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USA: PRO-DEATH PENALTY REFERENDA PREVAIL IN 3 STATES; KANSAS RETAINS 4 JUSTICES ATTACKED FOR DEATH PENALTY DECISIONS

November 10, 2016: Voters in three states approved pro-death penalty ballot questions on Novembre 8, while in a fourth, voters turned back an effort to oust four Justices who had been criticized for granting defendants relief in capital cases.
Amid widespread agreement that California's death penalty system is broken, the state's voters rejected Proposition 62, which would have abolished the state's death penalty and replaced it with life without possibility of parole plus restitution, and narrowly approved a competing ballot initiative, Proposition 66, which seeks to limit state court death penalty appeals and expedite executions. With 100% of precincts reporting, Prop 62 trailed 53.93%-46.07%, with 3,971,872 Yes votes and 4,650,097 No votes. Prop 66 prevailed 50.92%-49.08%, with 4,210,163 Yes votes and 4,058,667 No votes.
Earlier in the day, Nebraska voters, in a closely watched referendum, overturned the state legislature's repeal of the state's capital punishment statute and reinstated the death penalty. With 100% percent of precincts reporting, Nebraskans voted in favor of the death penalty by a margin of 61,2%-38,8%, casting 443,506 "repeal" votes on Referendum 426 to overturn the legislature's abolition of the death penalty, against 280,587 "retain" votes to keep the legislative repeal in place. Wednesday morning, Governor Pete Ricketts pledged to take action to carry out executions in Nebraska, while long-time death penalty opponent, State Senator Ernie Chambers, vowed to introduce a new bill in the next legislative session to abolish capital punishment.
In Oklahoma, voters by a nearly 2-1 margin approved State Question 776, which constitutionalizes the state legislature's power to adopt any execution method not prohibited by the U.S. Constitution and prevents Oklahoma's state courts from declaring the death penalty cruel and unusual punishment. With 100% of precincts reporting, Question 776 prevailed 66%-34%, with 941,336 Yes votes and 477,057 No votes.
The death penalty was also a central focus in judicial retention elections in Kansas, where pro-death penalty groups targeted four justices of the state supreme court and spent more than $1 million in an attempt to oust them for their votes overturning several Kansas death sentences. Voters retained all four Justices. Chief Justice Lawton Nuss, speaking on behalf of the challenged justices, said "The supreme court’s ability to make decisions based on the rule of law—and the people’s constitution—has been preserved." Ryan Wright of Kansans for Fair Courts, which opposed the efforts to remove the Justices, added “Kansans have sent a very clear message: hands off our court.” (Source: DPIC, Hands off Cain, 10/11/2016)

SINGAPORE EXECUTES MALAYSIAN, NIGERIAN FOR TRAFFICKING, AUTHORITIES CONFIRM
SERGIO D'ELIA ON RADIO RADICALE: THE THIRD COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY HAS APPROVED THE RESOLUTION FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ANOTHER ACCUSED GETS CAPITAL SENTENCE IN SENARI MASSACRE CASE
KENYA URGED TO SET PACE FOR REGION BY ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER IN DHAKA'S PALLABI
GEORGIA (USA): STEVEN FREDERICK SPEARS EXECUTED
INDIA: 10 AWARDED DEATH PENALTY IN THE CASE OF SENARI MASSACRE
CHINA EXECUTES MAN WHO KILLED OFFICIAL AFTER HOME DEMOLISHED
EGYPT: HIGHEST COURT QUASHES EX-PRESIDENT MORSI'S DEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: PAKISTANI DRUG SMUGGLER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
USA: A COMEBACK FOR THE DEATH PENALTY?
IRAN: NINE EXECUTED OVER DRUG CHARGES, MURDER
ENDED IN SWAZILAND THE AFRICAN MISSION OF HANDS OFF CAIN
NIGERIA: OSHIOMHOLE COMMUTES FOUR DEATH ROW INMATES TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
JAPAN: DOUBLE MURDERER EXECUTED; 2ND UNDER CITIZEN JUDGE SYSTEM
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR MURDER, RAPE
IRAN: ONE PUBLIC HANGING AND 5 EXECUTIONS FOR DRUG CHARGES
KUWAIT: JUVENILE AGE LOWERED TO 16; TEENAGERS WARNED THEY COULD FACE DEATH PENALTY FOR CERTAIN CRIMES
CHINA COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE OVER WAREHOUSE BLASTS
DEATH PENALTY: THE MISSION OF HOC IN AFRICA CONTINUES
NEBRASKA AND CALIFORNIA VOTE IN FAVOUR OF THE DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AUTHORITIES CARRY OUT 'EYE FOR AN EYE' BLINDING PUNISHMENT
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED IN QORVEH PRISON
ITALY: UMBERTO VERONESI, SCIENTIST, WHO SUPPORTED THE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY AND LIFE SENTENCE, DIED
NIGERIA: OSUN COURT SENTENCES OCTOGENARIAN, THREE OTHERS TO DEATH
EGYPT: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FORMING TERROR CELL
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS EXECUTED
INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, FOUR DAUGHTERS
HANDS OFF CAIN MISSION BEGINS IN AFRICA IN SUPPORT OF MORATORIUM
THAILAND: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STRANGLING, RAPING GIRL, 14

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