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Lots of executions in the US and Iran (and other death penalty news)

By Douglas A. Berman

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Barack Obama has been President for less than three full days, but already there have been three executions in the United States during his time in office. This AP article, headlined "Two convicted killers executed in Texas, Oklahoma," provides the latest US execution news. Intriguingly, I believe all three defendants executed this week were African-American. Intriguingly, another country has also had a busy week with executions. This New York Times article provides the basic details: "Iran hanged 22 convicted criminals in mass executions on Tuesday and Wednesday in Tehran and a few other cities, official news media reported." Staying at the international news desk, this BBC report discusses a major mixed ruling from Uganda on the death penalty in that country: "Uganda's Supreme Court has ruled in a case involving more than 400 death row inmates that the death penalty is constitutional...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on January 23, 2009 (boomark / email).