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Striking Singapore death penalty film stirs emotions at Cannes
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» CANNES (FRANCE) - Before he made his new film about the death penalty, Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore's retired hangmen.
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Striking Singapore death penalty film stirs emotions at Cannes
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» CANNES - Before he made his new film about the death penalty, Boo Junfeng sat down to tea with some of Singapore's retired hangmen.
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Philippines' Duterte wants death penalty for retribution
AFP, Published on 27/06/2016
» MANILA - Incoming Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte on Monday hit out at "stupid" human rights campaigners, as he defended his imminent war on crime and emphasised the death penalty was for retribution.
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Will US secrecy laws boost the death penalty?
AFP, Published on 21/04/2016
» WASHINGTON - America stands alone among Western nations for its use of the death penalty, but the number of prisoners it executes has slowed to a trickle in recent years -- partly due to a lack of drugs.
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US church shooter found guilty, could face death penalty
AFP, Published on 16/12/2016
» CHARLESTON (UNITED STATES) - Dylann Roof, the self-described white supremacist who gunned down nine African American parishioners at a historic church in Charleston last year, was found guilty of all charges Thursday and could now face the death penalty.
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India should 'move towards' ending death penalty: Law Commission
AFP, Published on 01/09/2015
» NEW DELHI - India should "move towards" abolishing the death penalty and immediately restrict it to cases relating to terrorism and "waging war", the country's law commission said in a report published on Monday.
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China sets death penalty threshold in corruption cases
AFP, Published on 18/04/2016
» BEIJING - Corruption cases involving three million yuan ($463,000) or more may incur the death penalty in future, Chinese authorities ruled Monday, signalling that officials could be executed for graft.
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US cinema shooter escapes death penalty
AFP, Published on 08/08/2015
» CENTENNIAL (UNITED STATES) - The American gunman who stormed a Batman movie premiere and killed 12 cinemagoers escaped the death penalty but will likely spend the rest of his life behind bars.
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Turkey reinstating death penalty would end EU talks, Germany warns
AFP, Published on 18/07/2016
» BERLIN - Germany warned Turkey on Monday against reinstating the death penalty, as it blasted "revolting scenes of caprice and revenge" in the wake of a failed coup attempt.
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PNG says death penalty 'under review' after Indonesia fallout
AFP, Published on 11/05/2015
» SYDNEY - Prime Minister Peter O'Neill said the death penalty is "under review" in Papua New Guinea after recent global outcry over the execution of foreign drug convicts in neighbouring Indonesia.
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