All posts tagged "death penalty"

  • FILE - This June 18, 2010, file photo shows the firing squad execution chamber at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah. Utah's Gov. Gary Herbert will not say if he'll sign a bill to bring back the firing squad but does say the method would give Utah a backup execution method. Herbert's spokesman Marty Carpenter issued a statement about the bill Tuesday in response to questions from reporters. Utah's Senate is set to cast a final vote on the bill this week. It would call for a firing squad if lethal injection drugs cannot be obtained 30 days before an execution. (AP Photo/Trent Nelson, Pool, File)
    Utah lawmakers vote to bring back executions by firing squad

    SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A vote by Utah lawmakers to bring back executions by firing squad is the most dramatic illustration yet of the nationwide frustration over bungled executions and shortages of lethal-injection drugs. Utah and...

    • Posted March 11, 2015
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    S. Korean soldier gets death penalty for deadly shooting spree

    WONJU, South Korea (Yonhap) — A military court on Tuesday sentenced an Army deserter to death for killing and wounding about a dozen unarmed comrades in a shooting rampage at a guard post close to the border...

    • Posted February 3, 2015
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    20 Koreans sentenced to death in China

    By Yi Whan-woo About 20 South Korean nationals are death row inmates in China, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Declining to give the exact number, the ministry said the prisoners had been convicted of felonies,...

    • Posted August 10, 2014
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    China executes 2 South Koreans for dealing drugs

    By Yi Whan-woo China executed two Korean nationals Wednesday for drug offenses despite repeated pleas for clemency from the Korean government, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The two men had been convicted of distributing and...

    • Posted August 7, 2014
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  • Court upholds death sentence for casino killing of Korean American woman

    (CNS) – The California Supreme Court upheld a former Los Angeles resident’s death sentence for robbing and murdering a woman he followed from the Hollywood Park Casino in Inglewood more than 16 years ago. Donald Ray Debose was sentenced...

    • Posted June 7, 2014
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  • The Daegu District Court sentenced a 35-year-old woman identified as Lim, left, to 10 years behind bars for repeatedly beating her eight-year-old girl for a year before her death. The girl's biological father, right, received 3 years. (Yonhap)
    Child abuse rulings met with outrage in Korea

    By Kim Da-ye, Kang Hyun-kyung Public outrage was triggered Friday by lighter-than-expected jail terms given to two women who were convicted of beating their stepdaughters to death. The Daegu District Court sentenced a 35-year-old woman identified as...

    • Posted April 11, 2014
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