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US man sentenced to death for killing his 5 children

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jun 14 06:20 AM

WASHINGTON, United States - An American convicted of killing his 5 small children was sentenced to death Thursday, even after his ex-wife asked jurors to spare his life because the kids loved him.   Read more »

Saudi prosecutor seeks death sentences as Khashoggi murder trial opens

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 03 07:22 PM

Khashoggi, a contributor to the Washington Post, was murdered on October 2 in what Riyadh called a "rogue" operation. Read more »

Death sentence for raped teen in Sudan named world's worst case for women's rights

Isabelle Gerretsen, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 05 05:30 AM

LONDON - The death sentence for a 19-year-old girl in Sudan who murdered her husband after he tried to rape her was named on Tuesday as the world's worst court ruling for women's rights this year. Read more »

Egypt sentences 75 to death, hundreds to jail over 2013 sit-in

Haitham Ahmed and John Davison, Reuters
Posted at Sep 09 12:44 PM

An Egyptian court sentenced 75 people to death on Saturday including prominent Islamist leaders Essam al-Erian and Mohamed Beltagi over a 2013 sit-in which ended with security forces killing hundreds of protesters. Read more »

Online outrage at Sudan death sentence for girl allegedly raped

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 13 08:34 AM

The sentencing of a teenage Sudanese girl to death for killing her husband has sparked online outrage, as Amnesty International said she was defending herself against being raped. Read more »

Sinentensiyahang OFW sa Jeddah, di na bibitayin: DFA

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 03 11:34 PM

Naaresto ang OFW noong Oktubre 2013 matapos madiskubre ang mga umano'y ilegal na droga sa bagahe na binitbit niya para sa kinatawan ng kaniyang deployment agency. Read more »

Palace welcomes death sentence vs Demafelis’ employers

Dharel Placido, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Apr 02 12:58 PM

MANILA - Malacañang on Monday welcomed the reported handing of death sentence on the employers of slain overseas Filipino worker in Kuwait, Joanna Demafelis, even as it stressed that the development may have little impact on Manila’s deployment ban to the Gulf state. Read more »

3 executions planned Thursday in 3 US states

Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
Posted at Feb 23 06:57 AM

AUSTIN, Texas - A trio of inmates are scheduled to be executed on Thursday, one each in Alabama, Florida and Texas, raising the possibility that U.S. prison authorities will carry out 3 death sentences on the same day for the first time since 2010. Read more »

Texas execution delayed for man who murdered his daughters

Jon Herskovitz, Reuters
Posted at Feb 02 08:52 AM

AUSTIN, Texas - A man who killed his two young daughters at his Dallas apartment in 2001 while the girls' mother heard the fatal gunshots and her children's screams on the telephone, had his planned execution on Thursday delayed as courts considered last-minute appeals.   Read more »

US states consider using fentanyl to execute inmates

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 14 03:29 PM

WASHINGTON - Fentanyl, a potent drug playing a major role in the US opioid crisis described by Donald Trump as a "plague," is now under consideration for use in lethal cocktails to execute inmates.   Read more »

Malaysia scraps mandatory death sentence for drug traffickers

Kyodo News
Posted at Dec 01 11:09 AM

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia's lower house of Parliament on Thursday passed an amendment to end the country's mandatory death sentencing of drug traffickers. Read more »

China remains world's biggest executioner: Amnesty International

Agence France Presse
Posted at Apr 11 11:44 AM

BEIJING - China executed more people in 2016 than all other nations combined, Amnesty International said Tuesday, even as death penalties in the world decreased overall. Read more »

UAE court postpones decision on Pinay on death row

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 27 04:46 PM

The Court of Appeals in United Arab Emirates (UAE) has postponed its decision on the case of a Filipina facing execution, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said.  Read more »

Pinay domestic worker executed in Kuwait

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 04:39 PM

MANILA (3rd UPDATE) - Domestic worker Jakatia Pawa was executed on Wednesday in Kuwait, despite various efforts by her family and government officials to save her life.  Read more »

Kin appeals for help as OFW set to be executed in Kuwait

Maria Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jan 25 01:46 PM

MANILA (UPDATED) - The family of an overseas Filipina worker (OFW) made a last-minute appeal to President Rodrigo Duterte before her scheduled execution on Wednesday afternoon.  Read more »

Jury condemns Dylann Roof to death for South Carolina church massacre

Harriet McLeod, Reuters
Posted at Jan 11 07:32 AM

A US jury on Tuesday condemned white supremacist Dylann Roof to death for the hate-fueled killings of nine black parishioners at a Bible study meeting in a Charleston, South Carolina, church in 2015. Read more »

Saudi court sentences 15 to death for spying for Iran

Omar Fahmy, Reuters
Posted at Dec 06 06:43 PM

DUBAI - A Saudi court on Tuesday sentenced 15 people to death for spying for the kingdom's arch-enemy, Iran, Saudi-owned media reported, in a ruling that could further stoke tension between the two rival powers. Read more »