capital punishment

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It brought the country’s capital punishment under deeper scrutiny, with rights groups slamming it as a blatant flouting of international human rights norms.

From Seattle Times

At an EU-Arab League summit in Egypt in 2019, Bettel told Arab leaders that he was married to a man and would probably face capital punishment in many of their countries.

From Seattle Times

Legal and ethical questions have swirled around capital punishment in the United States in recent years as states have found it difficult to procure drugs to carry out the death penalty through lethal injections.

From Reuters

Charles Hector from the Malaysians Against Death Penalty and Torture group said it was clear capital punishment had failed to deter crime as the number of killings and drug trafficking cases remained high.

From Seattle Times

Judges have retained discretion to impose capital punishment in exceptional cases.

From BBC