Priti Patel on Question Time

Furore as Priti Patel urges return of death penalty

News Fri 23 Sep 2011, AT 13:17

Tory star slated on Twitter after saying it’s a deterrent even if innocent people get executed

Troy Davis

Despite worldwide calls, Troy Davis faces execution

News Wed 21 Sep 2011, AT 16:02

Calls from the Pope, Jimmy Carter and many others fail, despite witnesses recanting their original testimony

Rick Perry

Buck gets stay of execution - no thanks to Gov Perry

News Fri 16 Sep 2011, AT 10:41

Supreme Court suspends execution of murderer - and undermines Republican presidential frontrunner

Duane Buck Texas death row

Duane Buck, Rick Perry and the politics of death

Alexander Cockburn Thu 15 Sep 2011, AT 09:47

Buck’s colour made him more likely to kill again said Dr Quijano, just another ‘expert witness’

A hanging in Iran

The great hanging debate: it’s an elaborate PR stunt

The Mole Fri 5 Aug 2011, AT 10:23

Every parliament should vote on hanging – MPs don’t need e-petitions to tell them so

Paul Staines

E-petition for return of the death penalty is doomed

News Thu 4 Aug 2011, AT 15:27

First reaction: with a call for capital punishment’s return making waves, does it really have a chance?

Paul Staines

Guido Fawkes campaigns to restore death penalty

News Mon 1 Aug 2011, AT 16:33

The blogger has launched an e-petition calling for MPs to vote on the issue

Rick Perry

Perry defies Obama to execute Mexican

News Fri 8 Jul 2011, AT 13:46

Humberto Leal Garcia is latest to be executed in Texas during the reign of Republican favourite

Lethal injection death chamber

Another US execution to go ahead with British drugs

News Mon 24 Jan 2011, AT 12:36

Appeals for UK exporter of sodium thiopental to help efforts to obtain stay of execution fall on deaf ears

Julian Assange

Julian Assange fears death penalty in America

First Post Tue 11 Jan 2011, AT 16:43

WikiLeaks founder believes extradition to Sweden could lead to illegal rendition and execution in America

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