Lawyers' group wants halt to executions
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Serious problems in state death penalty systems compromise fairness and accuracy in capital punishment cases and justify a nationwide freeze on executions, the American Bar Association says.
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Human rights groups have condemned the amputation punishments and the 23 disclosed executions this year.
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The number of executions in the United States hit a 13-year low in 2007, mostly because of a de facto moratorium on the death penalty prompted by challenges to the use of lethal injection, according to a report by an anti-death-penalty information group.
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The state bar association scheduled an unusual public meeting to discuss a decision to give only written reprimands to two former prosecutors accused of withholding evidence that could have spared a man years on death row.
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Connecticut prison officials postponed the execution early on Saturday of serial killer Michael Ross after his lawyer cited a conflict of interest and requested the last-minute delay.
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida  - Florida's incoming governor Charlie Crist said on Friday he will halt executions after a medical examiner found that it took a condemned killer 34 minutes to die from a lethal injection because the needles were inserted improperly.
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WASHINGTON -- A divided Supreme Court on Thursday blocked the execution of a Texas killer whose lawyers argued that he should not be put to death because he is mentally ill.
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Human rights group calls on Iranian government to stop the execution of a man and a woman for adultery by stoning.
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The US Supreme Court halts a Mississippi execution as the lethal injection method comes under scrutiny.
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The Connecticut execution of a serial killer who wants to die is halted less than an hour before it is due to happen.
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CILACAP, Indonesia  - Three Islamic militants on death row for the 2002 Bali bombings met their families on Monday, as their lawyer said they would seek an edict from Indonesia's Muslim body on the legality of execution by shooting.
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Activists asked a Texas judge on Friday to stop local officials from destroying a hair they say could exonerate a man executed for murder in 2000 when President George W. Bush was governor of the state.
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More lawyers may follow the lead of a top QC who has resigned following the Law Lordsâ damning verdict on the Governmentâs anti-terror laws, a civil rights group claimed today.
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The top Palestinian decision-making body Sunday made its strongest appeal for militants to stop attacks since Yasser Arafat's death last November and replacement by President Mahmoud Abbas.
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Lawyers for three Americans charged with torturing suspects in a private jail during a freelance hunt for terrorists in Afghanistan appealed Wednesday to the US ambassador to help stop their trial.
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A top PLO decision-making body called on Palestinian militants Sunday to halt attacks against Israel, charging that the violence gives Israel an excuse to carry out military operations.
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Saddam Hussein's lawyers on Sunday formally appealed the death sentence handed down the ousted Iraqi president for the killing of 148 Shiites, a court spokesman said.