Hangings
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Botswana hangs on to the death penalty
Most of Africa is abandoning the death penalty but Botswana — an affluent, landlocked, diamond-exporting state — is among the leading exceptions
Sudanese ordered to hang for apostasy gives birth in jail
A Christian Sudanese woman sentenced to death for apostasy has given birth in jail, effectively giving her a two-year reprieve to nurse her child.
Iran hangs woman for murdering love rival
Iran on Wednesday hanged a woman convicted of murdering a love rival, her lawyer told the official IRNA news agency.
Darfur rebels to be hanged for Khartoum attack
A Sudanese court on Wednesday condemned 10 rebels from the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement to death for an attack on Khartoum in 2008.
Twins escape hangman over identity confusion
A pair of identical twins escaped being convicted and hanged on drugs charges in Malaysia, due to confusion over which one of them was the culprit.
Twenty-one hanged in seventy-two hours
In 1985, 137 people were hanged and 35 reprieved; 1987 has seen an increase in the number of hangings and a decrease in reprieves to 18.