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US SC grants Texas’ inmate execution request
A Texas inmate wants to be put to death Wednesday evening for striking and killing a police lieutenant with a car during a chase more than six years ago, and the US Supreme Court is allowing his...
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Nicaragua pleads with US to call off execution
Nicaraguan officials and activists called on the United States Monday to cancel the execution in Texas later this week of Bernardo Tercero, the only Nicaraguan national on death row in the US. The...
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Texas appeals court suspends execution of Nicaraguan
A Texas court on Tuesday stayed the execution of a Nicaraguan convicted of murder, whose death had been scheduled for Wednesday over the objections of his own government. The post Texas appeals court...
View ArticleFamilies consented to execution of 4 rape-slay suspects in Marawi City – ARMM...
The four suspects in the rape, killing and burning of a 14-year old girl in Marawi City were executed last week with the consent of their families, a top official of the Autonomous Region in Muslim...
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Suspect in Cebu murder case ‘executed’ in Bohol?
Nasingin islet in Getafe, Bohol province was a hiding place for the main suspect in the murder of Karen Kaye Montebon. The post Suspect in Cebu murder case ‘executed’ in Bohol? appeared first on...
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US to execute woman despite pope appeal
The US state of Georgia was set to execute its first woman in 70 years on Tuesday despite a last-minute appeal for clemency from Pope Francis. The post US to execute woman despite pope appeal appeared...
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Texas executes inmate for killing man in $8 robbery
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — A convicted killer in Texas was executed Tuesday for fatally shooting another man in a robbery that yielded just $8. No late appeals were filed for Juan Martin Garcia, who was...
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Ohio’s lack of lethal drugs highlights death penalty dilemma
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s decision to delay executions another full year while it hunts for lethal injection drugs highlights an ongoing dilemma faced by the remaining death penalty states of how to...
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Human Rights Watch condemns slaying of Otazas by NPA as murder
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – The execution of mayor Dario Otaza of Loreto, Agusan del Sur and his son on October 19 was plain murder and could not be justified, the New York-based Human Rights Watch...
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Florida executes man for killing 4 in 1985
The US state of Florida executed a convicted murder Thursday who had been on death row 30 years for killing four people, including his five-year-old daughter, in 1985. The post Florida executes man...
View Article2 soldiers freed by NPA in ComVal
DAVAO CITY, Philippines – Two soldiers were freed by their New People’s Army (NPA) captors in Laak, Compostela Valley on Tuesday afternoon. Privates First Class Niño Alavaro and Marjon Añover, who were...
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US high court halts Missouri execution
The US Supreme Court halted late Tuesday the scheduled execution of a convicted murderer, saying his lethal injection should be delayed pending a ruling on whether his medical condition would cause...
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New plan could allow executions to resume in California
California authorities proposed Friday a new method to execute inmates by lethal injection, potentially allowing the US state to resume capital punishment nearly a decade after legal challenges halted...
View ArticleState TV: Saudi Arabia has executed 47 criminals
Saudi Arabian state television says the kingdom has executed 47 criminals. The post State TV: Saudi Arabia has executed 47 criminals appeared first on Inquirer News.
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UN chief ‘deeply dismayed’ by Saudi executions, urges calm
UN chief Ban Ki-moon said he was "deeply dismayed" by Saudi Arabia's execution of 47 people including a prominent Shiite cleric, whose death sparked violent protests in Iran, a spokesman said...
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ISIS executes 5 ‘spies’, threatens Britain
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The Islamic State group threatened Britain in an Internet video Sunday showing the killing of five “spies” it said worked with the international coalition fighting ISIS in Iraq and...
View ArticleIran accuses Saudi Arabia of stoking regional tension
Iran's foreign ministry accuses Saudi Arabia of stoking regional tension after the kingdom broke off diplomatic relations and said Iranian embassy staff must leave in the next 24 hours. The post Iran...
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Bahrain follows Saudi in cutting ties with Iran
Bahrain said Monday it is severing diplomatic ties with Iran, a day after its ally Saudi Arabia cut ties with the Islamic republic amid escalating tensions over the execution of a cleric. The post...
View ArticleRussia ready to act as ‘intermediary’ between Saudi, Iran
Russia is ready to serve as an intermediary to resolve the dispute between Saudi Arabia and Iran, says a foreign ministry source. The post Russia ready to act as ‘intermediary’ between Saudi, Iran...
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Saudi Arabia at UN says executions followed ‘fair trials’
Saudi Arabia's mission to the United Nations on Monday defended the execution of 47 men including a prominent Shiite cleric that outraged Iran, saying all of the accused had been granted fair trials....
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