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Saudi Arabia Sees Record-High Executions Driven by Drug Sentences and Sectarian Bias

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Saudi Arabia Sees Record-High Executions Driven by Drug Sentences and Sectarian Bias

41% Left coverage: 32 sources

Ending its drug-execution moratorium in November 2022 has unleashed hundreds of annual executions under opaque judicial practices.See the Story

Indian Nurse Nimisha Priya, on Death Row in Yemen, to Be Executed on July 16: Report

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Indian Nurse Nimisha Priya, on Death Row in Yemen, to Be Executed on July 16: Report

57% Right coverage: 21 sources

AG Mayes Targets Vape Shops Allegedly Selling to Minors

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AG Mayes Targets Vape Shops Allegedly Selling to Minors

58% Left coverage: 12 sources

Arizona AG Kris Mayes says she's suing two Valley vape shop businesses for persistently selling nicotine to minors, with high failure rates in inspections. FOX 10's Ashlie Rodriguez has the details.See the Story

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Indianapolis Church Calls for LGBTQ+ Community to Be Put to Death

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Indianapolis Church Calls for LGBTQ+ Community to Be Put to Death

Indianapolis Church Calls for LGBTQ+ Community to Be Put to Death

83% Left coverage: 6 sources

An Indianapolis church said members of the LGBTQ+ community should be put to death or kill themselves. During a recent sermon titled “Pray the Gay Away” inside the Sure Foundation Baptist Church on the northwest side of the city, church leader Stephen Falco said the community should be ashamed of themselves and die. “There’s nothing...Church · Indianapolis See the Story

Stacy Lee Drake Pleads Not Guilty to Three Oklahoma Murders

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SALLISAW, Okla. (KNWA/KFTA) — Stacy Lee Drake, the man accused of killing three people in Oklahoma last year, has pleaded not guilty, according to court documents. Stacy Lee Drake, 50 (Courtesy: Sequoyah County Jail) Drake, 50, faces three counts of first-degree murder, three counts of robbery with a dangerous weapon, one count of possession of a stolen vehicle and one count of pattern of criminal offenses. He is accused of killing Phillip Emer…Death Penalty See the Story

Abante Proclaimed Manila Sixth District Representative

67% Right coverage: 3 sources

The City Board of Canvassers of Manila formally proclaimed yesterday Bienvenido Abante as the duly elected representative of the city’s 6th District.Death Penalty · Philippines See the Story

Here is how long you could spend in jail for drug trafficking in SA

100% Right coverage: 1 sources

A recent study showed that 34 countries still handed down the death penalty for drug offences like manufacturing and trafficking.Death Penalty · South Africa Read Article

Letters: DA reflects Santa Clara County’s views on death penalty

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. DA’s death penalty views reflect county’s Re: “DA didn’t appeal death penalty ruling. Was it all about politics?” (Page A6, July 3). Former District Attorney Dolores Carr, who lost her position to Jeff Rosen in an election in 2010, writes that District Attorney Jeff Rosen has “abused his oath of office ” by changing death verdicts to life in prison without the possi…Death Penalty · United States Read Article

D.A. won’t seek death penalty in COC student’s shooting

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The L.A. County District Attorney’s Office indicated Thursday that prosecutors will not seek the death penalty in the prosecution of a College of the Canyons student’s murder, which they described as premeditated and retaliatory during a May preliminary hearing. An attorney for Grigor Hovsepyan, 24, of Granada Hills, charged with murder in the May 2024 shooting of Gabriel Unzueta, has filed a motion challenging his client’s mental competency. …Death Penalty · California See the Story

Florida Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty For Michael Bell, Denies Stay Of Execution

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Court Rejects Claims of Coercion and Suppressed Evidence in Decades-Old Case The Florida Supreme Court today affirmed the denial of Michael Bernard Bell’s successive motion for postconviction relief and denied his request for a stay of execution, scheduled for July 15, 2025. Bell, who is under two sentences of death for the 1993 murders of […] Florida Supreme Court Upholds Death Penalty For Michael Bell, Denies Stay Of ExecutionDeath Penalty See the Story

Florida Poised to Break Execution Record as Clergy Demand Moratorium

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As Florida approaches a grim milestone in its use of the death penalty, more than 100 faith leaders are calling on Governor Ron DeSantis to pause all executions.Ron DeSantis · Florida See the Story

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