countries
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoThe four countries executed 11 people in total in 2022, according to last year’s report. Some countries also repealed death penalty laws, the 2023 report ...
US ranks in top 5 countries with most executions
The Independent US via AOL· 22 hours agoIt’s not the first time the US has received this dubious honor - it was also in the top five in 2022. The new report captures the halfway status of the ...