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Court stays execution of mentally ill ex-policeman in Pakistan

<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4msNTBH5ch86442X1hdULbc8riaS_Wvputth-3rruWx3FCMQQ9-es0sF6Q2bK6pqrIfrrZh3M9t7c3jzJLNIsQOZCMQ7YbMrWfIQDjyY0-aFd7tbOl1OOtPrN2-QxfpDpr9N9YB_Wv8/s1600/Death+Penalty+News.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy4msNTBH5ch86442X1hdULbc8riaS_Wvputth-3rruWx3FCMQQ9-es0sF6Q2bK6pqrIfrrZh3M9t7c3jzJLNIsQOZCMQ7YbMrWfIQDjyY0-aFd7tbOl1OOtPrN2-QxfpDpr9N9YB_Wv8/s400/Death+Penalty+News.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><b>A Pakistani court has stayed the execution of a severely mentally ill man, who had been due to be hanged next week.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At a hearing in Lahore today, the court granted a stay of execution for Khizar Hayat – a former policeman who has been diagnosed with schizophrenia – until January 30th. Mr Hayat’s lawyers at the Justice Project Pakistan (JPP) had argued that his hanging would be illegal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr Hayat’s execution had been set for Tuesday (17th), even though proceedings in his case are still pending before the Lahore High Court. Presiding today, Justice Shahid Hameed Dar reportedly said it would be “unjust” if the Court did not wait for an upcoming Supreme Court judgment in a similar case – that of mentally ill prisoner Imdad Ali – to determine how to proceed with Mr Hayat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mr Hayat is detained in isolation in a prison hospital ward. In 2015, the courts halted an initial government plan to execute him after seeing jail records documenting his severe mental illness. The documents include comments from doctors that Mr Hayat “is suffering from active symptoms of severe psychosis”.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The execution of mentally ill people is prohibited under Pakistani and international law. Pakistan has faced criticism from the UN, and from countries including the UK, over its plans to hang mentally ill prisoners such as Mr Ali and Mr Hayat.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Concerns have also been raised over wrongful executions in Pakistan, after two brothers who had already been hanged were found to be innocent by the Supreme Court. As in Mr Hayat’s case, a warrant was issued for their execution by the lower courts, despite the pending proceedings in a higher court.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Pakistan’s 8,000-strong death row is the largest in the world, and the government has hanged over 421 prisoners since resuming executions in December 2014.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Commenting, Maya Foa, a director of Reprieve – which is assisting Mr Hayat – said:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">“The court's decision to stay the execution of Khizar Hayat is extremely welcome. However, Khizar’s case – like that of Imdad Ali – is yet another example of how Pakistan’s death penalty system is broken. Since the authorities’ execution spree began two years ago, there have been disastrous miscarriages of justice – including the hanging of juveniles and innocent people. The Pakistani government has issued execution warrants for Khizar three times despite ongoing legal proceedings, in clear breach of international law. The authorities should establish a moratorium on executions, and stop any further injustices from being carried out their name.”</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">➤ More information about Khizar Hayat’s case is available on the Reprieve website, <a href="http://reprieve.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d176b31fc0ccbde9f3f3a6349&id=f3ea5fed39&e=37be39f8bd" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Source: Reprieve, January 12, 2017. 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Court stays execution of mentally ill ex-policeman in Pakistan

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Florida airport shooting suspect will face charges that could bring the death penalty

