40 h. ago African nation plans to reintroduce death penalty for serious crimes

The country had abolished capital punishment in 2018

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4 d. ago Brit facing possible death penalty in Bali jokes 'give them a smile and a big thumbs up!' as he arrives in court accused of smuggling cocaine

Kial Robinson, 29,from Chichester, in West Sussex, appeared to smirk as he arrived in court wearing the distinctive orange Indonesian prison uniform.

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9 d. ago Death row inmate released on bail after nearly 30 years in prison

Jimmie Duncan was convicted of murdering his then-girlfriend’s 23-month-old daughter in 1998

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1 week ago Louisiana death row inmate released on bail after decades behind bars

A Louisiana man who spent nearly three decades on death row is out on bail

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2 w. ago Prosecutors say comments shouldn’t affect Luigi Mangione’s death penalty case

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges

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2 w. ago Trump breaks down his ‘punishable by death’ threat to ‘seditious’ Democrats for Fox News host

Trump was asked about his ultimate punishment comments, which set off a firestorm of concern, by host Brian Kilmeade on his radio show Friday

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2 w. ago Sheikh Hasina’s party leaders urge India to continue giving her ‘shelter’ after death penalty

Dhaka pushes New Delhi to extradite former prime minister Sheikh Hasina

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3 w. ago South Carolina murderer faces firing squad execution as clemency decision looms

Stephen Bryant killed three people in the span of five days

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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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3 w. 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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