Double murderer in Florida: 25 years after the ancestor executed!
Double murderer in Florida: 25 years after the ancestor executed!
In the US state of Florida, a convicted murderer who had kidnapped, raped and murdered an employee of the newspaper "Miami Herald" in 2000 was executed with a poison injection on April 9, 2025. This ended a 25 -year legal process that led to the enforcement of the death sentence. The 48-year-old man had also confessed to having murdered another woman in Massachusetts. Although the executed of the executed argument that he could suffer pain during execution due to "pathological overweight", the Supreme Court in the state rejected these objections. An investigator originally referred to him as the prospective serial killer.
The execution in the Raiford prison once again raises questions about the practice of the death penalty in the United States. With this enforcement, Florida re -sparked the debate about human attitudes. The discussions about the implementation of the death penalty in the United States are particularly relevant, since Amnesty International found more than 1,500 documented executions worldwide in its recent reports, which has been an increase to the highest level for a decade. Tagesspiegel , t-online
worldwide executions and the debate about the death penalty
According to Amnesty International, executions were documented in 15 countries last year, with most executions in China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Iraq and Yemen. A total of 25 executions took place in the United States in 2024. The use of different directions of execution, including poisoning injections, examinations and shootings, ensures continuing controversy and violent debates. Human rights organizations and the United Nations criticize the practices as cruel and inhumane.A case to be particularly emphasized is that of the convicted murderer Brad Sigmon, who said that he preferred the shooting of the fatal injection because he distrusted it. These concerns underline persistent skepticism compared to the human implementation of executions. Many experts emphasize that there is no humane or humanity way of execution and that the death penalty is a serious violation of human rights, since it violates the fundamental right to life.
The global decline in the death penalty
Interestingly, Amnesty International is committed to the global abolition of the death penalty. The global trend shows an increasing rejection of the death penalty by states. As of December 31, 2024, 113 countries had abolished the death penalty for all crimes, 9 states for ordinary crimes and 23 states no longer apply in practice. Only 54 countries retain the death penalty, which corresponds to a steady decrease in the countries that practice this practice. Amnesty International .| Details | |
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