Chinese Couple Executed for Throwing Children Out 15th Floor Window

A Chinese couple, Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen, were executed this week for the murder of Zhang’s two children from a previous marriage. The execution, believed to have been carried out by lethal injection, followed the approval of their death sentences by China’s highest court. In 2020, Zhang was found guilty of killing his two children by throwing them from the 15th floor of a residential building in Chongqing, southwest China. Ye was also convicted …

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Iranian soccer star faces execution after World Cup

An Iranian soccer player will be hanged for protesting Mahsa Amini’s death. In November, an arrest warrant was issued for 26-year-old Amir Nasr-Azadani for the murders of a police colonel and two militia members. Furthermore, Nasr-Azadani was charged with “waging war against God.” In mid-September, Amini died suddenly in custody after being arrested for allegedly improperly wearing a hijab. According to witnesses, Amini was beaten by Guidance Patrol, but the Iranian government claims she died of …

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Alabama may use unproven execution method ‘nitrogen hypoxia’

Alabama could use nitrogen hypoxia for executions in death sentences. What is it? – NPR The state of Alabama is preparing a new method of execution – nitrogen hypoxia – to carry out the execution of its death sentences. This method was approved by the state in 2018 but has not yet been used or tested. Alan Eugene Miller, who faces execution on Sep. 22, was convicted of killing three men in a workplace shooting …

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