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[COLUMNIST] Death penalty has little to no effect in deterring crime – let’s put an end to it
Capital punishments ability and effectiveness in deterring crime have always been under heavy scrutiny and are yet to be ascertained.
Mon Aug 12 2024
Amnesty report: Number of executions worldwide rose 53 per cent in 2022
The number was likely higher, it noted, as thousands of executions in China "are being kept under wraps."
Tue May 16 2023
Japan's justice minister resigns after death penalty quip
Yasuhiro has come under widespread criticism over comments in which he made light of his duties, specifically signing off on executions.
Fri Nov 11 2022
Myanmar defends executions as 'justice for the people' as condemnation grows
Zaw said the men were given due process and insisted those executed were not democracy activists, but killers deserving of their punishment.
Tue Jul 26 2022
Malaysia says Myanmar executions make "a mockery" of ASEAN peace plan
Saifuddin also questioned the timing of the executions, which came a week before a meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.
Tue Jul 26 2022
Children killed, tortured in Myanmar junta's crackdown, UN expert says
Minors had been beaten and stabbed and had fingernails or teeth removed during interrogation, while some had to endure mock executions.
Wed Jun 15 2022
Ukraine exhumes seven bodies of people it says were killed by Russian forces
Kyiv alleges that Russian forces who occupied the area carried out systematic executions in an abortive attempt to capture the capital.
Tue Jun 14 2022
Serial killer specialist 'appalled' by US executions in new film
Lisa Montgomery is due to become the first female executed by the US government in 67 years.
Wed Nov 18 2020
The 'Beatles': IS jihadists with taste for torture
Their sadistic methods include crucifixion, waterboarding and tormenting their hostages with mock executions.
Fri Oct 09 2020
UN expert keen to probe Philippines killings, but won't debate Duterte
Agnes Callamard, U.N. special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings, has been vocal about allegations of systematic executions in the Philippines as part of Duterte's war on drugs.
Sun May 07 2017
Arkansas carries out first double execution in U.S. since 2000
Arkansas carried out back-to-back executions on Monday night, becoming the first U.S. state to put more than one inmate to death on the same day in 17 years.
Tue Apr 25 2017
Executions, burned testicles: apparent massacre stains Mexican police
In May 2015, Mexican federal police ambushed suspected members of the JNG near the small town of Tanhuato in the violent western state of Michoacan and killed 42 men.
Sun Aug 21 2016
Iran executes 20 Sunni 'terrorists' in single day
Iran said Thursday it had hanged 20 "terrorist" Sunni prisoners, in one of the Islamic republic's biggest mass executions in recent years.
Thu Aug 04 2016
Indonesia rejects international pleas to halt executions
The group, including foreigners from Nigeria, Pakistan, India and Zimbabwe as well as Indonesians, have been placed in isolation on a prison island where Jakarta carries out executions.
Thu Jul 28 2016
Indonesia rejects international pleas to halt executions
Indonesia Thursday rejected appeals from the UN and EU to halt the execution of 14 drug convicts including foreigners, as speculation mounted they could face the firing squad in a matter of hours.
Thu Jul 28 2016