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Alabama asks appeals court to let it continue nitrogen gas executionsAlabama is fighting a court battle to execute Jeffery Lee using nitrogen gas on Thursday. A federal judge ruled the method unconstitutional...- Japan executes ‘Twitter Killer’ who lured and dismembered nine suicidal victims in Zama ‘house of horrors’Japan executed Takahiro Shiraishi, infamously known as the 'Twitter killer'. He murdered nine individuals in 2017. Shiraishi lured victims ...
- Japan executes 'Twitter killer' who murdered nineJapan executed Takahiro Shiraishi, known as the 'Twitter killer'. He murdered and dismembered nine individuals he met online. Shiraishi tar...
- Who is Iwao Hakamada, awarded $1.4 million by Japanese court for wrongful conviction?Iwao Hakamada, a death row inmate, has received a historical 217 million yen ($1.14 million) in government compensation for his wrongful in...
- High times in Thailand: New weed laws draw tourists from across AsiaMost Asian nations have strict drug laws with harsh penalties, and Thailand’s de facto legalization of marijuana last year has brought a wa...
- National Black Cat Day: See why US celebrates this occasionNational Black Cat Day is celebrated in US on October 27. The day is largely celebrated by cat lovers to show their affection for the much-...
- Japan introduces up to one-year jail time for cyberbullyingThough the issue of cyberbullying had been raised in Japan before Kimura's death, the wrestler's suicide prompted domestic and internationa...
- Japan introduces up to one-year jail time for cyberbullyingThe beefed-up punishments are intended to make clear that cyberbullying is a criminal offence, said Justice Minister Yoshihisa Furukawa.
- Death penalty debate rages on as court considers plea of Nirbhaya convictThere are over 50 countries that still allow capital punishment and gruesome crimes such as the Nirbhaya gang rape-and-murder case serve as...
- All hail the Mediterranean diet: Spain declared world's healthiest nationJapan was the healthiest Asian nation.
- Curt 'namaskar' by Indian diplomat sums up chill in Indo-Pak tiesLast week also, frosty Indo-Pak relations were on full display when Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was on the dais with his Pakistani counte...
- Law students who aim to shape death penalty debate with data projectThe biggest challenge for the students was objectively questioning men who could well have committed truly heinous acts.
- Intelligent driving solutions feature in new Motor BillThe Narendra Modi government has unveiled an ambitious 'vision' for reducing road fatalities by 20 per cent annually as part of the draft R...
- Intelligent driving solutions feature in new Motor BillThe Narendra Modi government has unveiled an ambitious 'vision' for reducing road fatalities by 20 per cent annually as part of the draft R...
- New Motor Vehicle Bill to hold government bodies responsible for bad roadsRoad transport minister Nitin Gadkari has already said that a stronger law on the lines of UK will be brought before the parliament.
- 778 executions worldwide in 2013: AmnestyAt least 778 people were executed worldwide in 2013, including one in India, global human rights body Amnesty International said today.
- World abolishing death penalty, but executions on rise in IndiaIndia flouted the global trend, according to the report, by carrying out its first execution since 2004 in hanging 2008 Mumbai terror attac...
- India votes against UNGA resolution banning death penaltyIndia was among the 39 countries that voted against a UN General Assembly draft resolution which called for abolishing the death penalty.
- Japan PM says no to abolishing death penaltyJapanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda said that he supported continuing the death penalty, hours after the country executed three convicted ...
- Australia to penalise foreign airlines for delayed flightsThe Australian Government has warned all foreign airlines that they risk attracting a penalty of up to 8000 Australian dollars per person f...
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