An Indian court has previously said capital punishment is for the 'rarest of the rare case'.

Source: https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midlands-news/full-list-crimes-punishable-death-27946960

Anti-death penalty campaigners say that the case encapsulates Singapore’s ardent use of capital punishment, which is often imposed despite flimsy or circumstantial evidence.

Source: https://thediplomat.com/2023/04/singapore-executes-man-over-cannabis-trafficking-plot/

As I have witnessed time and again in my correspondence and conversations with the condemned, capital punishment constitutes — torture.

Source: https://forward.com/opinion/554162/death-penalty-capital-punishment-tree-of-life-shooter-sentencing-jewish-bowers/

A Texas judge last year put off a state trial in the case, saying that determining how to proceed would be affected by the decision from federal prosecutors on whether they would seek capital punishment.

Source: https://gazette.com/news/us-world/el-paso-massacre-suspect-expected-to-plead-guilty-to-federal-hate-crimes/article_bebd6001-00a9-5150-a327-7d48a1e7d6f4.html

Bonowitz says Biden won’t take action to keep his 2020 promise during the 2024 campaign, because he understands that voters care more about pocketbook issues than capital punishment.

Source: https://ktar.com/story/5524490/bidens-inaction-on-death-penalty-may-be-a-top-campaign-issue-as-trump-and-desantis-laud-executions/

Bowers was sentenced to death last month after a jury determined that capital punishment was appropriate.

Source: https://1010wcsi.com/fox-news/white-supremacist-admits-to-sending-threats-to-jury-witnesses-of-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-trial/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=white-supremacist-admits-to-sending-threats-to-jury-witnesses-of-pittsburgh-syna

But in 1976, the court ruled that capital punishment was constitutional in limited circumstances.

Source: https://www.bangordailynews.com/2023/03/11/news/nation/firing-squads-could-return-as-states-debate-the-death-penalty/

For Reisig, if a suspect is determined to have a mental illness that played a significant role in the commission of the crime, he won’t pursue capital punishment.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-01/california-da-says-death-penalty-possible-in-davis-stabbings

In August 2018, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith issued a new draft of the Catechism of the Catholic Church’s paragraph regarding capital punishment.

Source: https://www.ncregister.com/cna/oklahoma-bill-expanding-religious-freedom-to-government-contracts-heads-to-governor-s-desk

Legal and ethical questions have swirled around capital punishment in the United States after several lethal injections have been botched in recent years.

Source: https://www.marketscreener.com/news/latest/Alabama-to-put-inmate-to-death-state-s-first-execution-since-suspension--44382709/?utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=20230720

Protesters Wednesday blocked the busy Udaipur-Killa road in Tripura’s Gomati district, burnt tyres and stalled traffic for hours, demanding capital punishment for those who allegedly killed an elderly man Tuesday.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/tripura/elderly-mans-murder-road-blockade-tripura-gomati-9047489/

That was new; in the past, public support for capital punishment has tended to rise along with fears about crime.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/09/us/politics/death-penalty-california-gavin-newsom.html

The Death Penalty Information Centre says that more than 70 per cent of the world’s countries have abolished capital punishment in law or practice.

Source: https://punchng.com/governors-should-act-on-death-row-inmates/

The execution in Singapore was carried out despite appeals from rights groups, who argue capital punishment has no proven deterrent effect on crime.

Source: https://www.kuwaittimes.com/un-urges-moratorium-after-singapore-kuwait-hangings/

The execution took place on World Day Against the Death Penalty, when advocates press their case against capital punishment.

Source: https://www.jta.org/2023/10/10/united-states/jedidiah-murphy-jewish-man-convicted-of-murder-has-been-executed-in-texas

These social causes included capital punishment, abortion, animal testing, gun ownership, and physician-assisted suicide.

Source: https://www.chipchick.com/2023/06/new-research-finds-that-some-people-feel-attraction-based-on-minor-similarities.html

They have demanded capital punishment for the culprits.

Source: https://indianexpress.com/article/india/cops-villagers-clash-bengal-teen-rape-murder-bjp-cbi-probe-8570600/

Those two conservative lawmakers join a group of Republican legislators who have come out against capital punishment in recent years.

Source: https://woub.org/2023/10/05/ohio-lawmakers-considering-abolishing-death-penalty/

To be sure, there are often incidents in which police officers shoot civilians, but capital punishment offers a qualitatively different dynamic.

Source: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/republican-governor-signs-firing-squad-execution-bill-law-rcna76780