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Biden’s decision does not affect 2200 death row prisoners convicted in state courts.

Biden commutes sentences of 37 inmates on death row

The order, made four weeks before he hands over power to Donald Trump, does not apply to cases of terrorism or hate-motivated mass murder.

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Australians Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran were executed by Indonesia in April, 2015.

Death row still a risk when AFP shares intel: inquiry

Days after five members of the Bali Nine returned to Australia, a parliamentary inquiry has warned that more oversight is needed for federal police tasked with overseas co-operation.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Barrister Joseph Thesiera and Lex Lasry become emotional as they read through some of the material from a box of executed Australian man Nguyen Tuong Van in 2005.

In 2005, an Australian citizen was hanged in Singapore. It could happen again

I fought for Van Nguyen 19 years ago. Despite a worldwide trend away from the death penalty for drugs, Singapore continues to execute people – including four in the past month.

  • Lex Lasry
Iwao Hakamada, left, an 88-year-old former boxer who has been on death row for nearly six decades, is helped by a supporter as he goes for a walk in Hamamatsu, central Japan.

World’s longest-serving death row inmate found not guilty

The 88-year-old former boxer was wrongly accused of a quadruple murder in 1966 with help from fabricated evidence.

  • Mari Yamaguchi
A screengrab from a social media post, allegedly showing the arrest of Australian Gregor Haas in the Philippines.

NRL star’s father allegedly linked to Mexican drug cartel, faces death penalty

Indonesian authorities have been hunting accused drug trafficker Gregor Johann Haas since December last year. They arrested him on Wednesday with help from Philippine police.

  • Zach Hope, Amilia Rosa and Michael Chammas
Truong My Lan, center, in court in Ho Chi Minh City.

Real estate tycoon sentenced to death in $19.1b fraud case

The court found Truong My Lan ran an orchestrated criminal enterprise that had serious consequences, with no possibility of the money being recovered.

  • Aniruddha Ghosal
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Yang Hengjun has been detained in China since January 2019.

China says it’s ‘worthy of trust’ but detentions and a death penalty are spooking businesses

Human rights groups estimate there are 5000 foreigners in Chinese jails. At least 50 of them are Australian, including Australian man Yang Hengjun.

  • Eryk Bagshaw
Australian writer Yang Hengjun.

‘Hostage diplomacy’: Yang Hengjun death sentence rocks relationship with China

China’s ambassador was summoned to Penny Wong’s office for a dressing down that lasted 20 minutes.

  • Eryk Bagshaw and Matthew Knott
Kenneth Eugene Smith, who was convicted in a 1988 murder-for-hire slaying of a preacher’s wife.

‘Leaving with love’: Killer makes final gesture as Alabama carries out first-of-its kind execution

Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith, a 58-year-old convicted murderer, was pronounced dead at 8.25pm in Alabama.

  • Kim Chandler
A mugshot of Lucy Letby, who was on trial at Manchester Crown Court charged with the murder of seven babies, in Chester, Britain, in this undated Handout image obtained by Reuters on August 17, 2023. Cheshire Constabulary/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT

I’m against the death penalty, but Lucy Letby has shaken my stance

Such heinous crimes, by a neonatal nurse no less, make capital punishment tempting. But maybe living with what she’s done will be punishment enough.

  • Rob Harris

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