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Death and Dementia - Death and Disfigurement. Funeral Jobs Site. Execution Method & The Death Penalty. URGENT ACTION: Abdelrhman Zakaria Mohamed (male - 16): SUDANAhmed Abdullah Suleiman (male - 16): SUDAN According to a recent Amnesty International report Abdelrhman Zakaria Mohamed and Ahmed Abdullah Suleiman, both aged 16, were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court in Nyala the capital of South Darfur on 3 May. The two boys have since been transferred to Shalla Prison in North Darfur.

This transfer is likely to affect their ability to communicate with their lawyer who is based in South Darfur. The boys' lawyer will submit an appeal against the sentence to the court of appeal in Nyala on 15 May... read more... URGENT ACTION: Sultan Kohail (male - 16): SAUDI ARABIA Two Canadian brothers held in Saudi Arabia in connection to a schoolyard brawl that left one youth dead fear they could be executed for a crime they say they didn't commit, according to a newspaper report. URGENT ACTION: Rizana Nafeek (female - 17): SAUDI ARABIA Amnesty International case sheet (PDF)

The process of judicial hanging. Contents – please click on the blue hyper links below to navigate round this page. Please note! As this page contains images of real executions which some may find disturbing they must be accessed manually by clicking on the links. Introduction. Hanging is the oldest but most widely used method of execution in the world today. In 2011 at least 430 hangings were recorded in nine countries, up from 238 in six countries during 2010. These executions took place in , , , , , , , and the ().

Fifteen women were hanged, ten in , two in , and three in during 2011. also carried out a number of public hangings of men. Hanging remains the standard method of execution in many retentionist countries, notably , , , , , , , several African countries, including , and , and some Middle Eastern countries including , , , , , and and in most states. Hanging originated as a method of execution in (now ) about 2500 years ago for male criminals only, (women were strangled at the stake for the sake of decency!) Top 10 Worst School Massacres - Top 10 Lists | Listverse. Crime It is always tragic when a large number of people lose their lives, but it is worse when the deaths are of children. This is a list of ten of the worst massacres at schools. 10.

Cologne school massacre 11 killed | 22 injured | Walter Seifert June 11, 1964: Cologne school massacre. Armed with an insecticide sprayer converted into a flamethrower, a lance and a homebuilt mace, 42-year-old Walter Seifert entered the Katholische Volksschule and opened fire on the girls playing in the courtyard. He then knocked in classroom windows with his mace and fired inside. 9.The École Polytechnique Massacre 15 killed 14 injured | Marc Lépine | the worst school massacre in Canada’s history.

December 6, 1989 : Twenty-five-year-old Marc Lepine killed 14 women and wounded a further 13 people at the École Polytechnique at the University of Montreal in the worst school massacre in Canada’s history. 8. 7. August 1, 1966 : University of Texas Clock Tower Shootings. 6. March 13, 1996 : Dunblane massacre. 5. Top 10 Most Fatal Occupations - Top 10 Lists | Listverse. Miscellaneous Are you thinking of getting a new job? You may want to check this list out before applying – these are the career paths that are most likely to see you dead! The ranking of the items on this list are based on US statistics, so they may vary in other countries.

Death Ratio: 27 out of 100,000 Making up 12% of the total deaths a year, with 905 on average, it also makes up the bottom of our list due to the huge amount of workers it employs. Electrical Powerline Workers Death Ratio: 34 out of 100,000 A pretty straight forward job when it comes to the amount of danger involved.

Death Ratio: 35 out of 100,000 Carrying heavy equipment, kneeling, bending, climbing, heat, wind, long hours; roofing takes a lot of work. Death Ratio: 38 out of 100,000 With big toys and long hours, an accident is bound to happen. Death Ratio: 42 out of 100,000 Steel and Iron Construction Workers Death Ratio: 61 out of 100,000 Death Ratio: 81 out of 100,000 Pilots and Flight Engineers Death Ratio: 88 out of 100,000. Mental_floss Blog » He Took a Polaroid Every Day, Until the Day He Died.

