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Gujarat High Court upholds death penalty for 38 convicts in 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case

The Gujarat High Court upheld a special court's 2022 verdict sentencing 38 convicts to death. Eleven other individuals received life imprisonment sentences in the same case. These convictions relate to the devastating 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts which claimed 56 lives. The division bench dismissed all appeals filed against the special…

The Economic Times · Jul 7

Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Laughs in Court Just Feet Away from the TPUSA Leader's Weeping Widow

Erika Kirk confronts her husband's alleged killer in court as prosecutors present evidence in a death penalty hearing, highlighting the emotional toll on Kirk's family.

International Business Times UK · Jul 7

US, Thai govts should choose life

Two developments on opposite sides of the world, in Thailand and the United States, underscore a troubling reality: some governments continue to embrace the death penalty regardless of the global movement to abolish state-sanctioned killings.

Bangkok Post · Jul 6

Prosecutors argue the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk should stand trial

Prosecutors in Charlie Kirk's murder case will aim to convince a judge they have enough evidence to try his accused killer and seek the death penalty

The Independent UK · Jul 4

The scourge of the death penalty hangs over America

The restoration of capital punishment in 1976 was based on a fantasy of fairness. It must be abolished

The Guardian - US · Jul 2

Paris death penalty congress warns abolition cannot be taken for granted

The fight to abolish the death penalty remains "eminently contemporary", French President Emmanuel Macron said as campaigners, judges and former death row prisoners gathered in Paris this week for the World Congress Against the Death Penalty, amid rising executions worldwide and renewed support for capital punishment in some democracies.

Radio France Internationale · Jul 2

Death by firing squad: archaic method on the rise in US as Idaho opens new execution chamber

Supporters of the method say it’s foolproof – but forensic experts say it can be ‘excruciating’ amid allegations it has been intentionally botched

The Guardian - US · Jul 1

France's Emmanuel Macron speaks out against global rise in executions

"The death penalty has never made a society safer," Macron said during a speech at the ninth World Congress against the death penalty.

Euronews · Jun 30

Nancy Guthrie Kidnapper's Latest Ransom Note May Be Bid to Escape Death Penalty, Ex-FBI Agent Says

The latest ransom note in Nancy Guthrie's kidnapping case suggests a strategic defence plan by the abductors, aiming to mitigate criminal liability if caught, according to experts.

International Business Times UK · Jun 29

Girl's kin seek death penalty for Aussie

The family of a 17-year-old Thai girl found dead in a suitcase in Pattaya have demanded the death penalty for an Australian man charged with her murder.

Bangkok Post · Jun 29