Capital punishment News

Amnesty International hails Maryland's abolition of death penalty

Annapolis - Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley yesterday signed abolition of capital punishment into law in Maryland in a move welcomed by campaigners Amnesty International. Maryland becomes part of a worldwide trend away from state-sanctioned execution.

In the Media by Robert Myles - 22 comments

Maryland lawmakers vote to repeal death penalty

Annapolis - Both houses of the Maryland General Assembly have now voted to abolish the death penalty, setting the stage for the state's Democrat governor to sign the repeal into law.

In the Media by Brett Wilkins - 5 comments

Op-Ed: Woman released from death row: A case against the death penalty?

San Francisco - A German-born woman has been released from death row, after a San Francisco court overturned her conviction. Debra Mike has been on death row for more than 20 years. Is this another reason to scrap the death penalty?

In the Media by Karl Gotthardt - 23 comments

Shrouded in secrecy, Japan executions resume with three hangings

The Japanese government on Thursday executed three inmates, marking its first executions since conservative Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took office in December, the Justice Ministry said.

In the Media by Yukio Strachan

Mentally retarded Georgia inmate granted stay of execution

An intellectually disabled Georgia man scheduled to be executed for killing a fellow prison inmate has been granted a last-minute reprieve.

In the Media by Brett Wilkins - 5 comments

Georgia set to execute mentally retarded man

Barring an eleventh-hour reprieve, the US state of Georgia is set to execute a convicted multiple murderer by lethal injection on Tuesday evening.

In the Media by Brett Wilkins - 8 comments

Op-Ed: Michael Sherrard and the ghost of James Hanratty

Bedford - Michael Sherrard had a long career as a barrister, QC and recorder, but his name will be forever linked with that of James Hanratty and one of the most notorious murders in British criminal history.

In the Media by Alexander Baron

Op-Ed: Reprieve and humane executions in the USA

London - Clive Stafford Smith's Reprieve organisation is complaining about convicted murderers being executed with "Do It Yourself" drugs, but there is a speedy and "humane" alternative.

In the Media by Alexander Baron - 2 comments

California voters reject death penalty repeal, GMO food labeling

Sacramento - Voters in California rejected ballot measures that would have ended capital punishment and required the labeling of many genetically modified foods, while approving an initiative that abolishes "three strikes" mandatory life prison sentencing.

In the Media by Brett Wilkins - 6 comments

Op-Ed: Why I am voting against California's death penalty repeal measure

San Francisco - By voting against repealing California's death penalty I am not voting for capital punishment, I am voting against life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, which is but another form of death sentence.

In the Media by Brett Wilkins - 5 comments

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