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Regime Launches App to Hunt Dissidents as Protest Death Toll Grows

Venezuela’s socialist dictator Nicolas Maduro announced on Tuesday that he would use the regime’s social media platform, VenApp, to report dissidents and “stand against them” amid growing protests against his attempts to rig the July 28 presidential election. Nationwide protests against what is widely seen as a sham election have left around 12 people dead […]

South Carolina Supreme Court rules death penalty by firing squad, other methods legal

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that firing squad and other methods of execution generally considered cruel and unusual are legal in the state if an inmate requests that method of execution. of Verdict This comes after the state passed a law in 2021 allowing firing squad and electrocution in addition to executions following […]

SC high court rules in favor of death penalty, including by firing squad

The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that the state can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, paving the way for the resumption of executions for the first time in more than a decade. All five justices agreed with at least parts of the ruling, but two of […]

Lawmakers slam Biden administration plea deal that spares death penalty for 9/11 mastermind and two other terrorists: ‘National disgrace’ 

US lawmakers slammed Wednesday’s plea deal that spared the death penalty for the alleged mastermind and two accomplices of the 9/11 attacks as a “national disgrace” and a “complete miscarriage of justice.” “The Biden-Harris Administration’s weakness vis-à-vis the nemesis of the American people seems limitless,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said in a statement. “Plea […]

Death toll from landslides in India’s Kerala state rises to 166 | India

The death toll from a series of landslides in the southern Indian state of Kerala has risen to 166 and about 200 people are still missing, in one of the worst disasters the state has suffered in years. Two consecutive massive landslides occurred in the hilly areas of Wayanad on Tuesday midnight, washing away and […]