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May 27, 2022 · While no executions took place in Myanmar in 2021, at least 86 recorded death sentences were meted out – up from previous years, when the number of death sentences remained fewer than 10....
May 13, 2024 · A jury was being chosen for a murder trial nearly three decades ago in California. The state was seeking a death sentence for Ernest Dykes, who had been charged with killing a 9-year-old boy ...
May 14, 2024 · Execution law in the U.S. dictates that crimes must involve a victim’s death or treason against the government to be eligible for the death penalty. The Supreme Court ruled nearly 40 years ago that execution is too harsh a punishment for sexual assault, and justices made a similar decision in 2008 in a case involving the rape of a child.
Death Sentences in the United States Since 1973. By State and By Year. SOURCES: DPIC’s Death Penalty Census and annual death sentence tracking. Each year, DPIC collects information on the number of death sentences in the United States.
Apr 12, 2024 · Vietnam sentences real estate tycoon to death in its largest-ever fraud case Truong My Lan, the 67-year-old chairwoman of the real estate company Van Thinh Phat, was formally charged with fraud ...
22 hours ago · Death penalty opponents must work hard to avoid falling into that trap. Their best political strategy, though it might not be a winning legal strategy, will be to say that the court should respect ...
4 days ago · Imprisonment for public protection sentences were abolished by the coalition government back in 2012, but the change was not retrospective - meaning 2,852 prisoners remain behind bars, including ...
