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US state poised for first execution with fentanyl

Article Nova Safo - 14 Aug 2018

Fentanyl killed more than 20 000 people in the US in 2016. It is 50 times more powerful than heroin and up to 100 times stronger than morphine

Nevada postpones execution using controversial opioid

Article Agency - 12 Jul 2018

Nevada's plan to use fentanyl has drawn criticism from medics and activists who call the move a dangerous human experiment

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Shepherds and Butchers and one-dimensional characters

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 17 Oct 2016

Both director and producer are stuck in an anachronistic milieu that will not be inconvenienced by nuanced and sensitive storytelling.

Kim’s cruelty blows the world away

Article Staff Reporter - 14 May 2015

But, more importantly, how much more will the top brass of North Korea tolerate?

US pharmacy blocked from selling execution drug

Article bogdan TagDiv - 13 Feb 2014

A US court has blocked The Apothecary Shoppe from selling a drug used in executions that has could cause "lingering and ultimately inhumane pain".

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Seven men executed in Saudi Arabia after rejected appeal

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Mar 2013

Seven Saudi men convicted of theft have been beheaded, more than a week after rights group appealed to the king for clemency.

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Three executions in Japan since Shinzo Abe’s appointment

Article Justin Mccurry - 21 Feb 2013

Japan has carried out three executions since its new prime minister was elected – a sign Tokyo will defy pressure to abolish executions.

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Zimbabwe finds new hangman, Amnesty fears new executions

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 9 Feb 2013

Amnesty International says it fears Zimbabwe will resume executions after prison officials were quoted saying they have found a new hangman.

SA woman jailed in China unaware of impending execution

Article Staff Reporter - 11 Dec 2011

A South African woman who is due to be executed by China for drug smuggling is apparently unaware of her fate, as is the practice of the state.

The tale of the accidental hangman

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Jun 2011

As a teenager, Babul Miah was sent to prison for a murder he says he never committed but the promise of an early release turned him into a hangman.

China is globe’s most prolific executioner

Article bogdan TagDiv - 1 Apr 2011

China, Iran, North Korea, Yemen and the United States carried out the most executions last year.

47 executions in three weeks

Article bogdan TagDiv - 24 Jan 2011

Iran has hanged almost 50 people during the past three weeks, according to human rights groups.

Kenya denies accusations of police executions

Article Staff Reporter - 26 Feb 2009

Kenyan police are a law unto themselves and often execute criminal suspects and other individuals with impunity, a UN expert said on Wednesday.

Crime, purgatory, punishment

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Jul 2008

Several productions at this year's National Arts Festival explore the dramatic potential of the time-space between crime and punishment.

It’s all in the execution

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Dec 2006

Predictably, half of our most popular stories in the past week were about the hanging of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

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