Tag Archives: Death penalty

On Thursday, the United States Supreme Court paved the way for the second federal execution this week, allowing a man convicted of raping and killing a 16-year-old girl to die by lethal injection. Wesley Ira Purkey, 68, was executed at 8:19 a.m. at the Federal Correctional Complex in Terre Haute, …

Iranians turned to social media to voice their opposition to the death sentences passed on three men who participated in mass protests last year. The “unprecedented” unit saw the hashtag “Do not run” in Persian spearheading Twitter trends in Iran for more than 24 hours, Trendsmap data showed on Wednesday, …