Death penalty

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Moratorium on capital punishment execution lifted in Donetsk People’s Republic

The People’s Council of the Donetsk People’s Republic has lifted a moratorium on the execution of death sentences.

16:37 08.07.2022

Third foreigner ordered to death challenges sentence in Supreme Court of DPR

Briton Aiden Aslin, who had been ordered to death along with two other foreign citizens in the Donetsk People’s Republic, challenged his sentence.

11:17 05.07.2022

Appeal of Moroccan sentenced to death reaches Supreme Court of DPR

The Supreme Court of the Donetsk People’s Republic has received a cassation appeal filed by the citizen of Morocco Brahim Saadun against his death sentence.

14:48 04.07.2022

British man Pinner appeals death sentence in Supreme Court of DPR

British citizen Shaun Pinner ordered to death in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), has challenged the sentence in the region’s highest court.

12:01 29.06.2022

Death penalty should be retained in Donetsk People’s Republic - State Duma speaker

The death penalty should be retained in the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), especially in wartime conditions, Chairman of the State Duma, the lower house of Russian parliament, Vyacheslav Volodin stated on Wednesday in a post on his Telegram channel.

15:45 15.06.2022

Replacing death penalty with life sentence doesn’t strengthen punishment - Constitutional Court

Replacing death penalty with life imprisonment is an act of pardon and cannot lead to more serious consequences for the convicted person, according to a decision of the Russian Constitutional Court, published on its official website.

18:08 07.07.2021

Tsarnaev's lawyers file motion for new trial – report

Attorneys for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev have filed a motion for a new trial hoping to lift their defendant's death sentence.

10:31 07.07.2015

Execution of inmate in Florida on hold over lethal injection controversy

Death row inmate in Florida was granted a stay of execution by the Florida Supreme Court on the grounds of undetermined constitutionality of lethal injection protocols which are now reviewed by the United States Supreme Court.

13:32 20.02.2015

Russia won't overturn death penalty ban - Chairman of Human Rights Council

Chairman of the Human Rights Council Mikhail Fedotov says that no one has the right to demand to overturn ban on death penalty, following a proposal of a group of Russian lawmakers to lift the ban.

14:31 30.01.2015

Russia will work to prevent execution of its nationals abroad - official

Moscow will continue working to prevent the execution of Russian nationals abroad, says Konstantin Dolgov, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Commissioner for Human Rights, Democracy and the Rule of Law.

13:08 23.12.2014

Russian national arrested in Bali for drug trafficking may face death sentence

A Russian national has been arrested in Bali on drug sale charges. According to Indonesian law, she could face capital punishment, RIA Novosti reports on Thursday citing an official spokesperson for Indonesian customs.

11:31 11.12.2014

Saudi Arabian court sentences radical leader of local Shiites to death

The court of Saudi Arabia sentenced to death Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, a prominent Shiite in the kingdom, who was arrested in July 2012 for instigating riots in the Eastern Province, RIA Novosti reports on Wednesday.

14:53 15.10.2014

Ukraine's breakaway region introduces capital punishment

Authorities of the the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) have adopted the Criminal Code which incorporates capital punishment for grave crimes and passed resolution on military tribunals.

13:38 18.08.2014

US court finds “betrayal of US” statement inappropriate in Boston bombing case

At a pre-trial hearing in the Dzhokhar Tsarnayev case, the court found the allegations that Tsarnayev betrayed the United States “highly inappropriate,” Boston.com reported Wednesday. Tsarnayev is accused of plotting the terrorist attack during the Boston marathon on April 15, 2013.

11:13 19.06.2014

Chinese court sentences 3 to death for terror attack at Tiananmen Gate

A Chinese court sentenced three people to death for planning and participating in a last year’s terror attack at Tiananmen Gate, according to official Twitter account of Chinese Central Television.

11:13 16.06.2014

Tsarnaev attorneys ask US court to declare death penalty unconstitutional

Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzokhar Tsarnaev’s legal team asked US court to “strike death penalty as potential punishment” for criminals and rule it out as unconstitutional.

16:29 08.05.2014

Up to 700 Muslim Brotherhood supporters sentenced to death in Egypt

A court in Egypt on Monday sentenced the Supreme Guide of Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and 682 supporters of the movement to death.

12:00 28.04.2014

529 Muslim Brotherhood members handed death sentences in Egypt - report

In the largest mass-death sentence handed down in the country’s modern history, a court in Egypt sentenced 529 members of the Muslim brotherhood to death Monday for a variety of alleged offenses.

15:27 24.03.2014

Defense team seeks to control government, not Tsarnaev – prosecutors

Arguing that special restrictions should remain in place against Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, US prosecutors emphasized a detrimental remark that the defendant allegedly made during a visit with his sister in the presence of an FBI officer.

14:29 03.03.2014

Indian court commutes Rajiv Gandhi’s killers death penalty to life term

The Supreme Court of India commuted the death sentences of the three convicted killers of the former prime minister of India, Ranjiv Gandhi, to life terms, NDTV reports.

12:26 18.02.2014