Prosecutors say the attack was motivated by a dispute over unpaid wage. But theman has always denied that his actions were premeditated, claiming he wasmerely defending himself during a fight. The Chief Prosecutor Khalid Al Zarouni, the head of Bur Dubai Prosecution,asked for a capital punishment...
Leopold developed and supported many social and economic reforms. Smallpox inoculation was made systematically available, and an early institution for the rehabilitation of juvenile delinquents was founded. Leopold also introduced radical reforms to the system of neglect and inhumane treatment of those dee...
In 1997, Mario Benjamin Murphy, a Mexican citizen, was executed by lethal injection in the state of Virginia as the result of a murder for hire conviction. Murphy filed his federal habeas petition on April 30, 1996, claiming, among other things, that both his conviction and death sentence ...