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Sailors assigned to the ballistic-missile submarine USS Alabama (SSBN 731) present an Alabama state flag that was flown over the submarine.

Alabama is the only state with this radical death penalty law
Business Insider In the wake of the Supreme Court ruling, Armstrong and other defense attorneys have started filing motions in current capital cases arguing that the judicial override portion of Alabama’s death... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Treadwell/Released)

Death penalty changes easily clear House
Tampa Bay Online TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House on Thursday overwhelmingly approved a compromise measure designed to cure the state’s death-penalty sentencing system, struck down by the U.S. Supreme... (photo: Creative Commons / Bjoertvedt)

Michelle Wilkins, center, stands with her father Mark and mother Wendy, as Wilkins speaks with members of the media following the sentencing hearing for Dynel Lane, who was given 100 years in prison for cutting the nearly 8-month-old fetus from Wilkins's womb in 2015, at the Boulder County Justice Center, in Boulder, Colo., Friday, April 29, 2016.

'Brutal, shocking': Woman gets 100 years for cutting foetus from another's womb
Sydney Morning Herald Washington: More than a year after she was sliced open, robbed of her unborn daughter, Aurora, and left for dead, Michelle Wilkins is getting justice. A Colorado judge on Friday sentenced her attacker... (photo: AP / Brennan Linsley)

Chelsea Clinton, left, speaks while Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, center, and former President Bill Clinton listen during a rally Friday, Feb. 19, 2016, in Las Vegas.

Bill Clinton’s crime bill led to spike in black incarcerations
Press TV The US crime bill that former President Bill Clinton approved while in office led to a surge in the imprisonment of black people during the 1990s and subsequent years, an African American journalist... (photo: AP / John Locher)

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File - This July 7, 2010 file photo shows Nebraska's lethal injection chamber at the State Penitentiary in Lincoln, Neb.

Pablo Lucio Vasquez: Texas executes 'vampire killer' for killing 12-year-old boy
WPTV HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) -- A South Texas man was executed Wednesday for the 1998 slaying of a 12-year-old boy whose blood the convicted killer said he drank after beating... (photo: AP / Nate Jenkins)

Supporters of Maryam Rajavi, President of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, demonstrate against the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's visit in Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2016.

China Keeps Tight Lid On Execution Figures

WorldNews.com The world's most prolific executioner killed"thousands" of people last year, human rights group Amnesty International estimates, but China is keeping the figures secret,... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena)

Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard during a curfew in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2016. Authorities have imposed curfew on movement of people in some parts of Indian-controlled Kashmir after separatist leaders called for a strike to mark the execution anniversaries of two separatists in New Delhi.

Amnesty reports 'alarming rise' in executions in 2015
Al Jazeera There were more executions worldwide in 2015 than in any year since 1990 and almost 90 percent occurred in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, according to the Amnesty... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)

File - Saudis carry religious flags and signs, including a poster demanding freedom for jailed Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr, who has been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, while waiting for a funeral procession to begin Saturday, May 30, 2015, in Tarut, Saudi Arabia.

It looks like Saudi Arabia is going to double its beheading count again this year
Business Insider Saudi Arabia has executed 82 people so far this year, putting it on course to double the number of executions carried out in 2015. The figure was uncovered by human... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali)

3 Women Are Killed Every Day By Their Partners. Here Are 59 Ideas On How ...

Huffington Post Did you know that in the U.S., more women are killed by intimate partners -- their boyfriends, husbands and exes -- than any other type of perpetrator? On average,... (photo: Creative Commons / Takkk)

The famed Daraga Church is one of the top tourist destinations in Albay.

Shades of Easter across the globe
Graphic Easter is celebrated annually to symbolically observe the crucifixion,death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is typically marked with church services that start with... (photo: WN / RTayco)

Democratic presidential candidates Hillary Clinton participates in the CNN TV One Ohio Democratic Presidential Town Hall in Columbus, Ohio, Sunday, March 13, 2016.

At Democratic town hall, Clinton, Sanders take on Donald Trump
CNN (CNN)It says a great deal about the state of the 2016 presidential race that, during Sunday night's Democratic town hall from Ohio State University in Columbus, Donald... (photo: AP / Carolyn Kaster)

A migrant boy plays in a puddle at the northern Greek border station of Idomeni, Tuesday, March 8, 2016.

The Morally Bankrupt EU-Turkey Refugee Deal Aids and Abets Human Rights Violations

Huffington Post ISTANBUL -- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is taking advantage of the refugee crisis in Europe to obtain the European Union's support for his own authoritarian... (photo: AP / Vadim Ghirda)

Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump arrives at the spin room his wife Melania after a Republican presidential primary debate at Fox Theatre, Thursday, March 3, 2016, in Detroit.

Trump Reaffirms His Intention To Order War Crimes

Huffington Post WASHINGTON -- It's not often that people admit to an audience of millions that they intend to break the law, but Donald Trump insisted in Thursday night's Republican... (photo: AP / Carlos Osorio)