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Teacher who stabbed her eight year-old pupil to death spared death penalty despite family’s pleas

Myeong Jae-wan killed Kim Hae-neul after luring the girl into a classroom in South Korea

The Independent UK · Oct 21, 2025

Former Mexican Police Officer Turned Cartel Leader Could Face Death Penalty If Convicted Of New Charges In The U.S.

A former cartel operative could face the death penalty if convicted of new charges in the U.S.

Latin Times · Oct 20, 2025

Iryna Zarutska Case Update: Decarlos Brown's Hearing Delayed for Another Year — Is The Court Protecting Him?

The court has delayed the hearing of Decarlos Brown Jr., the man accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska, until April 2026. The decision has fuelled public outrage and raised questions about whether the justice system is protecting him.

International Business Times UK · Oct 19, 2025

All 20 Surviving Hostages Freed

Plus: Luigi Mangione and the death penalty, LLMs and their gambling addictions, and more...

Reason · Oct 13, 2025

From Ivy League Classrooms to Murder Trial: Luigi Mangione Battles Death Penalty in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing

Luigi Mangione, a 27-year-old former Ivy League student, faces a possible death sentence over the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. His lawyers now seek to dismiss the capital charge, citing police errors and political bias.

International Business Times UK · Oct 13, 2025

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in healthcare CEO killing

Attorneys push to drop death penalty eligibility due to legal threshold and claim Mangione was not read his rights

The Guardian - US · Oct 12, 2025

‘Fear of death doesn't deter violent crime,’ experts say as executions rise

As countries mark World Day Against the Death Penalty on Friday – a day after France honoured Robert Badinter, the man who ended it in the country – experts say capital punishment is still failing to stop crime and instead fuels violence.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 10, 2025

Five executions in eight days. Why the death penalty is being used more and more

Executions have been carried out this year in Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Indiana, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas

The Independent UK · Oct 9, 2025

Death penalty abolitionist Robert Badinter joins France's Pantheon heroes

Robert Badinter, the justice minister who ended the death penalty in 1981, was inducted into the Pantheon in Paris on Thursday as France paid tribute to his lifelong fight for justice – with President Emmanuel Macron praising the abolitionist's “essential and unfinished battles”.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 9, 2025

Podcast: Taxing the ultra-rich, last paperboy in Paris, end of the death penalty

The proposal to tax the ultra-rich that could address some of France's budget woes. The last paperboy in Paris, who has been hawking newspapers for nearly 50 years, tells of challenges and successes from Pakistan to Paris. And the man who ended the death penalty in France enters the Panthéon.

Radio France Internationale · Oct 9, 2025