HUFFPOST - Former Oklahoma Death Row Prisoner Freed From Jail As He Awaits Retrial In 1997 Killing
Richard Glossip is awaiting retrial over a 1997 killing that bought him on the brink of execution three separate times.
ABCNEWS - Man set to be executed for killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter
An Oklahoma man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter after setting their home on fire nearly 20 years ago is facing execution
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NEWSNATIONNOW (Diana Falzone) - Iran executes student who admitted under torture to working with CIA
An Iranian aerospace engineering master’s student has been executed by hanging by the IRGC (Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps) according to human rights groups on charges of “espionage.”
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NYTIMES (Amelia Nierenberg) - Jailed Iranian Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is Transferred to Tehran Hospital
Narges Mohammadi, a prominent human rights activist who has spent much of her adult life in and out of prison, will undergo treatment in Tehran after collapsing earlier this month, a foundation run by her family said.
JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Iran executes post-graduate student accused of working with CIA Israeli intelligence
Since the conflict with Iran began in February, Iran has executed five people on espionage charges.
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DAILYCALLER (Christine Sellers) - Defense Argues Client Can’t Be Executed Because He Believes He’s Immortal. Judge Agrees
The suspect has been diagnosed with schizophrenia
NPR (Anastasia Tsioulcas) - Imprisoned Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner in critical condition
Narges Mohammadi, an Iranian activist and 2023 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, was hospitalized after collapsing in prison. Her family says her condition has deteriorated since a March heart attack.
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NPR (Willem Marx) - Pope Leo reiterates opposition to death penalty on same day U.S. approves firing squads
Pope Leo reiterated the Catholic Church's teaching that the death penalty is "inadmissible," in a video message released hours after the Justice Department said it would allow firing squads for federal executions.
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WASHINGTONPOST (Mark Berman) - Trump administration moves to add firing squad to federal execution methods
The Justice Department also said it was reviving a lethal injection protocol used during President Donald Trump’s first term.
NYTIMES (Devlin Barrett) - Trump Administration Approves Firing Squad Executions for Death Penalty
The Justice Department also reauthorized the use of a death penalty drug, and will seek to shorten the length of some legal appeals.
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