31 h. ago Francis changed church policy on the death penalty and nuclear weapons but upheld it on abortion

Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons

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35 h. ago Texas court hearing on Walmart mass shooting sets stage for plea to avoid the death penalty

The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at a Texas Walmart in 2019 is expected to accept a plea deal to avoid the death penalty

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3 d. ago Death row inmates sue to stop Trump from sending them to prison that housed Timothy McVeigh and the Unabomber

Attorney says Trump administration is ‘just assuming they are the worst of the worst by virtue of their death sentences’

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4 d. ago Idaho police release body camera video of nonverbal and autistic teen's fatal shooting

Police in Idaho have released body-worn and security camera recordings of officers fatally shooting a knife-wielding, intellectually disabled teenage boy from the other side of a chain link fence

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4 d. ago Luigi Mangione is indicted on federal charges over UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder

Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of CEO Brian Thompson, a necessary step for prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

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4 d. ago UnitedHealthcare killing suspect Luigi Mangione indicted as prosecutors push for death penalty

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December, has been indicted in a New York court on four charges including a count eligible for the death penalty

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5 d. ago Who are the death row executioners? Disgraced doctors, suspended nurses and drunk drivers

These are just the US executioners we know. But they are a chilling indication of the executioners we don’t knowBeing an executioner is not the sort of job that gets posted in a local wanted ad. Kids don’t dream about being an executioner when they grow up, and people don’t go to school for it. So how does one become a death row executioner in the US, and who are the people doing it?This was the question I couldn’t help but ask when I began a book project on lethal injection back in 2018. I’m a death penalty researcher, and I was trying to figure out why states are so breathtakingly bad at a procedure that we use on cats and dogs every day. Part of the riddle was who is performing these executions. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Foreign Office tells Brits 'don't get involved' or face death penalty in stark warning

Travel advice has been updated for tourists travelling out of the European Union to Bali.

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7 d. ago The return of the firing squad is a defeat for death penalty supporters | Austin Sarat

The method is a vivid reminder of the brutality of state killing. That undermines the pro-capital-punishment narrativeOn 11 April, South Carolina executed Mikal Mahdi by firing squad. Mahdi had been convicted and sentenced for the 2004 killing of an off-duty law enforcement officer.One month before his execution, South Carolina put Brad Sigmon to death using the same method. He was the first person since 2010 to be killed by the firing squad. Both Mahdi and Sigmon chose the firing squad from a menu of three ways to die, the others being lethal injection and the electric chair. Continue reading...

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7 d. ago Tourists warned over £2k fine risk at popular European beach holiday destination

Tourists could face an unusual fine at a top European holiday destination this Easter. Officials in Cinque Terre in Italy have introduced several strict measures to control overtourism.

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8 d. ago Autistic boy, 17, with cerebral palsy dies a week after he was shot by police

Victor Perez, a 17-year-old boy described by his family as nonverbal, autistic and intellectually disabled, was gunned down by Idaho police from behind a chain-link fence.

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9 d. ago Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support

Relatives say an autistic and nonverbal teenage boy who was shot by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while holding a knife has died

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1 week ago Infamous Supermax prison that's world's most secure is rocked by murder mystery as inmate is killed

Ishmael Petty, 56, will face trial for allegedly murdering cocaine dealer LaMarcus Hillard, 40, about 9.15am on September 19, 2020, inside ADX Florence.

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1 week ago Mexico to give Donald Trump 40 top drug lords who could face death penalty in US

Mexico could hand 40 drug cartel operators over to the US - where they may face the death penalty - in an extraordinary mass expulsion to 'placate' Donald Trump

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1 week ago Justice Department seeks death penalty for man who killed fellow supermax inmate

The Justice Department will seek the death penalty against a man accused of killing a fellow inmate at the federal government’s “Supermax” prison in Florence, Colorado, while serving a life sentence for killing his cellmate at another lockup

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1 week ago Fleeing Taliban fighters, Ibrahim begs the country he helped – Australia – to save his family

Mohammed Ibrahim Danish spent four years as a translator for aid workers who taught children and trained doctors. In today’s Afghanistan the penalty for that is death Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastHuddled on Afghanistan’s chaotic border with Pakistan, his young son shivering in the cold, Ibrahim Danish stared at the unmoving metal gates – willing them to open, even just for a moment.“We spent the night there in the middle of the street with little Daniel and it was [the most] difficult night of my life,” he says. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago The alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer faces the death penalty. Will a jury impose that punishment?

Even if he’s convicted, a jury might decide on a lesser punishment for Luigi Mangione in the trial’s penalty phaseIt was a decision that everyone expected to come. But it still had all the drama of a made-for-television legal show: would the government seek the death penalty for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering a top health insurance executive on a Manhattan street?The answer came last week: yes. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ryanair passengers should 'forget packing cubes and rolling' if they want to avoid fees

Budget airlines like Ryanair and easyJet have strict rules when it comes to free baggage - but there are ways you can beat the system and avoid those pesky fees

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2 w. ago Luigi Mangione faces death penalty if found guilty of healthcare CEO murder

Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered federal prosecutors to pursue the death penalty against the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione

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2 w. ago US says it will seek death penalty for Mangione in UnitedHealthcare killing

Case involving murder of Brain Thompson has unleashed fraught debates over country’s for-profit healthcare

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