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# Death Penalty

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Boston bomber says sorry for the first time before being formally sentenced to death
"He can rot in hell" - Man who killed girlfriend and her two-year-old with a butcher knife is executed
Timeline: How police caught the Boston bombers
Australia tells Johnny Depp's dogs to "b***er off" or be euthanised
Nun portrayed in Dead Man Walking movie says Boston bomber is remorseful
Seven foreigners condemned to death sang hymns before being executed by firing squad
Australia's Bali Nine ringleaders will die tomorrow despite corruption claims
Prosecutors use photo of Boston bomber giving the finger to push for death penalty
Two of Australia's 'Bali Nine' drug smugglers just lost their death-row appeals
Trial postponed for fifth time as Ibrahim pleads 'They're killing me here, they're torturing me'
Poll: Should countries be allowed to execute foreign citizens?
Utah has brought back the firing squad - so how does it work?
Which countries execute people? And how do they do it?
Pakistan plans to execute 500 terrorists following school massacre
Executioners in Oklahoma's botched execution couldn't inject the needle properly
The State of Texas may have executed an innocent man - but won't pardon him
Poll: Should the US suspend lethal injections?
US carries out first executions since botched lethal injection
Tennessee becomes first US state to bring back electric chair
News organisations take Missouri to court over lethal injection policy
After botched executions, Boston bombing suspect asks US to rule out death penalty
White House says botched execution wasn't humane, but maintains support for death penalty
The first 'double execution' in the US for 14 years will be carried out on Tuesday
US executes man who killed a farming couple in 1993
Photos: Mother stops execution as her son's killer was about to be hanged
‘Killing sprees’: Number of people executed worldwide spiked in 2013
Egypt sentences 529 people to death after mass trial
Trial date set for Boston Marathon bombings suspect
Prosecutors seek death penalty for Boston marathon bombing suspect
Column: Living for love, dying because of hate – the rising tide of homophobia in Africa
Catchall
Government won’t say if Taoiseach has or will raise human rights concerns with Gulf states
India to hold vigils to mark anniversary of gang-rape victim's death
Iraq executions top 150 this year so far
Man who shot porn mogul Larry Flynt given last-minute stay of execution
Ireland ceased funding for Iran anti-drug programme over death penalty concerns
American confesses to murder as he is executed
Fort Hood shooter sentenced to death
Man who threw toddler to her death asks to be executed
Fort Hood shooter found guilty, faces death penalty
Fort Hood shooter is seeking death penalty in his own murder trial - lawyer