Sept. 11 Trial Plea Negotiations Still Underway at Guantánamo Bay
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by Carol Rosenberg
4d ago
The lead prosecutor briefed the judge on the talks in an effort to fend off a claim that members of Congress had unlawfully meddled in the negotiations ..read more
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Black Prisoners Face Higher Rate of Botched Executions, Study Finds
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by Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
2w ago
Lethal injections of Black people in the United States were botched more than twice as often as those of white people, according to a report from an anti-death-penalty group ..read more
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Vietnamese Real Estate Tycoon Sentenced to Death in $12 Billion Fraud Case
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by John Yoon and Chau Doan
3w ago
Truong My Lan received the death penalty as Vietnam’s Communist Party cracks down on corruption in the fast-growing Southeast Asian economic hub ..read more
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Trump’s Calculus on Abortion, and Iran’s Secret Smuggling Network
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by Tracy Mumford, Ben Protess, Natasha Singer, Ian Stewart, Jessica Metzger and James Shield
3w ago
Plus, the fight against “deepnudes ..read more
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Missouri Governor Denies Clemency for Death Row Inmate, Brian Dorsey
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by Mitch Smith
3w ago
Dozens of correctional workers urged Gov. Mike Parson to commute the death sentence of Brian Dorsey, who pleaded guilty in the murders of Ben and Sarah Bonnie ..read more
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He’s on Death Row for Murders. Prison Workers Say He Should Be Spared.
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by Mitch Smith and Ernesto Londoño
1M ago
Brian Dorsey, who pleaded guilty to murder in the 2006 killings of Sarah and Ben Bonnie, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday unless Missouri’s governor or the courts step in ..read more
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Ugandan Court Upholds Draconian Anti-Gay Law
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by Abdi Latif Dahir
1M ago
The law, which includes the death penalty as a punishment in some cases, has been strongly condemned, including by the United States ..read more
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Did Prosecutors’ Sex Shaming Help Send Brenda Andrew to Death Row?
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by Adam Liptak
1M ago
The Supreme Court will soon decide whether to hear an appeal in her case, which, as one judge put it, “focused from start to finish on Ms. Andrew’s sex life ..read more
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Russia Has No Formal Death Penalty. Some Want to Change That.
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by Valeriya Safronova
1M ago
Some prominent Russians are calling for the execution of those responsible for the massacre at a concert hall near Moscow, and an end to Russia’s 28-year moratorium on capital punishment ..read more
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Book Review: ‘Death Row Welcomes You,’ by Steven Hale
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by Ben Austen
1M ago
In “Death Row Welcomes You,” Steven Hale follows the cases of men in an American prison awaiting execution, examining what they did as well as the people they’ve become ..read more
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