Trump's anti-opioid plan provides for the death penalty for drug traffickers

The administration of US President Donald Trump has prepared a new plan to combat the opioid crisis in the country, which provides for the introduction of the death penalty for some drug dealers, writes The Hill, citing data from the Politico newspaper. The death penalty is possible if traffickers of opioids “directly ...

Prosecutor demands death penalty for shooter from Florida 

Prosecutors in the Parkland School massacre, Florida, have announced their intention to demand the death penalty for the murderer Nicholas Cruz. The shooter will appear before the court on March 14, charges were brought against him on 34 counts: 17 premeditated murders and 17 attempts on ...

Football coach rapist sentenced to death

A former high school football coach convicted of kidnapping and murdering a 10-year-old girl in Missouri was sentenced to death, writes the New York Post. District Judge Thomas Mountjoy sentenced 49-year-old Craig Wood to death. Wood was found guilty in November ...

Trump demands death penalty for Uzbek immigrant for terrorist attack in New York

US Justice Minister Jeff Sessions warned on Thursday that the Trump administration does not rule out trials of terrorism suspects in military commissions at the Guantanamo Bay prison, Voice of America writes. Speaking to federal prosecutors in New York two days after ...

In Israel, propose to introduce the death penalty for terrorists

The parliamentary faction of the Israel Our Home Party has again submitted a bill on the death penalty for terrorists for parliamentary approval. The press service of the NDI emphasizes that the proposal had previously been submitted for parliamentary approval, but all coalition parties, including the Likud and the Jewish House, voted against. ...

In the US, re-executed the killer who survived the first attempt of execution

The US Supreme Court has refused to consider the appeal of 60-year-old Romell Bruma, who was sentenced to death, who was tried unsuccessfully in 2009. The perpetrators of the death sentence could not get a needle into Brum's vein to inject a lethal injection, now they will again try to bring the sentence into ...

US authorities will not demand the death penalty Sophia Tsygankova

The Texas District Attorney's Office will not demand the death penalty for the 32-year-old wife of Ukrainian pianist Vadim Kholodenko Sofia Tsygankova, who is officially charged with the murder of Nika and Michaela's daughters. The investigation of the tragedy that occurred on March 17, 2016 continues, writes Star-Telegram. “Sophia's family ...

Florida's death penalty procedure is declared unconstitutional

A US Supreme Court ruling on the imperfection of Florida's death penalty procedures could lead to verdict appeals by 390 Florida prisoners. Florida is second only to California in terms of the number of prisoners on death row. The Supreme Court ruled in ...

Russian Orthodox Church allows death penalty

The head of the Synodal Department for Relations between Church and Society, Archpriest Vsevolod Chaplin, said that in some cases the introduction of the death penalty is possible, but it is better to do without it. “It is better to do without the death penalty, but there are situations when the threats to society are too strong and it...

What else they want to ban in Russia after the terrorist attack

Terrorist attacks in Russia often lead to "political freezes" and the introduction of various kinds of bans. The crash of the A321 plane will obviously not be an exception - on November 20, the State Duma and the Federation Council will come together to discuss new measures to combat terrorism. Prior to this, the parliament and representatives of the executive branch had already come up with several prohibitive ideas; ...

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