2 h. ago UK's last death penalty victim as calls grow for return of capital punishment

Polling shows that 50% of Brits support the reintroduction of capital punishment and 42% of the public say it should be typical sentence when it comes to murder

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6 h. ago Starmer shuts down Lowe’s calls for a referendum on the death penalty: ‘It is not the answer’

Sir Keir Starmer has shut down Rupert Lowe’s recommendation that the death penalty be reintroduced for foreign criminals.

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9 h. ago Keir Starmer breaks silence on bringing death penalty back to UK

Independent MP Rupert Lowe asked Sir Keir Starmer to put the reintroduction of the death penalty before the public in the form of a legally binding referendum in the wake of 'brutal murders'

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35 h. ago Israeli parliament backs death penalty bill targeting Palestinians

Bill passed by 39 votes to 16 but must clear two more parliamentary votes to become law

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46 h. ago Murderer has gruesome decision to make 35 years after raping and killing student

Harold Wayne Nichols was given the death penalty in 1990 after raping and murdering Karen Pulley, a 21-year-old student at Chattanooga State University in Tennessee

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6 d. ago Death row drug mule gran seen for the first time since jail release

Lindsay Sandiford was given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia.

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6 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford seen for first time in DECADE as she leaves jail

Pensioner Lindsay Sandiford - given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia - left her cell today for the 8,000-mile journey home to Britain

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6 d. ago Death row gran Lindsay Sandiford, 69, seen for first time in DECADE leaving jail

Pensioner Lindsay Sandiford - given the death penalty in 2013 for smuggling 1.6m of cocaine into Indonesia - left her cell today for the 8,000-mile journey home to Britain

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7 d. ago Emotional moment Aussie facing the death penalty after he was accused of smuggling cocaine into Bali hugs his family outside court

Lamar Aaron Ahchee, 43, gave his testimony in Denpasar District Court on Tuesday.

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8 d. ago Mass murderer George Banks, spared from death penalty, dies in prison 43 years after rampage

George Banks, one of the most notorious mass murderers in the U.S., has died

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2 w. ago Jeremy Clarkson says people who drop litter should be shot by snipers in trees

The Clarkson's Farm host says racists and paedophiles aren't at the top of his hate list - it's litterers. He has advocated bringing back the death penalty for lazy folk who don't use bins

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2 w. ago Death row inmate yells 'I didn't kill anybody' in chilling last words before he's EXECUTED after burning man alive over $200

The 54-year-old was convicted in 1995 for helping to kidnap and burn alive 32-year-old George Huguley.

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2 w. ago Judge halts death penalty case in New Mexico due to federal shutdown

A judge in New Mexico halted legal proceedings in a federal death penalty case because the U.S. government shutdown is impeding the defendant’s right to legal representation

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2 w. ago Crowds demand death penalty for Algerian woman 'who raped, tortured and murdered 12

Dahbia Benkired, 27, is currently facing life imprisonment after allegedly luring schoolgirl Lola Daviet into her apartment on October 14, 2022, before sexually assaulting and killing her.

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2 w. ago Vance says Knesset votes on annexing West Bank are an ‘insult’ as Netanyahu halts progress

US vice-president suggests votes were ‘stupid political stunt’ as Israeli PM halts further work on billsMiddle East crisis – live updatesThe Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has ordered a halt to the advancement of parliamentary bills linked to the annexation of the West Bank after the US vice-president, JD Vance, described a vote on two bills in the Knesset as an “insult”.The bills applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank, which would be tantamount to the annexation of land Palestinians want for a state, won preliminary approval from Israel’s parliament on Wednesday, barely a week after Donald Trump pushed through a deal aimed at ending a two-year Israeli offensive in Gaza. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Vance lashes out at ‘very stupid’ Israeli vote to annex West Bank

Move by parliament prompts heated exchanges between US, Arab allies and Israeli far right

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2 w. ago Annexing West Bank ‘would put Donald Trump’s Gaza plan at risk’, warns Marco Rubio

A bill applying Israeli law to the occupied West Bank won initial approval from Israel's parliament on Wednesday

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2 w. ago Maniac who fatally stabbed Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina train could receive death penalty

Decarlos Brown Jr., 34, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of violence against a railroad carrier and mass transportation system resulting in death on Wednesday

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2 w. ago Suspect accused of killing Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska on Charlotte light rail may face death penalty if convicted

Decarlos Brown Jr. was indicted by a federal grand jury following the fatal train attack on 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska on August 22

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3 w. ago UK and Indonesia agree to send home a British woman facing death penalty for drugs

A British woman has avoided execution for drug smuggling in Indonesia under an agreement between the two countries

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