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Israeli Security Minister unveils ‘gallows complex’ to hang Palestinians, promises execution site will be equipped with viewing booths

The facility is intended to exclusively execute Palestinians.

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Florida Republican could face death penalty after allegedly molesting grandson under new law he voted for

Facing five felony charges, including child abuse causing mental injury.

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Erika Kirk Warns TPUSA Students 'Your Table Might Get Flipped' as Suspect Faces Death Penalty Trial

Erika Kirk urges Turning Point USA students to boldly face campus hostility as Tyler Robinson faces a potential death penalty trial for Charlie Kirk's assassination.

International Business Times UK

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Israel’s Ben-Gvir posts video of gallows site for hanging Palestinians

Far-right minister says those convicted in military courts of terror offences will be executed after passing of death penalty law that does not apply to Jewish extremists

The Guardian - UK

Vietnam proposes ending death penalty for six criminal offences

Death penalty could be removed for rape of minors, drug trafficking, crimes against humanity, and war crimes

The Independent UK

Vietnam seeks to cut death penalty to four crimes under criminal code overhaul

Vietnam's government has proposed reducing the number of offences punishable by death to four under a draft criminal code, little more than a year after the country removed capital punishment for eight other crimes.

The Times of India

Republican Mike Caruso Backed Death Penalty for Paedophiles Before Arrest Over Grandson Sexual Abuse

Former Florida lawmaker Mike Caruso, known for supporting the death penalty for child abusers, faces charges of sexually abusing his grandson; Gov DeSantis has suspended him from his clerk position

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Israel's Ben-Gvir Shows Off Gallows With Viewing Booths for Families to Witness Palestinian Executions

Israel's National Security Minister unveils a new execution facility, fulfilling a controversial election promise. The move faces legal challenges and backlash, particularly over its impact on Palestinian prisoners.

International Business Times UK

Bring back the corporate death penalty

We have a mechanism to punish corporations that harm us. We should use it

Salon

Indonesian authorities seize 2.6 tonnes of meth in major bust, narcotics official says

Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.

Euronews

State can't take life arbitrarily or without dignity: Supreme Court

The Supreme Court ruled that state execution powers are not arbitrary. The method of execution must uphold human dignity and minimize suffering. Hanging remains the legal method, established in 1861. The right to live with dignity extends to death row prisoners. The government is still examining less painful execution alternatives.

The Economic Times

SC upholds hanging as mode of death penalty; dismisses PIL for alternative way to execute death row prisoners

The Supreme Court has dismissed a plea seeking an alternative method of execution for death row convicts, rejecting the challenge to hanging as the prescribed mode of carrying out the death penalty. However, the court clarified that its judgment would not prevent the Centre from undertaking a comprehensive review of…

The Economic Times

America’s busiest death chamber to see another execution as Florida continues aggressive campaign

William Frances Silvia shot dead his former partner Patricia Silvia, and injured her mother, Betty Woodard

The Independent UK

Why Is Nick Reiner Eligible for the Death Penalty? Grand Jury Allegation and Slaying Case Explained

Nick Reiner pleads not guilty to upgraded murder charges in Los Angeles, making him eligible for the death penalty. The indictment alleges he lay in wait for his parents before the fatal attack.

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Nick Reiner Trial Update: Death Penalty Sought Over 'Lying in Wait' Slaying of Rob and Michele

Prosecutors have escalated the Nick Reiner trial by adding a 'lying in wait' special circumstance to the murder charges over the deaths of Rob and Michele Reiner.

International Business Times UK

Tyler Robinson Trial Updates: Accused Assassin Demands Death Penalty Be Taken Off the Table

The legal team for Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk, has filed a motion to remove the death penalty, arguing prosecutors lack evidence of mass risk.

Euronews

France accuses Iran of 'bloodshed' over use of death penalty

After a statement condemning Iran's use of the death penalty, tensions rose between senior diplomats. Paris accused Tehran of 'bloodshed' and Iran called France's stance 'blatant hypocrisy.'

International Business Times UK

'Bones Protruded': Megachurch Elder Will Face the Death Penalty for Horrific Child Torture Murder

Leticia McCormack, a former elder at San Diego's Rock Church, faces the death penalty for the alleged torture murder of her adopted daughter, Arabella McCormack, amid accusations of severe abuse

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Benzinga

Charlie Kirk Shooting Suspect Tyler Robinson’s Lawyers Fight Death Penalty, Say 'the Bullets Traveled Above, Not Through, the Crowd'

Tyler Robinson’s defense team challenged prosecutors’ push for the death penalty, arguing the alleged shooter targeted only conservative activist Charlie Kirk and did not endanger other attendees at the Utah Valley University event.

The Independent UK

Charlie Kirk’s alleged shooter hit ‘intended target’ so he shouldn’t get death penalty, lawyers say

The defense lawyers also disputed prosecution’s claims that Robinson targeted Kirk over his political views

France 24

Lebanese parliament passes sweeping amnesty law to reduce overcrowding in prisons

Lebanon's parliament on Wednesday passed a general amnesty law reducing sentences for inmates and people detained for more than 12 years without charges in a bid to reduce prison overcrowding. The legislation was passed a day after Lebanon became the first Middle Eastern country to abolish the death penalty.

Reason

Why Do Americans Support the Death Penalty, Despite Wrongful Convictions?

Reformers need to take into account people’s fear of crime and human predators.

Bangkok Post

No state killing

Re: "Down with the death penalty?", ( BP, Aug 9).

The Independent UK

Lebanon becomes first Middle Eastern country to abolish death penalty in landmark vote

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Radio France Internationale

Lebanon becomes first country in Middle East to abolish death penalty

Lebanon’s parliament on Tuesday abolished the death penalty, making it the first country in the Middle East to replace capital punishment with a sentence of life imprisonment with hard labour.

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