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Rangimārie Te Turuki Arikirangi Rose Pere CBE (25 July 1937 – 13 December 2020) was a New Zealand educationalist, spiritual leader, Māori language advocate, academic and conservationist. Of Māori descent, she affiliated with the iwi Ngāi Tūhoe , Ngāti Ruapani and Ngāti Kahungunu .
Days after the convictions and death sentences, the United Nations requested that the DRC continue their de facto moratorium on the death penalty, stating, "We reiterate the Secretary-General’s opposition to the use of the death penalty in all circumstances. . . . Noting that there is a de facto moratorium on the imposition of the death ...
Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice.The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below.
His death penalty decree was met with global outrage from fellow musicians as well as his millions of followers. Coldplay, Jack Antonoff, Peter Gabriel, Duran Duran, Nile Rodgers, Chrissie Hynde ...
Rep. Cori Bush (D-MO) recalled that ending the federal death penalty was a promise Biden made during the 2020 campaign and said that Biden faces little political opposition to commute their ...
Sakae Menda, 95, Japanese exonerated prisoner and anti-death penalty activist. [153] Ildikó Pécsi, 80, Hungarian actress (Tales of a Long Journey, A Strange Role, Just like Home) and politician, MP (1994–1998). [154] Viktor Ponedelnik, 83, Russian football player (Rostov, SKA Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union national team) and manager. [155]
Excerpts of body-worn camera footage from four corrections officers were released Friday by the New York Attorney General’s Office showing the in-custody beating of 43-year-old inmate Robert ...
Pled guilty to the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl to avoid the death penalty and was sentenced to "natural life." Also confessed to the sexual assault of dozens of other young girls. [28] [29] Last parole application rejected in 2019. [30] He was granted parole in May 2022 and was scheduled to be released on or around June 6, 2022. [31]