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The man who drove a car into a crowd, killing 5 and injuring 13 in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in January, was sentenced to death on Monday. The Intermediate People's Court of Guangzhou handed down the verdict to 22-year-old Wen Qingyun for endangering public security by dangerous means. The incident occurred in Guangzhou's Tianhe district on the afternoon of Jan 11. Wen, venting personal emotion, rammed into pedestrians and road facilities with the car, causing serious consequences — multiple deaths, injuries and property loss, the court found. The means by which he committed the crime was extremely cruel and the consequences were extremely serious, it ruled. Source : chinadaily.com.cn, Staff, April 19, 2023 _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ FOLLOW US ON: TELEGRAM TWITTER CONTACT : deathpenaltynews@gmail.com HELP US KEEP THIS BLOG UP & RUNNING! ...

Prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty for a man accused of intentionally crashing his truck into a van in northeast Texas, killing two young boys Prosecutors say they won't seek the death penalty for a man accused of intentionally crashing his truck into a van in northeast Texas, killing two young boys. Zachary Blaise Salazar, 21, is charged with two counts of capital murder for the Jan. 13 crash that killed 3-year-old James Crowley and 7-year-old Riley Burgess. A probable cause affidavit alleges that Salazar intentionally crashed his truck into a van because he was angry with his girlfriend, the Texarkana Gazette reported.  The two boys were passengers in the van. Salazar has pleaded not guilty.  At a court hearing Monday in Texarkana, Texas, First Assistant District Attorney Kelley Crisp said her office would not seek the death penalty, citing Salazar's history of mental illness. Salazar is being held in the Bowie County jail on $5 million bond.  A pretrial ...

A controversial psychiatrist who repeatedly testified that severely mentally ill death-row prisoners were faking their symptoms and were competent to be executed has been barred from medical practice in Florida. On March 31, 2021, the Florida Department of Health issued an emergency restriction on the medical license of Alan J. Waldman, M.D., prohibiting him from practicing as a medical doctor until the impaired practitioner program for the state’s Board of Medicine provides notice “that he is safe to return to the practice of medicine.” The Department also initiated proceedings “seeking formal discipline of [Waldman’s license] to practice as a medical doctor in the State of Florida.” Waldman gained notoriety for his role in clearing the path for executing several severely mentally ill prisoners in Florida and Texas. Florida governors appointed Waldman, whose website asserts is an expert in detecting “malingering,” to commissions to evaluate whether three death-row prisoners with long...

KAJANG: A 41-year-old man involved in a high-profile fatal road rage incident on the North South Expressway (NSE) in Bangi, recently, was charged at the Magistrate's Court here, today. However, no plea was recorded from Yew Wei Liang when the charge was read to him before magistrate Nor Afidah Idris. Yew, clad in a black shirt, was calm as he was ushered into the dock by policemen at about 10.30am. A frenzied atmosphere pervaded the courts complex here this morning as the suspect arrived to face murder charges. The suspect, who arrived at 9am, was swarmed by reporters who had awaited his appearance since 7am – despite the fact that the proceeding will only commence at 11am. Selangor deputy police chief Datuk Ab Rashid Ab Wahab recently said police recorded statements from 12 eyewitnesses during the course of their investigations. Mandatory death penalty According to the charge sheet, the accused allegedly murdered Syed Muhammad Danial Syed Shakir near...