World’s longest-serving death row inmate found not guilty

World’s longest-serving death row inmate found not guilty

The 88-year-old former boxer was wrongly accused of a quadruple murder in 1966 with help from fabricated evidence.

  • byMari Yamaguchi

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NRL star’s father allegedly linked to Mexican drug cartel,faces death penalty
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NRL star’s father allegedly linked to Mexican drug cartel,faces death penalty

Indonesian authorities have been hunting accused drug trafficker Gregor Johann Haas since December last year. They arrested him on Wednesday with help from Philippine police.

  • byZach Hope,Amilia Rosa andMichael Chammas
Real estate tycoon sentenced to death in $19.1b fraud case

Real estate tycoon sentenced to death in $19.1b fraud case

The court found Truong My Lan ran an orchestrated criminal enterprise that had serious consequences,with no possibility of the money being recovered.

  • byAniruddha Ghosal
China says it’s ‘worthy of trust’ but detentions and a death penalty are spooking businesses

China says it’s ‘worthy of trust’ but detentions and a death penalty are spooking businesses

Human rights groups estimate there are 5000 foreigners in Chinese jails. At least 50 of them are Australian,including Australian man Yang Hengjun.

  • byEryk Bagshaw
‘Hostage diplomacy’:Yang Hengjun death sentence rocks relationship with China

‘Hostage diplomacy’:Yang Hengjun death sentence rocks relationship with China

China’s ambassador was summoned to Penny Wong’s office for a dressing down that lasted 20 minutes.

  • byEryk Bagshaw andMatthew Knott
‘Leaving with love’:Killer makes final gesture as Alabama carries out first-of-its kind execution
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‘Leaving with love’:Killer makes final gesture as Alabama carries out first-of-its kind execution

Officials said Kenneth Eugene Smith,a 58-year-old convicted murderer,was pronounced dead at 8.25pm in Alabama.

  • byKim Chandler
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I’m against the death penalty,but Lucy Letby has shaken my stance
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I’m against the death penalty,but Lucy Letby has shaken my stance

Such heinous crimes,by a neonatal nurse no less,make capital punishment tempting. But maybe living with what she’s done will be punishment enough.

  • byRob Harris
Australians detained in Vietnam granted clemency,says PM

Australians detained in Vietnam granted clemency,says PM

Anthony Albanese said there had been a “substantial breakthrough” in the cases of two Australians sentenced to capital punishment.

  • byTess Ikonomou
‘I’m begging Australia’:Bodyguard’s son issues desperate call
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‘I’m begging Australia’:Bodyguard’s son issues desperate call

Sirul Azhar Umar,a former member of the security detail for Malaysian kings and PMs,has been detained in Sydney for eight years while facing the death penalty at home.

  • byChris Barrett
‘The death penalty is not the answer’:Australian ties behind Malaysia’s shift

‘The death penalty is not the answer’:Australian ties behind Malaysia’s shift

Nearly four decades after his father tried to spare the life of Australian Kevin Barlow,Ramkarpal Singh has helped usher through his country’s abolition of the mandatory death penalty.

  • byChris Barrett
Malaysian hitman in Australia could appeal against death sentence

Malaysian hitman in Australia could appeal against death sentence

Sirul Azhar Umar has been held in Australia for eight years for his part in a grisly,politically charged murder that rocked Malaysia and remains shrouded in mystery.

  • byChris Barrett