Execution (Punishment)
The New York Times has documented a public execution by Hamas fighters in Gaza City, further escalating the ongoing violence in the territory. Masked gunmen, some wearing green headbands associated with Hamas, lined up and executed eight Palestinian rivals in a crowded street, leaving their bodies in the dirt. This
Execution (Punishment)
The New York Times has documented a public execution by Hamas fighters in Gaza City, further escalating the ongoing violence in the territory. Masked gunmen, some wearing green headbands associated with Hamas, lined up and executed eight Palestinian rivals in a crowded street, leaving their bodies in the dirt. This
Murder
Kelly Renee Gissendaner, a 47-year-old woman, was executed by lethal injection on Wednesday at 12:21 a.m. at the state prison in Jackson, Georgia. Gissendaner was convicted of murder in the February 1997 slaying of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner, whom she conspired with her lover, Gregory Owen, to kill.
Murder
As Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate convicted of ordering the 1997 beating death of a motel owner, faces execution, a representative of Pope Francis has stepped in to request a commutation of his death sentence. Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, the Vatican's diplomatic representative in the US,
Murder
As the 11:00 p.m. deadline approached, Troy Davis, a U.S. death row inmate, was put to death by lethal injection in the southern state of Georgia. The Supreme Court had rejected a last-minute appeal to stay the execution, despite international attention surrounding the case. Davis was convicted
Murder
Amnesty International has issued a pressing call to reconsider Troy Davis' execution case, citing dubious evidence and the death penalty's inherent flaws. Davis, a US citizen, is set to be executed for the murder of police officer Mark Allen Macphail in Savannah, Georgia, despite seven key witnesses
Murder
Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old woman from rural Virginia, was scheduled to be executed by lethal injection for her involvement in the murder of her husband and stepson. Despite international calls for her sentence to be commuted to life in prison, the governor of Virginia, Bob McDonnell, has twice rejected clemency.
Murder
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is attempting to deflect international criticism over the stoning sentence of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani by highlighting the case of Teresa Lewis, a 41-year-old Virginia woman scheduled to be executed by lethal injection. Ahmadinejad claimed that while Ashtiani's case has sparked widespread outrage, Lewis'
Murder
As the international community marks the World Day Against the Death Penalty on 10 October, Amnesty International has highlighted two cases of people facing execution in Iran, including Mohammad-Reza Ali-Zamani and Akram Mahdavi, both of whom are at risk of imminent execution. Amnesty International is urging the Iranian authorities to
Murder
Amnesty International on Wednesday called on President Aleksandr Lukashenka of Belarus to grant clemency to Vasily Yusepchuk, a death row prisoner who may be facing imminent execution. Yusepchuk, sentenced to death in 2009 for the murder of six elderly women, has an intellectual disability and has alleged being beaten while
Hussein, Saddam
The execution of Saddam Hussein on November 30, marked the end of a brutal era of repression in Iraq, but the aftermath was marred by violence and sectarian tensions. The former dictator, 69, had spent nearly three decades in power, and his hanging was met with a mix of reactions
Hussein, Saddam
As the hours ticked away before the hanging of Saddam Hussein, television news executives were engaged in urgent consultations to determine how to handle any images of the execution that might be released. The networks expressed varying degrees of willingness to broadcast the images, with some promising to exercise taste
