US legal authorities said Wednesday they would cease pursuing the death penalty against former Black Panther militant Mumia Abu-Jamal, convicted of killing a white police officer in 1981. Abu Jamal will spend the rest of his life in jail.
A Texas appeals court issued a last-minute stay of execution for death row inmate Hank Skinner, in order to determine whether to conduct further DNA testing at the crime scene. Skinner has been on death row for 16 years.
A Texas court on Thursday denied a request from death row inmate Hank Skinner for a new round of DNA testing that he says would prove his innocence. Skinner, convicted of killing his girlfriend and two of her children, is to be executed November 9.
An anti-terrorism court in Morocco on Friday sentenced to death Adil Al-Atmani, the man convicted of planning an attack at a Marrakesh cafe in April that killed 17 people. He will be the first person to be executed in the country since 1992.
Thousands have attended a memorial service for death row inmate Troy Davis in Savannah, Georgia. His execution for the murder of a police officer drew international attention after several witnesses retracted testimony against him.
A court in Pakistan has sentenced to death the bodyguard who murdered Punjab governor Salman Taseer in January. Mumtaz Qadri (pictured) said he objected to the liberal governor's efforts to reform Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
MEDIAWATCH FRANCE, Thurs. 29/9/11: Four French newspapers and magazines headline on the end of Sarkozy's "reign" today as scandals continue to mount up for the French president and his entourage. Plus: the end of the death penalty, 30 years on and...reading Laura Baines' mind!
A Bahraini court sentenced one protester to death and one to life imprisonment Thursday for killing a policeman during a wave of anti-government protests earlier this year. 20 Shiite medics were also sent to prison for their role in the protests.
His fate went down to the wire, but despite last minute appeals, Troy Davis was put to death by lethal injection. His execution has raised big questions about the US death penalty. Also, how best to boost the American economy? New figures show poverty levels have shot up as a row is raging in Washington about Obama's latest plans. Finally, a look at the devastating results of decades of pollution in one of Argentina's biggest rivers.
There is outrage in the world's media over the execution of Troy Davis. We also look at the Israeli reaction to Obama's speech to the United Nations last night, and Julian Assange's autobiography, which he does not want published.
