Amnesty International annual report on death penalty shows rise in documented executions
Amnesty International’s new report on the global use of the death penalty documents at least 883 executions in 20 countries in 2022. 90 percent of… Weiterlesen
Third execution in Florida this year: Darryl Barwick executed after 36 years on death row
On Wednesday evening, 56-year-old Darryl Barwick was executed by lethal injection in the US state of Florida. He had first watched a 24-year-old woman sunbathe… Weiterlesen
Singapore carries out death sentence for alleged involvement in cannabis smuggling
A man has been executed in Singapore for allegedly setting up a cannabis shipment. Tangaraju Suppiah was hanged, tweeted activist Kirsten Han of the Transformative… Weiterlesen
Florida executed Louis Gaskin, dubbed the “Ninja Killer”
On Wednesday night, 56-year-old Louis Gaskin was executed by lethal injection in the US state. He was sentenced to death for the 1989 murder of… Weiterlesen
Malaysia is on track to abolish mandatory death penalty
Malaysian lower house lawmakers voted Monday to abolish the mandatory death penalty, sparing more than 1,300 death row inmates. This is part of a sweeping… Weiterlesen
Two Texas executions in three days: Gary Green and Arthur Brown Jr.
On Tuesday night in Huntsville, Texas, 51-year-old Gary Green was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital. He was sentenced to death for… Weiterlesen
Florida executes Donald Dillbeck – after 32 years on death row and despite disagreement in sentence
On Thursday night, 59-year-old Donald Dillbeck was executed by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Florida. He was sentenced to death for assaulting and… Weiterlesen
Missouri and Texas execute Leonard Taylor and John Balentine – two executions in 24 hours
Two death sentences were carried out in the United States this week. The first execution had been expected, the second came as a surprise because… Weiterlesen
Eleven executions in small city-state of Singapore in 2022 – all for drug offenses
According to figures released Thursday by the Singapore Prison Service (SPS), there were 11 judicial executions in 2022 and none in the previous two years…. Weiterlesen
Texas executes Wesley Ruiz – again question of expired drug
On Wednesday night, 43-year-old Wesley Ruiz was executed with a lethal injection, an overdose of pentobarbital, in Huntsville, Texas. He was sentenced to death for… Weiterlesen