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Kremlin comments on calls for death penalty after terrorist attack
The Kremlin is not discussing the potential reinstatement of capital punishment, the Russian president’s spokesman said
Mar 25, 2024 12:22
Zimbabwe moves to abolish colonial-era death penalty law
The African nation has not executed anyone in nearly two decades, despite official records showing 62 inmates on death row
Feb 8, 2024 09:40
US judge gives go-ahead to execution by new method
The state of Alabama may now put a convicted murderer to death using nitrogen gas, despite concerns voiced by UN experts
Jan 11, 2024 14:02
Alabama schedules first execution with novel method
Convicted murderer Kenneth Eugene Smith already endured a failed lethal injection attempt last year
Aug 27, 2023 15:45
Ghana abolishes death penalty
Accra’s move makes it the 29th African country to remove the possibility of capital punishment
Aug 12, 2023 19:43
US state abolishes death penalty
Washington Governor Jay Inslee said capital punishment had been applied “unequally” and in a “racially insensitive manner”
Apr 22, 2023 03:04
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