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Amnesty International: Executions Down 25 Percent Worldwide [VIDEO]

Mar 29th 2011 – 12:28PM
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Father of Youngest Victim Supports Death Sentence for Gunman

By Lisa FlamJan 10th 2011 – 11:13AM

"Today" show

The man who lost his 9-year-old daughter in the weekend shooting rampage in Arizona, a girl he said had a zest for life, said justice would be served by a death sentence for the gunman. "My wife is very forgiving in that regard. I'm a little about the Old West," John Green said on CBS' "The Early Show." "It's a fairly...

Iran to Air Alleged Confession by Condemned Woman

By Hugh CollinsDec 10th 2010 – 3:04PM
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AFP / Getty Images

(Dec. 10) -- Iran plans to broadcast what it says is a confession by Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, the woman who was condemned to death by stoning for adultery and now is serving 10 years in prison for murder. State-run Press TV is set to air the confession tonight as part of a documentary on her case, according to the...

Jury Weighs Death Penalty in Home Invasion Murder Trial

By Mara GayNov 5th 2010 – 12:00PM
AP

AP

(Nov. 5) -- A Connecticut jury has begun deliberations in the triple murder trial of Steven Hayes and will soon decide whether the man convicted of killing a Connecticut woman and her two daughters in a brutal 2007 home invasion should be put to death. Prosecutors have called for the death penalty in the emotional,...

Iran Suspends Stoning Death of Woman Convicted of Adultery

By John O. MembrinoSep 8th 2010 – 11:57AM
Michel Euler, AP

Michel Euler, AP

(Sept. 8) -- Facing mounting international condemnation, Iran said today it is putting off the execution by stoning of a woman convicted of adultery. "The verdict regarding the extramarital affairs has stopped, and it's being reviewed," Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told Iran's state-run, English-language...

Background on death sentence

Capital punishment, the death penalty, death sentence, or execution is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.

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