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The 2013 Canadian Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2013) [1] was a Formula One motor race that took place on 9 June 2013 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. [3] The race was the seventh round of the 2013 season, and marked the 50th running of the Canadian Grand Prix.
From 1867 to the elimination of the death penalty for murder on July 26, 1976, 1,481 people had been sentenced to death, and 710 had been executed. Of those executed, 697 were men and 13 women. The only method used in Canada for capital punishment of civilians after the end of the French regime was hanging.
Amnesty International's Interim Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, Rawya Rageh, criticized Kuwait's execution of five individuals, including one for a drug-related offense, as a return to executions with "vigour," urging the establishment of a moratorium on executions towards abolishing the death penalty. The executions were ...
Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. In general, executions carried out in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.
Since World War II, there has been a trend toward abolishing the death penalty. 54 countries retain the death penalty in active use, 112 countries have abolished capital punishment altogether, 7 have done so for all offences except under special circumstances, and 22 more have abolished it in practice because they have not used it for at least ...
The Sunni extremist group ISIS has released a video claiming to show the beheading of American journalist James Foley. The video, which we have chosen not to show, went viral Tuesday. Both YouTube ...
For people of Canadian nationality who were executed, see Category:Executed Canadian people. Subcategories This category has the following 11 subcategories, out of 11 total.
Drug cartels in Mexico frequently make videos of dead or captured gang members to intimidate or threaten rivals. Mexican police confirm grisly gang video showing bodies kicked, burned and shot ...