Posts tagged death penalty
Death Penalty Dropped Against Mumia Abu-Jamal
Dec 7th
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Prosecutors announced Wednesday that they will no longer pursue the death penalty against former Black Panther Mumia Abu-Jamal, meaning he will spend the rest of his life in prison for gunning down a white police officer nearly 30 years ago.
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White Supremacist Executed For Dragging Death Of Black Man James Byrd
Sep 22nd
HUNTSVILLE, Texas – A white supremacist gang member was executed Wednesday evening for the infamous dragging death slaying of a black man.
James Byrd Jr., 49, was chained to the back of a pickup truck and pulled whip-like to his death along a bumpy asphalt road in one of the most grisly hate crime murders in recent Texas history.
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Iran Sentences 2 People To Death For Running Porn Websites
Feb 5th
TEHRAN – Iranian courts on Sunday sentenced two people to death for running porn sites, prosecutor general Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi said, quoted on the Islamic republic’s official IRNA news agency.
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