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Amnesty International: Executions Down 25 Percent Worldwide [VIDEO]

Father of Youngest Victim Supports Death Sentence for Gunman

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

(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

(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

(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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