I came across a slightly mysterious website -- a collection of Polaroids, one per day, from March 31, 1979 through October 25, 1997. There's no author listed, no contact info, and no other indication as to where these came from. So, naturally, I started looking through the photos. I was stunned by what I found. In 1979 the photos start casually, with pictures of friends, picnics, dinners, and so on. Here's an example from April 23, 1979 (I believe the photographer of the series is the man in the left foreground in this picture): By 1980, we start to figure out that the photographer is a filmmaker. He gets a letter from the American Film Festival and takes a photo on January 30, 1980: Some days he doesn't photograph anything interesting, so instead takes a photo of the date. Throughout the 1980s we see more family/fun photos, but also some glimpses of the photographer's filmmaking and music. The photographer is a big Mets fan.

In 1991, we see visual evidence of the photographs so far. Randy Pausch and the Last Lecture by JJ Abrams - Died Too Young. Cat predicts 50 deaths in RI nursing home. D'Souza's New Book Promises Proof of the Afterlife. Dr. Jack Kevorkian: Still Alive, Still Kickin' Posted by: – Apr 26, 2010 It might come as a surprise to some that Dr. Jack Kevorkian is still alive, let alone out of jail, off parole, and still swinging. Renewed interested has been sparked in Kevorkian (alias “Dr. Death”), 81, the American pathologist who served 8 years (1999-2007) in a Michigan prison for his role in assisting in the suicides of over 130 terminally ill patients over the period of a decade. The renewed interest came in lieu of HBO’s release of a biopic entitled “You Don’t Know Jack,” which stars Al Pacino in the titular role, as well as heavy hitters Susan Sarandon and John Goodman, and resulted in several recent TV interviews with the likes of Bill Maher and Anderson Cooper, among others.

“You Don’t Know Jack” aired for the first time this past Saturday, and was preceded by Kevorkian’s Friday night appearance via satellite on Real Time with Bill Maher. Throughout the 1990s, Dr. Image credit to.

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Embalming forensics. The Official Find Carrie Culberson Message Forum: Russell Jordan - May 28, 1982 - CA. Russell Jordan - May 28, 1982 - CA Post by FindCarrie on Sep 10th, 2004, 2:06pm Russell Jordan was a quiet young man who was not very popular in high school. So much that when he vanished in between classes at school that nobody was concerned. Russell would be missing for 12 years before his remains would be found in the woods near the school where he had vanished from.

It would take the coroner's office 4 more years to make a positive identification of his remains. It doesnt end there. Remember Russell Website: Arrest Made in 20 Year Murder Mystery Post by FindCarrie on Oct 9th, 2004, 10:10pm Investigators have arrested a man in connection with a 1982 murder of a Los Gatos High School student. The man was taken into custody Wednesday in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Jordan's remains were found in 1995 along the Los Gatos Creek Trail. Russell Jordan has vanished again. Karen, Organic Baby FAQs: Does Organic Crib Bedding Really Prevent SIDS? Has The Cause of Crib Death (SIDS) Been Found? | Toxic Sleep. By Jane Sheppard Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). These four words can incite a considerable amount of terror in a parent of an infant. Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS), also known as crib death or cot death, is the number one cause of death for infants from one month to one year of age. 90% of all SIDS deaths are in babies under six months old.

Ongoing SIDS research occasionally leads to discoveries of risk factors associated with these deaths, but after over 50 years, researchers say they still do not know how or why it happens. It may seem inconceivable that over a million babies have died of this “syndrome”, and after almost half a century and many millions of dollars spent, no one in this age of science and technology can tell us why.

Toxic Gases in Mattresses Dr. Which Crib Mattresses are Safe for Babies? For the past 12 years, I have been thoroughly investigating all aspects of the safety and toxicity of crib mattresses. No, it has not. Parents Are Denied Findings References. Real Human Skulls. Jewlery made out of your own bone tissue. The couple’s cells will be grown at Guy’s Hospital and finished bone tissue will be taken to a studio at the Royal College of Art to be used in the design of a pair of rings.

Following consultation with the couple, the bone will be combined with traditional precious metals so that each has a ring made with the tissue of their partner. Link.