Justice Bassey Nkanang of a High Court in Akwa Ibom State has sentenced Uduak Frank Akpan, murderer of a job seeker, Iniubong Umoren, to death. Delivering judgment on Thursday, Justice Nkanang ruled that the convict would die by hanging. He,…
US school shooter faces death penalty at sentencing trial
A young man who gunned down 17 people at his former high school in Florida went on trial in the southern US state on Monday, with jurors set to hand down either the death penalty or a life sentence. Nikolas…
Malaysia hailed over plans to abolish death penalty (Punch)
Foreign diplomats and international human rights groups on Thursday praised Malaysia for plans to abolish the death penalty in the next legislative session. In Malaysia, death penalty is a mandatory punishment for murder, drug trafficking, treason, and waging war against…
