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Arkansas Supreme Court Decision Allows New DNA Testing in Case of the ​“West Memphis Three,” Convicted of Killing Three Children in 1993

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On April 18, 2024, the Arkansas Supreme Court decided 4-3 to reverse a 2022 lower court decision and allow genetic testing of crime scene evidence from the 1993 killing of three eight-year-old boys in West Memphis. The three men convicted in 1994 for the killings were released in 2011 after taking an Alford plea, in which they maintained their innocence but plead guilty to the crime, in exchange for 18 years’ time served and 10 years of a suspended sentence. 

12 inmates executed in just one week; Iran steps up executions

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A total of 12 inmates were executed in the week spanning from December 12 to 19.

2 prisoners by the names of Behnam and Shoaib Rigi were executed at dawn on Saturday, December 19, 2020 in the Prison of Zahedan, in Sistan and Baluchistan Province.

Shahab Javid was executed on Thursday, December 17, in the Central Prison of Qom.

Rasoul Ferdows was executed on Thursday, December 17, in the Prison of Boroujerd.

Mohammad Moradi, was hanged on Thursday, December 17, in the Central Prison of Saqqez, in Kurdistan Province.

3 inmates by the names of Mehdi, Arastoo and Maysam were executed on Wednesday, December 16, in the Rajaishahr Prison in Karaj.

A woman was executed in this week in Sepidar Prison of Ahvaz. The name and exact date of this execution has not been specified.

Ruhollah Zam was executed on Saturday, December 12, in an undisclosed location.

2 other inmates were executed in Esfarayen, on Saturday, December 12.

More prisoners including 13 in Qom and 3 in Zahedan are awaiting the implementation of their verdicts.

These executions are a small part of the actual number of executions carried out in Iran since the Judiciary and media do not publish the news on executions.

The UN General Assembly censured the Iranian regime on December 18, for its violations of human rights in Iran, including frequent use of the death penalty and execution of juveniles.

The 67th UN resolution condemning human rights abuses in Iran also expressed alarm over the use of torture and inhuman and cruel treatment of prisoners. It called for the release of those arrested and detained during protests in December 2017-January 2018 and in November 2019.

The resolution called on the Iranian regime to end its use of forced, arbitrary arrests, torture, and other inhuman and degrading treatment and punishment of protesters arrested during peaceful protests.

Source: iran-hrm.com, Staff, December 21, 2020


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