California Court of Appeal Returns Death Penalty

A federal appeals court in the United States overturned a lower court's decision on the unconstitutionality of the death penalty in California due to huge delays in the execution of the sentence. Last year, lawyers for one of the suicide bombers won a trial, arguing that long delays in executions in California ...

"Colorado Shooter" sentenced to life imprisonment

The jury sentenced the American James Holmes, who was accused of shooting moviegoers in 2012, to life in prison. The jury - nine women and three men - could not reach a unanimous decision on the death penalty in two days, thus Holmes ...

The Colorado Shooter was allowed to be sentenced to death

The jury in the case of American James Holmes, accused of shooting moviegoers in 2012, allowed the court to sentence him to death. According to the jury, the mitigating circumstances listed by the defense do not justify Holmes, do not outweigh the severity of his deed and, accordingly, do not give ...

Belarus and the EU resumed dialogue on human rights

The first round of human rights dialogue took place between the European Union and Belarus after a six-year break. Among the topics discussed during the dialogue were the creation of a national human rights institute in Belarus; freedom of speech, expression and assembly; application of the death penalty; fight with...

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized in court for the terrorist attack in Boston

Dzhokhar Tsarnaev apologized in court in Boston at a hearing where he will be read a formal death sentence today. “I would like to apologize to the victims and survivors. I am guilty of (committing) the explosions, there is no doubt about it,” a CBS correspondent quoted Tsarnaev as saying from the courtroom.…

The death penalty was abolished in Nebraska

Legislators in the American state of Nebraska have decided to abolish the death penalty. The state Senate voted in favor of the capital punishment abolition bill for the second time, overcoming a veto previously imposed by Governor Pete Ricketts. Nebraska is considered a traditionally conservative state. The last death sentence was given there ...

Relatives of the Tsarnaevs testified before the Federal Court of Boston

A jury will decide whether 21-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev should face the death penalty or life in prison. Relatives of the convicted organizer of the Boston Marathon bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, testified before the Boston Federal Court. They spoke at the second stage of the trial, in which the jury must ...

Most Americans favor the death penalty for Tsarnaev

According to a poll conducted by CNN, most Americans find Dzhokhard Tsarnaev guilty on all 30 counts. The respondents are convinced that for everything that happened at the Boston Marathon in 2013, the culprit should be sentenced to death. Opinions were divided on those who hid ...

In Oklahoma, a prisoner was executed for the first time since April

In the US state of Oklahoma, where in April 2014 there was a high-profile case of an unsuccessful execution, a prisoner was again executed. Then the person sentenced to death could not be killed for more than 20 minutes, after which the procedure was stopped. As a result, convicted of gang rape and murder ...

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