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Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder after failing to win her long campaign for a retrial.
Family fights for death-row retrial under Japan's 'snail-paced' system
Japan's current retrial system is often labeled the 'Unopenable Door' because the chances of being granted a legal do-over are so slim.
www.japantimes.co.jp
April 2, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Since his teenage years, Koji Hayashi has dreaded one thing: his stubborn, once-vivacious mother being hanged for murder after failing to win her long campaign for a retrial.
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Five ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle were struck one by one.
The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave.
A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.
The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave.
A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.
March 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Five ambulances, a fire truck and a UN vehicle were struck one by one.
The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave.
A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.
The bodies of the first responders were then ditched in a mass grave.
A war crime. Without anything close to the appropriate level of global outrage.
It's planned for tomorrow.
www.thestate.com/news/local/c...
www.thestate.com/news/local/c...
South Carolina will execute Brad Sigmon by firing squad. Here’s how it will be done
Brad Sigmon will be the first person executed by firing squad in South Carolina and the oldest person ever put to death in the state.
www.thestate.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It's planned for tomorrow.
www.thestate.com/news/local/c...
www.thestate.com/news/local/c...
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British man in Saudi Arabia told he will be charged over tweet deleted six years ago - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-national-charged-saudi-arabia-over-deleted-tweet-six-years
British man in Saudi Arabia told he will be charged over tweet deleted six years ago
Ahmed al-Doush is scheduled to go before a Saudi judge this week over a social media post from 2018 and an alleged association with a man he says he has no interaction with
www.middleeasteye.net
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 PM
British man in Saudi Arabia told he will be charged over tweet deleted six years ago - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/british-national-charged-saudi-arabia-over-deleted-tweet-six-years
This remains an injustice. 'With 50 million criminal and civil cases pending, it would take 300 years to clear the country’s judicial backlog.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jagtar Singh Johal acquitted in India terror case
The 38-year-old's family say the remaining cases against him should now be dropped.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 4, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This remains an injustice. 'With 50 million criminal and civil cases pending, it would take 300 years to clear the country’s judicial backlog.'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A sobering reminder that when you set foot in another country, you leave yourself at the mercy of that country's 'systems ' of which you probably know little until it's too late.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/w...
China’s Vow of ‘Leniency’ in Plea Deals Erodes Rights to Fair Trial
China has embraced a plea deal system, but lawyers and scholars fear that it is being abused to further erode individual rights — and for shakedowns.
www.nytimes.com
March 3, 2025 at 7:40 AM
A sobering reminder that when you set foot in another country, you leave yourself at the mercy of that country's 'systems ' of which you probably know little until it's too late.
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/w...
I note a previous King Donald, 'Donald the Fair', ended up being 'blinded and doomed to eternal imprisonment' before dying in prison.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump receives widespread backlash to social post calling himself ‘king’
US president made comparison after administration rescinded New York City’s congestion pricing plan
www.theguardian.com
February 22, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I note a previous King Donald, 'Donald the Fair', ended up being 'blinded and doomed to eternal imprisonment' before dying in prison.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
