One year after dissident Ruhollah Zam was executed in Iran after apparently being lured from France, his hanging strikes fear into Iranian opposition exiles over the reach of the Islamic Republic. Zam, the founder of a popular Telegram channel despised by the Iranian authorities for its use in November 2019 protests, was executed on December …
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A convicted murderer was put to death by lethal injection in Oklahoma on Thursday, the 11th person to be executed in the United States this year, the fewest in decades. Bigler Stouffer spent more than 35 years on Death Row for the 1985 murder of schoolteacher Linda Reaves and the attempted murder of her boyfriend, …
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Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday that President Joe Biden is doing the “right thing” by withdrawing all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11, but stressed that it matters how the Biden administration executes the plans. The Biden administration’s tactics, decisions, timing, and execution regarding the drawdown of combat troops in the …
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CHINO, CA – AUGUST 19: A prison fence is seen in Chino, CA. (Photo by Michal Czerwonka/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 4:30 PM PT – Tuesday, January 5, 2021 The sole woman on death row is seeking clemency from President Trump. Tuesday, attorneys for Lisa Montgomery urged the President to change her sentence to life …
WASHINGTON—A federal judge said the Justice Department unlawfully rescheduled the execution of the only woman on federal death row, potentially setting up the Trump administration to schedule the execution after president-elect Joe Biden takes office. U.S. District Court Judge Randolph Moss also vacated an order from the director of the Bureau of Prisons that had …
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December 13, 2020 (Reuters) – Iran has summoned the ambassador of Germany, current holder of the European Union’s rotating presidency, over EU criticism of the execution of an Iranian journalist, Iranian media reported on Sunday. The Iranian Foreign Ministry also plans on Sunday to summon the French envoy to Tehran, the semi-official Fars news agency …
TERRE HAUTE, Ind.—The Trump administration plans to continue federal executions Friday by putting to death a Louisiana truck driver who severely abused his 2-year-old daughter for weeks in 2002, then killed her by slamming her head against a truck’s windows and dashboard. Lawyers for 56-year-old Alfred Bourgeois say he has an IQ that puts him …
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Lethal injection is no longer an option for Ohio executions, and lawmakers must choose a different method of capital punishment before any inmates can be put to death in the future, Republican Gov. Mike DeWine said Tuesday. It’s “pretty clear” there won’t be any executions next year, DeWine told The Associated Press during a …
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