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US school shooter faces death penalty at sentencing trial
AFP, Published on 18/07/2022
» FORT LAUDERDALE (UNITED STATES) - A young man who gunned down 17 people at his former high school in Florida went on trial in the southern US state on Monday, with jurors set to hand down either the death penalty or a life sentence.
Malaysia scraps mandatory death penalty, natural-life prison terms
Reuters, Published on 03/04/2023
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's parliament on Monday passed sweeping legal reforms to remove the mandatory death penalty, trim the number of offences punishable by death, and abolish natural-life prison sentences.
Two Australians facing death penalty in Vietnam granted clemency
Reuters, Published on 06/06/2023
» SYDNEY: Two Australians sentenced to death in Vietnam have been granted clemency thanks to improving diplomatic relations, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said, after an official visit to the southeast Asian country.
Man gets death penalty for series of ambushes in Pattani
Muhammad Ayub Pathan, Published on 16/07/2018
» PATTANI: The provincial court has sentenced a man to death for the slaying of seven people and injuries to eight others in a series of ambushes in the southern border province about five years ago.
Reports: Malaysia plans to end death penalty of all crimes
Associated Press, Published on 11/10/2018
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's government reportedly plans to abolish the death penalty for all crimes and halt all pending executions, a rare move against capital punishment in Asia that human rights groups hailed Thursday as a major advance.
Activists say PM could be guilty of death-penalty offence
Chakkrapan Natanri, Published on 19/06/2025
» KHON KAEN - Two activists in this northeastern province have filed a police complaint against Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, accusing her of violating several sections of the Criminal Code, with punishments that could even include the death penalty.
Slain woman’s father says son-in-law deserves death penalty
Wassayos Ngamkham, Published on 23/02/2024
» The husband of Chonlada “Noon” Muthuwong deserves capital punishment as he showed no remorse after confessing to killing her and burning her body, says the dead woman’s father.
Death penalty, hate crime charges sought in Georgia spa shootings
AFP, Published on 12/05/2021
» WASHINGTON - Prosecutors plan to seek the death penalty and file hate crime charges against the man accused of shooting dead eight people, including six women of Asian origin, in attacks on three spas in the southern US state of Georgia.
LGBTQ rights across the globe: marriage to the death penalty
AFP, Published on 22/08/2022
» Singapore announced on Sunday that it will repeal a law criminalising gay sex but in many other parts of the world homosexuality is illegal and sometimes subject to the death penalty.
Florida school shooter avoids death penalty, gets life in prison
AFP, Published on 13/10/2022
» FORT LAUDERDALE (UNITED STATES) - A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at his former Florida high school, opting instead for life imprisonment without the chance of parole.