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SINGAPOREANS SUPPORT DRUG LAWS, BUT ONLY HALF THE COUNTRY’S YOUNG SAY DEATH PENALTY IS APPROPRIATE

20 May 2019

Singapore’s tough anti-drug laws command overwhelming support across the population, but only about half of younger people feel the death penalty is an appropriate punishment for severe drug offences, a government survey has found.

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ALABAMA (USA): MICHAEL BRANDON SAMRA EXECUTED

17 May 2019

Michael Brandon Samra, 41, White, was executed in Alabama on 16 May 2019.

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TENNESSEE (USA): DONNIE EDWARD JOHNSON EXECUTED

17 May 2019

Donnie Edward Johnson was executed in Tennessee on 16 May 2019.

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NIGERIA: PASTOR, MISTRESS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NNPC SENIOR STAFF

17 May 2019

A housewife and her lover have been sentenced to death by a Benin High Court for the murder of senior staff of Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Benin city, Engineer Victor Gabriel Isonguyo.

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URGENT APPEAL FOR HENRY SIRECI FOR 42 YEARS ON DEATH ROW IN THE UNITED STATES

23 October 2018  Read everything

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