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Trained members of Idaho law enforcement with demonstrated firearms proficiency are expected to fill slots for carrying out the death penalty by firing squad as the state prison system transitions to the controversial execution method next month. Six volunteers certified for no less than three years apiece through Peace Officer Standards and Training, or POST, will be recru...

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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama is waging a last-minute legal fight to execute a man with nitrogen gas on Thursday night, asking the U.S. Supreme Court to set aside a judge’s findings that the method violates the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that Alabama’s nitrogen protocol is unconstitutional and blocked the state from usin...

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The death sentence of Samad Mousavi, who had previously been sentenced to death on charges of “premeditated murder” in connection with the killing of a forest ranger, has been carried out at Vakilabad Prison in Mashhad.According to information received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Mousavi was arrested in connection with the killing of a forest ranger and was subseque...

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A Bangkok court convicted Yusufu Mieraili and Bilal Mohammed of premeditated and attempted murder for their role in planting a bomb at the popular Erawan Shrine in the capital's commercial heart.The blast tore apart the site where worshippers and tourists had gathered, wounding more than 100 people and leaving the shrine to the Thai representation of Brahma littered with motorbi...

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TOPEKA — Attorney General Kris Kobach on Tuesday urged the governor to deny clemency to Kansas inmates who have been sentenced to death.Eight of nine people sentenced to death in Kansas formally filed clemency requests in May, according to a press release from the Attorney General’s Office. Kobach urged Gov. Laura Kelly to reject them.“Granting clemency to multiple death row inm...

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