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DECEMBER 13, 2016DEATH PENALTYUSA: EX-GOVERNOR MICHAEL DUKAKIS ENDORSES CAMPAIGN TO EXONERATE ETHEL ROSENBERG, EXECUTED IN 1953
More than 60 years after the execution of alleged spy Ethel Rosenberg, a former governor of Massachusetts has endorsed a campaign to exonerate her.
- DECEMBER 12, 2016DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): BROOM LOSES APPEAL TO BLOCK 2ND ATTEMPT AT EXECUTION
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by Romell Broom whose 2009 execution was called off after 2 hours during which he cried in pain while receiving 18 needle sticks.
DECEMBER 12, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TRIO GETS DEATH FOR 2012 TRIPLE MURDER
Three persons including a most-wanted accused in at least 24 cases - including 16 murders - were
DECEMBER 12, 2016ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: NEW KING PARDONS MINOR OFFENDERS, CUTS JAIL TERMS
Thailand’s King Maha Vajiralongkorn has issued a decree granting pardons to certain prisoners in commemoration of his accession to the throne.
- DECEMBER 12, 2016OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Broom loses appeal to block 2nd attempt at execution.
USA - Ohio. Broom loses appeal to block 2nd attempt at execution.
- DECEMBER 11, 2016DEATH PENALTY
VIRGINIA (USA): EXECUTION COSTS SPIKE; STATE PAYS PHARMACY $66K
Virginia prison officials have paid a secret compounding pharmacy $66,000 to obtain lethal injection drugs
- DECEMBER 11, 2016ChadDEATH PENALTY
CHAD: PARLIAMENT ABROGATES THE DEATH PENALTY
The parliament of Chad adopted a reform of its penal code which raises the legal marriage age from 16 to 18 and abrogates the death penalty.
- DECEMBER 11, 2016VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Execution Costs Spike in Virginia; State Pays Pharmacy $66K.
USA - Virginia. Execution Costs Spike in Virginia; State Pays Pharmacy $66K.
DECEMBER 11, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: HOUSEMAID GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING GIRL
A court in Jeddah sentenced a housemaid to death for murdering the daughter of her employer and wounding another before trying to kill herself.
- DECEMBER 11, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TEN PRISONERS HANGED ON THE SAME DAY
Ten prisoners were reportedly hanged at Rajai Shahr Prison (Alborz province, northern Iran) on murder charges.
DECEMBER 10, 2016EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION DISMISSES APPEAL BY MILITANT ADEL HABARA AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
Egypt's Court of Cassation rejected appeal submitted by militant Adel Habara against his death sentence over involvement in killing 25 soldiers in Rafah in 2013.
- DECEMBER 9, 2016DEATH PENALTY
DELAWARE (USA): PRISON OFFICIALS QUIETLY DISBAND DEATH ROW
As Delaware's Supreme Court weighs whether 12 men sentenced to death should be spared from