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Supreme Court questions 'forgiving' approach to death penaltyThe Supreme Court recently criticised the leniency shown by lower courts in commuting death sentences. The bench said that a line must be d...- Christa Pike's ex-boyfriend Tadaryl Shipp, who escaped death penalty in Satanic killing, could be free in 5 yearsTadaryl Shipp, aged 49, is serving a life sentence for the murder of Colleen Slemmer. He and ex-girlfriend Christa Pike were convicted in 1...
- ‘Where am I?’: Christa Pike wakes up ahead of plans to remove her from life support, leaving everyone ‘shocked’ with her questionsChrista Pike, a death row inmate, unexpectedly regained consciousness nearly a week post a botched lethal injection. Reports from her attor...
- Christa Pike memories: Here's what the doctor reveals about what she remembers after the botched executionChrista Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, is recovering after a failed lethal injection attempt. After multiple complications during h...
- Christa Pike has no memory of botched execution: Doctor reveals what she said after regaining consciousnessChrista Pike, an inmate on death row in Tennessee, experienced a botched execution attempt on September 25 when complications arose during ...
- 'Like a band-aid opening': Eye wittnesses reveal the unsettling sounds they heard from Christa Pike's execution chamberChrista Pike's execution by lethal injection was marred by issues, distressing witnesses with unsettling sounds from the chamber. While her...
- Who is Christa Pike? Is Christa Pike going to be executed? Here's what to know about the Tennessee woman on death row and the crime she committed back in 1995Christa Pike, who was found guilty of the brutal murder of Colleen Slemmer back in 1995, was facing execution in Tennessee. However, a fede...
- SC rejects convicts' plea against 2-judge bench hearing Godhra train burning appealsThe Supreme Court has dismissed the plea that a two-judge bench cannot hear appeals against convictions in the 2002 Godhra train burning ca...
- SC to hear on May 6, 7 pleas of Gujarat, convicts in Godhra train burning caseThe Supreme Court has scheduled the final hearing for May 6 and 7 regarding appeals in the 2002 Godhra train burning case, involving the Gu...
- Outgoing North Carolina governor commutes 15 death row sentencesNorth Carolina Governor Roy Cooper commuted the death sentences of 15 men convicted of first-degree murder to life in prison without the po...
- Donald Trump promises to reinstate the death penalty for rapists, murderers, and monsters after Biden's clemency moveU.S. President-elect Donald Trump plans to direct the Justice Department to pursue the death penalty for violent criminals after taking off...
- Godhra carnage case: No more adjournments, next hearing on January 15; Supreme Court saysThe Supreme Court will hear appeals on January 15 from the Gujarat government and convicts in the 2002 Godhra train burning case. The Gujar...
- SC grants bail to eight accused in 2002 Godhra train coach-burning caseThe Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to eight accused persons in connection with the 2002 Godhra train coach-burning case. The court, o...
- 165 death sentences by trial courts in 2022, highest since 2000: ReportTrial courts across the country imposed 165 death sentences in 2022, which is the highest in a single year in the last two decades, a repor...
- Oregon governor Kate Brown commutes all 17 of the state's death sentencesAccording to NBC news sources, Oregon’s governor Kate Brown changed the punishment procedure of 17 commutes in the state by nullifying deat...
- Supreme Court: If we end death penalty, shouldn't life term be till death?But it has been reluctant to completely do away with award of death penalty , saying there were certain cases where, as long as the extreme.
- Yakub Memon execution: Even in 2008, SC bench was split on confirming deathIn 2008, a two-judge SC bench in Swamy Shraddhanand vs Karnataka was divided over confirming death penalty though both trial and HC were un...
- Supreme Court tightens the law to prevent secret hangingsThe Supreme Court has tightened the law to prevent the government from executing a mentally ill person like Punjab militant Devinder Pal Si...
- Commute death sentence of 3 convicts in Rajiv case: DMK to PMDMK MPs asked the PM to recommend to the Prez commutation of the death sentence of the three convicts in Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.
- No death penalty based on circumstantial evidence: SCWhile commuting a death penalty to life imprisonment, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said when conviction is based solely on circumstantial...
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