Death Penalty
Visit Rt.com for news and reports on the death penalty, or capital punishment, worldwide. The death penalty is the legal execution of a person by the government as punishment for a crime. Get news and updates about the terminology, use, and prohibition of the death penalty in different states. The US is the only Western country that still has the death penalty. China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia are the counties with the most executions. Follow RT for the latest news and details about the death penalty in these and other countries, especially Saudi Arabia, where more than 130 executions were performed in 2017.
- ‘This is simply tragic’: Iran accused of ‘systematic human rights violations’ for alleged execution of wrestler Mehdi Ali Hosseini
There have been fresh calls for Iran to be banned by major sporting bodies following the reported death of a second leading wrestler, who was said to have been executed by hanging in prison at the age of 30 earlier this week.Jan 29, 2021 10:32Sport News - Judge grants stay to only woman on US federal death row HOURS before her executionHours before she was due to be given a lethal injection, a US judge granted a stay of execution to Lisa Montgomery, the only woman on America’s federal death row, over concerns about her mental competency.Jan 12, 2021 13:14USA News
- ‘Remember HIS name...’? With Kim Kardashian, Bernie Sanders & race-baiting SJWs, justice and mercy are reserved for the murdererThat poor Kim Kardashian is just beside herself with grief, and Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders is accusing the federal government of “premeditated murder” for executing death-row inmate Brandon Bernard.Dec 11, 2020 23:07
- Activists plead with Biden to ‘ABOLISH the death penalty’ after federal execution of Brandon BernardCalls to “abolish the death penalty” trended on Twitter after the US government executed Brandon Bernard for his part in a 1999 double homicide, with activists pleading with presumed President-elect Joe Biden to end the policy.Dec 11, 2020 17:16USA News
- US executes death row inmate Brandon Bernard in 9th federal execution in 2020The US federal government has executed prisoner Brandon Bernard, who was found guilty for his role in a 1999 double homicide in Texas, making him the ninth inmate to receive the federal death penalty this year.Dec 11, 2020 05:22USA News
- US Justice Department amends federal execution rules to allow death by hanging, electric chair, gas chamber & FIRING SQUADThe US Department of Justice has expanded rules governing executions to permit a wider rage of methods, including firing squads and electrocution, as five federal inmates are set to face the death penalty before Inauguration Day.Nov 28, 2020 03:52USA News
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