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DEATH

WORLD / Crime & Legal
Mar 11, 2016
Iran executions hit 20-year high in 2015, U.N. investigator says
Iran executed nearly 1,000 prisoners last year, the highest number in two decades, and hundreds of journalists, activists and opposition figures languish in custody, a United Nations investigator said Thursday.
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Jan 2, 2016
Publicist: Sky News tweet of death of Robert Redford, 79, in fall from golf cart 'sick hoax'
Robert Redford is alive and well, his publicist said on Thursday, calling reports on Twitter that the "Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid" actor had died "a sick hoax."
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Dec 18, 2015
Japan hangs two prisoners, including first convicted in lay judge trial
The executions cast a spotlight on the moral and emotional burden of nonprofessionals being asked to hand down death sentences.
JAPAN / Crime & Legal / ANALYSIS
Dec 18, 2015
Japan hangs prisoners days after lawyers' call for death penalty review
The executions of two death row inmates on Friday was a blow to the Japan Federation of Bar Associations, which only last week reiterated a call for a moratorium on hangings and for a national debate on the matter.
Japan Times
CULTURE / Entertainment news
Dec 8, 2015
U.S. band Eagles of Death Metal stages strong post-massacre Paris return
Eagles of Death Metal, the band that was performing when the deadliest of the Islamic State attacks took place in Paris on Nov. 13, made an emotional, powerful appearance at a U2 concert in the city on Monday.
EDITORIALS
Oct 7, 2015
Retrial system needs revamping
As illustrated by the case of Masaru Okunishi, who passed away after decades on death row without getting the new trial that he deserved, Japan's retrial system is seriously flawed and in need of reform.

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