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Brit kickboxer gets 25yrs for murder
AFP, Published on 28/11/2013
» The Criminal Court sentenced a British kickboxer to 25 years in prison Thursday for the murder of a former US Marine following a bar fight on the island of Phuket.
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California suspends death penalty
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» LOS ANGELES: State governor Gavin Newsom imposed a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in California on Wednesday, granting a reprieve to 737 condemned inmates -- the largest death row population in the United States.
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Use of death penalty declining around the world
AFP, Published on 07/09/2018
» PARIS: The use of the death penalty is declining -- more than two-thirds of countries have abolished or ceased to use it and executions continued to decrease in 2017, Amnesty International says.
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Five Saudi officials face death penalty for Khashoggi murder
AFP, Published on 15/11/2018
» RIYADH: Five Saudi officials face the death penalty for the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi who was dismembered inside the kingdom's Istanbul consulate, but Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was not involved, the prosecutor said Thursday.
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US promises Britain not to seek death penalty against IS 'Beatles'
AFP, Published on 20/08/2020
» WASHINGTON - US Attorney General Bill Barr told Britain that two former Islamic State militants accused of kidnapping and killing Americans would not face execution if put on trial in the United States, the Justice Department said Wednesday.
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Trump calls for new death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber
AFP, Published on 03/08/2020
» WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump called Sunday for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be re-sentenced to death after an appeals court overturned the death penalty.
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Singapore slammed for 'cruel' Zoom death sentence
AFP, Published on 20/05/2020
» Singapore was criticised for being "cruel and inhumane" Wednesday after a death sentence was handed down via video-conferencing platform Zoom.
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Japanese man sentenced to death for murder of 19 at care home
AFP, Published on 16/03/2020
» YOKOHAMA, Japan: A Japanese man was sentenced to death on Monday for the stabbing murder of 19 disabled people at a care home, in one of the country's worst ever mass killings.
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Florida school shooter spared death penalty, gets life in prison
AFP, Published on 14/10/2022
» FORT LAUDERDALE (UNITED STATES) - A US jury on Thursday rejected the death penalty and backed life imprisonment for Nikolas Cruz, who shot and killed 17 people at a Florida high school, in a sentence that shocked and angered some relatives of the victims.
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Zambia abolishes death penalty
AFP, Published on 24/12/2022
» LUSAKA: Zambian rights activists Saturday hailed as a "huge milestone" a decision to scrap two British colonial-era laws: the death penalty and making criticism of the country's leader a punishable offence.
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