Tag: executions
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US executes seventh federal inmate in three months
Washington, Sept 25 (AFP/APP):The United States on Thursday executed an African-American man sentenced to death for a 1999 double murder, the seventh execution of a federal inmate in three months despite pleas from his lawyers that he was not mentally an adult at the time of the crime. Christopher Andre Vialva, 40, died by lethal…
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North Korean public execution sites identified, says report
South Korea (14th June, 2019): A South Korean NGO acknowledges the fact that it pointed out 318 sites in North Korea that are under use by the regime to carry out public executions. According to reports, the Transitional Justice Working Group has interviewed approximately 610 North Korean defectors over a period of four years for…