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The 1965 Murder Act abolished the death penalty for murder in the UK and it was abolished for all crimes in 1998. The last executions were by hanging and took place in 1964. Meanwhile, a survey of ...

The proposal would link capital punishment abolishment with prohibitions on state funding for abortion or physician-assisted suicide.

The MP for New Forest West said we “devalue human life by our refusal to punish those who take it, with death”. Rudakubana was jailed for 52 years for the horrific murder of three girls in ...

The report came about a month after the UN human rights chief said Iran had executed 901 prisoners in 2024. Volker Turk said ...

Ontario PC Leader Doug Ford reportedly joked about bringing back the death penalty during a campaign speech at a London, Ont., police chief gala in late January.The Toronto Star first reported the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Elizabeth Berry was hanged at Walton Prison in 1887 after murdering her 11-year-old daughter, Edith. Working as a nurse at the Oldham Workhouse and hospital, Berry spiked her daughter's tea with ...

A Malaysian man convicted of trafficking 51 grams of heroin was granted a last-minute reprieve from execution by a Singapore ...

Lindsay Sandiford, who was sentenced to death in 2013 after trying to smuggle cocaine into Bali, could gain her freedom if ...