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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Governor Gavin Newsom will Wednesday impose a moratorium on carrying out the death penalty in California, granting temporary reprieve to the 737 inmates on death row — the largest such group in the United States. Newsom is a Democrat who took office in January and a long-standing opponent of the death penalty, which was last carried out in California in 2006. “The death penalty is inconsistent with our bedrock […]
by Sebastien Berger Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea threatened on Wednesday to impose the death penalty on the South’s former president Park Geun-Hye over an alleged plot to assassinate its leader Kim Jong-Un. Park had “pushed forward” a supposed plan by Seoul’s intelligence services to eliminate the North’s leadership, Pyongyang’s security ministries and prosecutors said in a joint statement carried by its official Korean Central News Agency. “We declare at […]
