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Tag: Capital Punishment

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Iran Executes Man Over Deadly 2023 Attack on Azerbaijan Embassy

May 21, 2025May 21, 2025Leily Nikounazar and Qasim NaumanComments Off on Iran Executes Man Over Deadly 2023 Attack on Azerbaijan Embassy

The killing of the embassy’s head of security strained an already tense relationship between the neighboring countries.

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Canada Condemns China’s Execution of 4 Canadians on Drug Convictions

March 19, 2025March 20, 2025Meaghan TobinComments Off on Canada Condemns China’s Execution of 4 Canadians on Drug Convictions

Canada’s foreign minister said the government would continue to ask for leniency from China for other Canadians in similar situations.

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Defendant in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case Signs Plea Offer

March 10, 2025Carol RosenbergComments Off on Defendant in U.S.S. Cole Bombing Case Signs Plea Offer

The Saudi prisoner agreed to the settlement to avoid a death-penalty trial, his lawyer said, but it has yet to reach the defense secretary.

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Life Sentence for Kolkata Hospital Rape and Murder

January 20, 2025January 20, 2025Alex Travelli and Hari KumarComments Off on Life Sentence for Kolkata Hospital Rape and Murder

The police had sought the death penalty in a horrific but familiar crime. Its handling by the local authorities had outraged the nation.

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‘Bali Nine’ Drug Smugglers Return to Australia

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024Victoria KimComments Off on ‘Bali Nine’ Drug Smugglers Return to Australia

The men were the last Australians still imprisoned in Indonesia for trying to smuggle heroin in 2005, in a case that became a diplomatic flashpoint between the countries.

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Shalom Nagar Dies; Reluctant Executioner of Adolf Eichmann

December 5, 2024December 6, 2024SAM ROBERTSComments Off on Shalom Nagar Dies; Reluctant Executioner of Adolf Eichmann

He was the hangman chosen to carry out the sentence on the fugitive Nazi war criminal, in Israel’s only case of capital punishment.

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Facing Outrage, Nigeria Drops Capital Charges Against Minors

November 5, 2024Elian Peltier and Ismail AuwalComments Off on Facing Outrage, Nigeria Drops Capital Charges Against Minors

Dozens of teenagers had been accused of treason and faced possible death sentences, but indignation over their treatment, including lack of food, has the government backpedaling.

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Germany Shuts 3 Iranian Consulates Over Execution of German-Iranian

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024CHRISTOPHER F. SCHUETZEComments Off on Germany Shuts 3 Iranian Consulates Over Execution of German-Iranian

The rare step of closing the consulates reflected German protests over the execution of Jamshid Sharmahd, an outspoken opponent of the Iranian regime.

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Iran Executes Jamshid Sharmahd, German-Iranian Opponent Who Lived in U.S.

October 28, 2024October 28, 2024Leily Nikounazar and Richard Pérez-PeñaComments Off on Iran Executes Jamshid Sharmahd, German-Iranian Opponent Who Lived in U.S.

Jamshid Sharmahd had been accused of helping in a deadly terrorist bombing in 2008. Another Iranian prisoner, the Nobel laureate Narges Mohammadi, is in the hospital.

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After 44 Years on Death Row, Japanese Man Is Exonerated at Age 88

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024Motoko Rich and Hisako UenoComments Off on After 44 Years on Death Row, Japanese Man Is Exonerated at Age 88

Iwao Hakamada is believed to be the world’s longest-serving inmate given a death sentence.

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