Tag: Death Penalty
Report: Iran executes Jewish man for fatal stabbing
Authorities in Iran on Monday executed a Jewish man, Arvin Nathaniel Ghahremani, who had been sentenced to death for murder, Iranian media reported.
“The sentence of retribution was executed this morning,” said Hamidreza Karimi, the prosecutor...
Knesset bill enabling death penalty for terrorists on hold
Legislation allowing for the death penalty to be applied to terrorists will be put on hold pending the approval of Israel’s Security Cabinet, said coalition chairman MK Ofir Katz on Monday.
The announcement came after...
After death-penalty verdict, Pittsburgh Jewish community expresses relief, looks ahead
After death-penalty verdict, Pittsburgh Jewish community expresses relief, looks ahead
After a federal jury announced its verdict on Wednesday—that the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in the bloodiest massacre of Jews in U.S. history should...
Guilty: Bowers convicted on all counts in Pittsburgh synagogue trial
It took jurors five hours to come to their conclusion: The man accused of murdering 11 Jewish worshippers at the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue in Pittsburgh on the morning of Oct. 27, 2018,...
Judge rules death penalty still on table for alleged Tree of Life shooter
In an 11-page opinion, U.S. District Judge Robert Colville ruled that the defendant’s legal team in the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue shooting trial “fails entirely” to show that the government arbitrarily pursued the...
Chabad of Poway gunman to face death penalty for murder of 60-year-old congregant
The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that it will seek the death penalty against John Earnest, the 20-year-old man charged with shooting and killing congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye, 60, and wounding three people,...
Murderer of Israeli soldier Ronen Lubarsky gets life sentence
The Palestinian man that killed Israel Defense Forces’ Staff Sgt. Ronen Lubarsky during an arrest raid near Ramallah last year was sentenced on Monday to life in prison, plus eight months.
Islam Yusuf Hamid, 33,...