Tag: penalty
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Robert Badinter, who led France to end the death penalty and fought Holocaust denial, has died at 95
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PARIS (AP) — Robert Badinter, who spearheaded the drive to abolish France’s death penalty, campaigned against antisemitism and Holocaust denial, and led a European body dealing with the legal fallout of Yugoslavia’s breakup, has died. He was 95. French President Emmanuel Macron hailed Badinter, a revered human rights defender and former justice minister, as a…
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Death penalty debate continues 25 years after inmate’s release
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Good morning, Chicago. The death row inmate left the Cook County Jail on Feb. 5, 1999, a free man for the first time in roughly 16 years after narrowly escaping execution by lethal injection. Anthony Porter had already been fitted for a suit to be worn in his coffin. Convicted and sentenced to death for the…
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Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer tells court awarding millions of dollars in damages would be like ‘death penalty’ for his client – live | Rudy Giuliani
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Giuliani’s lawyer says awarding up to $43m in damages would be ‘death penalty’ for client Sam Levine More from the Guardian’s Sam Levine on opening statement from Giuliani’s lawyer. A jury decision awarding tens of millions of dollars in damages for defamation would be a “death penalty” for Rudy Giuliani, his lawyer said during opening…
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Suspect in Tupac Shakur’s killing won’t face the death penalty
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Prosecutors won’t seek the death penalty against the man accused of orchestrating the killing of Tupac Shakur, they told a Las Vegas judge Thursday as Duane “Keffe D” Davis pleaded not guilty to murder. Davis, 60, a self-admitted shot caller of the Compton Southside Crips, appeared in court handcuffed and told the judge he understood…
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Megan Rapinoe: penalty miss in World Cup shootout loss was ‘dark comedy’ | Megan Rapinoe
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Megan Rapinoe reflected on the swings of fortune that often make football so cruel as she bowed out her final World Cup after the United States lost to Sweden on penalties on Sunday night. The 38-year-old’s prowess on set-pieces has helped her win two World Cups with her country. But she was one of three…
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Mario Fernandez Saldana May Face Death Penalty in Jared Bridegan’s Murder
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The husband of slain Microsoft executive Jared Bridegan’s ex-wife could be sentenced to death in his brazen 2022 murder, Florida prosecutors announced on Wednesday. In a pretrial hearing in Duval County Court, prosecutors announced their intent to seek the death penalty against Mario Fernandez Saldana, who is facing several charges, including first-degree murder, in connection…
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Ted Olson no longer supports pursuing a 9/11 death penalty trial at Guantánamo : NPR
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Former Solicitor General Ted Olson (2nd left) sits with Bush administration lawyers during the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing on Guantánamo detainees on July 11, 2006, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Tim Sloan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Tim Sloan/AFP via Getty Images Former Solicitor General Ted Olson (2nd left) sits with Bush…