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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. 

Iran | Baluch Man and Afghan-National Mojtaba Khademinejad Executed for Drug Offences in Shiraz, Baluch Man Executed for Drug Offences in Bandar Abbas

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Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); August 30, 2022: Rahim Ghanbarzehi, a Baluch man and Mojtaba Khademinejad, an Afghan national, both sentenced to death for drug-related offences, were executed in Shiraz Central Prison.

According to information obtained by Iran Human Rights, a Baluch man was executed in Shiraz Central Prison on August 28. His identity has been established as 40-year-old Rahim Ghanbarzehi, who was better known as Ghani Roudini. He was arrested for drug-related offences around five years ago.

According to Hal Vash, Rahim's family had been unable to afford a lawyer for him during his trial. Despite arriving for the last visit hours prior to his execution after a long journey, prison officials prevented them from saying goodbye to their son. 

Hal Vash an Afghan man was also executed at the prison on that date. His identity has been reported as 37-year-old Mojtaba Khademinejad who was also arrested for drug-related offences around five years ago.

At the time of writing, neither execution has been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

According to reports compiled by Iran Human Rights, at least 126 people were executed on drug-related charges in 2021, a fivefold increase compared to drug executions in the previous three years. This trend has continued into 2022, with 91 executions recorded in the first six months of 2022, double the number for the same period in 2021 when 40 people were executed.

At least 251 including 6 women and 67 Baluch minorities were executed in the first six months of 2022. This is double the number of executions in the same period in 2021 when 117 people were executed.

Baluch Saeed Sabaki Executed for Drug Offences in Bandar Abbas


Iran Human Rights (IHRNGO); August 30, 2022: Saeed Sabaki, a Baluch man sentenced to death for drug-related offences, was executed in Bandar Abbas Prison on August 28 along with Esmail Golrizan.

According to the Hal Vash, a Baluch man was executed in Bandar Abbas Prison on August 28. His identity has been reported as Saeed Sabaki, a 27-year-old father of three.

Saeed Sabaki was arrested for drug-related offences and sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Court. He was executed with Esmail Golrizan, another Baluch man executed for drug-related charges that day.

At the time of writing, neither execution has been reported by domestic media or officials in Iran.

Source: Iran Human Rights, Staff, August 30, 2022





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