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Vietnam Tycoon Will Not Face Death Penalty Over $27 Bn Fraud: Lawyer

A Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death for fraud totalling $27 billion will no longer face execution, her lawyer said Wednesday, as the country abolished capital punishment for eight crimes, including property embezzlement.

International Business Times

Luigi Mangione’s defense claims ‘bias’ after diary entries reveal possible motive for killing of United Healthcare CEO

Mangione faces a terrorism charge in New York, and federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty

The Independent UK

Florida Gov. DeSantis on pace to break death penalty record with execution of mistaken-identity killer Michael Bell

The state is on track to execute at least eight people within seven months

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Three Australian men arrested in Bali over fatal shooting of compatriot

The three suspects face charges including murder and firearm offences that could result in a life sentence or the death penalty if found guilty, police said.

Euronews

Man charged with killing prominent lawmaker could face a rarity for Minnesota: the death penalty

The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face the death penalty, something that is a rarity for Minnesota but could become more common under the Trump administration

The Independent UK

Tanzanian opposition leader to represent himself in court over treason charges

Tanzania's opposition leader Tundu Lissu told a court on Monday that he had been denied his basic legal rights and that he would defend himself against a treason charge that carries the death penalty.

Radio France Internationale

Young Frenchman on trial for drug trafficking in Malaysia

Tom Félix has gone on trial in northern Malaysia, charged with drug possession and trafficking which could carry the death penalty if he is found guilty.

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Iranian regime muzzles media with grim death penalty warning

Revolutionary Guard issues statement warning that any 'exchange of information', including news reports, seen as benefiting Israel will be punished with the maximum penalty - a death sentence.

Euronews

New Reform chair says ‘strong case’ for death penalty in clash with Nigel Farage

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The Independent UK

New Reform chair David Bull calls for return of death penalty

Dr David Bull also called for burqas to be banned in the UK

The Independent UK

'I was framed': British mother facing death penalty in Bali for 'smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight' claims stitch-up

Lisa Stocker, Jonathan Collyer, and Phineas Float have appeared in court accused of drug trafficking

Evening Standard

Silencing dissent in Tanzania, reckoning with genocide in Namibia

In East Africa, politicians and civil society members are increasingly alarmed by political arrests, as opposition figure Tundu Lissu remains imprisoned in Tanzania, facing the death penalty in a trial that continues to be repeatedly postponed. In this week's Spotlight on Africa podcast, we hear from Robert Amsterdam, legal counsel…

Radio France Internationale

US to put four prisoners to death this week as Trump pushes for executions

Killings scheduled in Alabama, Florida, Oklahoma and South Carolina despite concern over states’ methods

The Guardian - US

Three inmates to be executed in three states this week, amid an uptick nationwide

A total of 19 inmates in nine states have been executed in the U.S. this year, according to the non-profit Death Penalty Information Center.

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Indonesia arrests foreign nationals in Bali on drugs charges that could carry the death penalty

Indonesian authorities on the tourist island of Bali have announced the arrests of several foreign nationals, including an Australian, an Indian, and an American, on suspicion of possessing narcotics, charges that could carry the death penalty

Evening Standard

Three Brits accused of smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight sachets face the death penalty in Bali

Jonathan Collyer, Lisa Stocker and Phineas Float appear in court for start of trial

The Independent UK

Brits could face death penalty for ‘smuggling cocaine in Angel Delight sachets’

They are alleged to have smuggled over two pounds of drugs into Bali

Latin Times

The Possible Fates Of 'El Chapo's Son After U.S. Says It Won't Seek Death Penalty

Joaquín Guzmán López is expected to plead guilty to charges against him in exchange for a lighter sentence that does not involve the death penalty and could become a key witness in future prosecutions of cartel leaders

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U.S. Prosecutors Won't Seek Death Penalty For Son of 'El Chapo' After Reported Plea Deal

Federal prosecutors won't seek the death penalty for Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of drug lord "El Chapo" Guzman, should he be found guilty of multiple charges

Al Jazeera

No death penalty for son of Mexican drug boss ‘El Chapo’: US prosecutors

Federal prosecutors in the US will not seek the death sentence for Joaquin Guzman Lopez if he is found guilty in court.

The Independent UK

US prosecutors won't seek death penalty for son of Mexican drug cartel leader 'El Chapo'

Federal prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty for the son of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” if he's convicted of multiple charges in Chicago

The Independent UK

Australian man facing death penalty over 1.7kg cocaine bust in Bali ‘was only the dealer’, his lawyer says

Authorities say 1.7kg of the drug was mailed from the UK and traced to Australian national in Canggu

The Independent UK

British man sentenced in Bali after facing death penalty over MDMA package

Thomas Parker was sentenced after allegedly collecting drugs from a motorcycle taxi driver in Bali

The Independent UK

British man sentenced to 10 months in Bali for drug offenses after death penalty charge dropped

A court on the Indonesian tourist island of Bali has sentenced a British man to 10 months in jail for drug offenses after a charge that could carry the death penalty was dropped

Pedestrian.tv

Australian Man Could Face The Death Penalty In Bali For Allegedly Smuggling 1.7kg Of Cocaine

The 43-year-old Sydney man was arrested on Thursday after police raided his rented house near Kuta Beach.

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