#capital-punishment

#capital-punishment

A Manhattan jury has already decided that Sayfullo Saipov will be sentenced to life imprisonment on Wednesday for carrying out a 2017 terrorist attack on a West Side bike path that killed eight people, including six foreign tourists.But before Judge Vernon S. Broderick imposes that sentence, about two dozen victims and family members, most traveling to New York from overseas, are expected to address the court in a solemn and grim ritual of the American justice system: victims addressing judges.

In an interview with Al Jazeera, the former prime minister said at least 85 cases have been filed against him.Islamabad, Pakistan Since his removal from power last year, former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been slapped with dozens of charges, including some in which he faces arrest.In an interview with Al Jazeera on Thursday, Khan said at least 85 cases have been filed against him across the country.

Gov. Mike Parson of Missouri said on Monday that he would not intervene to stop the execution of Michael Tisius, a 42-year-old who murdered two jail guards in 2000.In a clemency petition sent to Mr. Parson last month, several jurors who had voted to sentence Mr. Tisius to death said they now believe life imprisonment was appropriate.

Scotland's outgoing Chief Constable has vowed the police will pursue justice for those who lost their lives in the Lockerbie disaster after the man accused of helping blow up Pan Am 103 appeared in court earlier this month.Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi is alleged to have helped make the bomb which killed all 259 passengers and crew on board the jumbo jet bound to New York from London on December 21, 1988.

Hundreds of schoolgirls have been hospitalized across Iran, and parents took to the streets in Tehran to protest.Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the perpetrators should be severely punished.The supreme leader of Iran on Monday said the poisoning of Iranian schoolgirls in recent months was an "unforgivable" crime after a spate of incidents that have left hundreds of students hospitalized.

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Leslie Van Houten, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson who took part in murders on his orders, is entitled to parole after spending more than 50 years behind bars, a California appeals court ruled Tuesday, reversing Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to deny her release.

57 minutes ago57 minutes ago Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has signed a law imposing the death penalty on civil servants and army personnel convicted of high treason.The Belarusian leader on Thursday signed a bill introducing capital punishment for state officials and military personnel convicted of high treason.

Conservative MP Lee Anderson clashed with a BBC radio presenter over a video of him setting up a fake doorstep encounter with a friend during the 2019 election.Mr Anderson promoted to Tory deputy chairman by Rishi Sunak this week was caught asking a friend to pose as an anti-Labour swing voter on the doorstep during the campaign.

Democratic Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs speaks at her state of the state address in Phoenix on Jan. 9, 2023.Ross D. Franklin/AP PHOENIX Arizona's attorney general has put a hold on executions in the state until the completion of a review of death penalty protocols ordered by the new governor due to the state's history of mismanaging executions.

The man suspected of building the bomb that downed Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie in 1988 killing 270 people has pleaded not guilty, a US court has heard.Abu Agila Mohammad Mas'ud Kheir Al-Marimi is alleged to have helped make the bomb which killed all 259 passengers and crew on board the jumbo jet bound to New York from London on December 21, 1988.

People gather at All Souls Unitarian Church for a vigil for the victims of an overnight shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub, on Nov. 20, 2022, in Colorado Springs.A 22-year-old gunman entered the club late Saturday night, killing five people and injuring at least 25 others.RJ Sangosti / MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images What would happen if everyone who celebrates Christmas in the U.S. agreed to forget the presents, the stockings and the parties, and instead use the day to act on the actual message of the Christmas story?

Before there were influencers, there was Victor Hugo.A writer, poet, artist and politician among other things.Hugo was the author of Les Miserables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame.He was described as "almost the only French imaginative writer of the present century who is entitled to be considered as a man of genius."