Death Penalty

UN Report Urges End to Forced US Prison Labor—a ‘Contemporary Form of Slavery’
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UN Report Urges End to Forced US Prison Labor—a ‘Contemporary Form of Slavery’

A report published Thursday by United Nations human rights experts condemns systemic racism in the U.S. criminal justice system and policing, while describing “appalling” prison conditions and decrying forced unpaid convict labor as a “contemporary form of slavery.” The U.N. International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law…

“Dead Man Walking” at Sing Sing
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“Dead Man Walking” at Sing Sing

Photograph by Karen Almond / Courtesy Met Opera The epigraph to Sister Helen Prejean’s book “Dead Man Walking,” published in 1993, is from “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”: “I went right along, not fixing up any particular plan, but just trusting in Providence to put the right words in my mouth when the time come:…

Malaysia Penalizes 400 Companies in 2023 for Labor Offences
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Malaysia Penalizes 400 Companies in 2023 for Labor Offences

TEMPO.CO, Kuala Lumpur – Malaysia has taken action against 400 companies so far this year for violating labor laws, state news agency Bernama reported, citing Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar. The ministry’s labor department issued fines totaling 2.17 million ringgit ($463,000) against 272 employers, while the courts fined 128 employers a combined 242,000 ringgit, Bernama cited…

Trump wants ‘immediate’ death penalty for human traffickers
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Trump wants ‘immediate’ death penalty for human traffickers

Editor’s note: we provide you the news. Use it for your research. BEDMINSTER, N.J. (FLV) – Former President Donald Trump continued the fleshing out of his 2024 presidential campaign platform, releasing a video pledging to support the death penalty for human traffickers. “I will urge Congress to ensure that anyone caught trafficking children across our…

Lawsuit accusing private prisons in Arizona of slavery now before top appeals court
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Lawsuit accusing private prisons in Arizona of slavery now before top appeals court

A lawsuit from civil rights organizations accusing private prisons in Arizona of practicing slavery is now before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals amid a broad left-wing pushback against the use of private prisons and immigrant detention centers. The lawsuit, led by the NAACP, was initially filed in 2020 against the Arizona Department of Corrections,…

Rachael Rollins on first year, her own investigations and priorities – Boston Herald
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Rachael Rollins on first year, her own investigations and priorities – Boston Herald

U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins said she wants to keep a focus on beefing up anti-human-trafficking efforts — and hopes the investigations into her political actions don’t slow the office down. Rollins, now approaching a year into her tenure as the top federal prosecutor in the state, brought in the press corps for an hour-long roundtable…

Andrew Tate's arrest inspires misinformation, memes and defenders online – NBC News
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Andrew Tate's arrest inspires misinformation, memes and defenders online – NBC News

Following the arrest of influencer Andrew Tate in Romania on suspicion of human trafficking and rape, social media was flooded with memes and misinformation from people both condemning and defending him. Tate, 36, has more than 10 million followers across platforms and has become a polarizing figure on Twitch and YouTube, thanks to his extreme…

Uganda arrests US couple for torturing child, face death penalty – Big News Network.com
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Uganda arrests US couple for torturing child, face death penalty – Big News Network.com

KAMPALA, Uganda: Uganda’s state prosecutor has said that an American couple detained on charges of aggravated torture of a 10-year-old boy now face an additional charge of aggravated child trafficking. If convicted, Nicholas Spencer and his wife, Mackenzie Leigh Mathias Spencer, both 32, could face the death penalty. The couple have been in custody since…

Washington police warn of alarming sex trafficking trend before holidays – Fox News
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Washington police warn of alarming sex trafficking trend before holidays – Fox News

The Washington police department that handled a murder case involving a father accused of stabbing his daughter’s 19-year-old boyfriend to death for allegedly selling her into a sex trafficking ring in the Seattle area issued a new warning Wednesday on the “fastest growing criminal industry in the world today.” The Spokane Police Department posted to…