Tag: Capital Punishment
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Saudi Arabia Sets New Death Penalty Record in 2025
Overview: A Record Year for Executions Saudi Arabia has reportedly carried out a record number of executions in 2025, reaching 340 confirmed cases according to AFP’s tally. The latest developments came after authorities announced the execution of three people on Monday, continuing a year-long trend that has stunned rights observers and drawn international scrutiny. While…
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Saudi Arabia Sets New Death Penalty Record With 340 Executions in 2025
Saudi Arabia Breaks Its Own Record for Executions in a Single Year Saudi Arabia appears to have set a new benchmark in the use of capital punishment, tallying 340 executions in 2025, according to an AFP report. The latest figures come as authorities confirmed three more executions on a recent Monday, pushing the yearly total…
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Saudi Sets New Death Penalty Record After Executing 340 in 2025
Saudi Arabia Breaks Its Own Execution Record in 2025 Saudi Arabia has set a new, controversial record for the number of executions carried out in a single year, according to an AFP tally. Authorities announced three more executions on Monday, bringing the year’s total to 340. The figure surpasses the kingdom’s own previous yearly high,…
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South Carolina Executes Man by Firing Squad for 2004 Killings in Third Such Method Use This Year
South Carolina Carries Out Third Firing Squad Execution This Year Columbia, S.C. — In a closely watched decision by the state’s justice system, a man convicted of murdering three people in 2004 was executed by firing squad on Friday, marking the third time this method has been used in South Carolina this year. The execution,…
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South Carolina Executes Man by Firing Squad, Third This Year
South Carolina carries out third firing squad execution of the year Columbia, S.C. – In a rare move within U.S. capital punishment practices, a man was executed by firing squad in South Carolina on Friday, marking the third time this method has been used in the state this year. The execution process involved multiple prison…
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South Carolina Executes Man by Firing Squad for 2004 Triple-Murder
South Carolina Carries Out Firing Squad Execution in High-Profile Case A man convicted of killing three people in 2004 was executed Friday by firing squad at a South Carolina prison, marking the state’s third use of the death-by-firing-squad method this year. The execution underscores a continuing debate over capital punishment and the methods states employ…
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Oklahoma Governor Grants Clemency to Death Row Inmate After Panel Recommendation
Overview: A Last-Minute Clemency Decision Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt announced a clemency decision that reshaped the fate of Tremane Wood, a death row inmate who had been scheduled for execution. Following a formal recommendation from a state clemency panel, the governor commuted Wood’s death sentence to life in prison. The move marks a rare instance…
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Oklahoma Governor Grants Clemency After Panel Recommends Sparing Death Row Inmate
Governor Grants Clemency Following Pardon Board Recommendation Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has commuted the death sentence of Tremane Wood, 46, to life in prison, after a state panel recommended sparing his life. The commutation, announced on Thursday, marks a rare departure from Oklahoma’s long and storied use of capital punishment and underscores the influence of…
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Lindsay Sandiford Flown Home After 12 Years on Indonesian Death Row
Overview: A landmark return after a lengthy legal ordeal In a high-stakes legal and diplomatic moment, Lindsay Sandiford, a British grandmother who spent 12 years on death row in Indonesia, was flown home on Friday as part of a broader deal between the United Kingdom and Indonesian governments. Sandiford, who was convicted of drug trafficking…
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Texas Court Stays Robert Roberson’s Execution Over SBB Syndrome
Texas Court Grants Stay in High-Profile Death Penalty Case In a highly scrutinized decision, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals granted a stay of execution for death row inmate Robert Roberson. The ruling suspended an October 16 execution date as the court considered Roberson’s longstanding claim of innocence in the 2-year-old daughter Nikki Curtis’s death.…