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBbSnJE-yVBbX_IvAuBwVFfxjNZnhmPjOQjOq0ainJiAP8tZPNOz32mW-fSag5y08BeEK-20nAmZZ6-twEvXT8gLtk4svT_HonXBDLpgXtuOI-Q_fScfbbXqvIdRsXzf6pp6v6i6zVBA/s1600/Esteban+Ruiz+Santiago+FA_USA.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Esteban Ruiz Santiago" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBbSnJE-yVBbX_IvAuBwVFfxjNZnhmPjOQjOq0ainJiAP8tZPNOz32mW-fSag5y08BeEK-20nAmZZ6-twEvXT8gLtk4svT_HonXBDLpgXtuOI-Q_fScfbbXqvIdRsXzf6pp6v6i6zVBA/s320/Esteban+Ruiz+Santiago+FA_USA.jpg" title="Esteban Ruiz Santiago" width="265" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Esteban Ruiz Santiago</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: justify;">Investigators say Florida airport shooting suspect Esteban Santiago told them he planned the carnage and purchased a one-way ticket to Fort Lauderdale to carry it out.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">But it is still unclear why South Florida was targeted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Federal prosecutors filed court documents Saturday detailing airport violence, gun and murder allegations against Santiago. If convicted, he could face the death penalty or life in federal prison, they said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Santiago fired approximately 10 to 15 rounds of ammunition from his firearm, aiming at his victims' heads. He was described as walking while shooting in a methodical manner," FBI Agent Michael Ferlazzo wrote in court records.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Five people died and six more suffered gunshot injuries.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"At one point, he exited the Terminal 2 baggage area [and went] onto the sidewalk and then re-entered, still carrying the handgun," agents wrote.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Moments later, a Broward County sheriff's deputy approached Santiago, who "dropped the handgun on the ground, in lock-back [mode], meaning that all the ammunition had been fired, and [he] dropped to the floor," investigators wrote.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">They say Santiago told them he checked baggage that contained a Walther 9mm semiautomatic handgun and two magazines of ammunition. After claiming his baggage, he said he took it into a stall in the men's restroom, removed the gun, loaded it and put it in his waistband, authorities said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He then left the men's restroom and shot the first people he encountered," agents wrote. "Santiago emptied his first magazine, then reloaded and shot until the second magazine, too, was out of bullets. He believes he shot approximately 15 rounds before his arrest."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The shootings were apparently recorded by security video, which agents said corroborated Santiago's confession and witnesses' statements.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago, 26, of Anchorage, is due to make his first appearance at 11 a.m. Monday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He traveled nearly 5,000 miles from Alaska to Fort Lauderdale. But after interviewing Santiago for hours, investigators said they had no clear answer to the question: Why did he come to Fort Lauderdale?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"The early indication is that there was no specific reason why he chose Fort Lauderdale International Airport," said George L. Piro, the special agent in charge of the FBI in South Florida.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Indications are he came here to carry out this horrific attack. We have not identified any triggers that would have caused this attack, but again it's very early in the investigation," Piro said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It could be several days, or weeks, before formal charges are filed. Prosecutors will most likely seek an indictment by presenting their evidence to a federal grand jury in Fort Lauderdale.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">At the initial hearing Monday in federal court, U.S. Magistrate Judge Alicia Valle will explain the allegations to Santiago. She will probably also appoint the Federal Public Defender's Office to represent Santiago, if he does not hire a private attorney.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Though state prosecutors in Florida frequently seek the death penalty, it is uncommon for federal prosecutors to pursue it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Federal judges and jurors in Florida have only sentenced two men to federal death row since Congress reinstated the death penalty in 1988.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">State prosecutors in Broward County could seek to file murder charges against Santiago separately because the shooting deaths occurred there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Broward State Attorney's Office is cooperating with federal prosecutors, and no decision on that has yet been made, a spokesman said Saturday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Federal authorities say they are still investigating the motive for the attack and have not yet ruled out terrorism. They say Santiago was acting alone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">An Iraqi war veteran, Santiago sought out the FBI in Anchorage in November and was hospitalized for mental health treatment after what agents said was “erratic behavior," authorities said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Anchorage police and the FBI confirmed Saturday that Santiago went to the FBI office in Anchorage seeking help Nov. 7. He was hospitalized for a mental health evaluation and a firearm he had left in his vehicle outside the office was temporarily taken from him.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The gun, which investigators said may or may not be the one used in the mass shooting at the airport in Fort Lauderdale, was returned to him by law enforcement on Dec. 8.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite reportedly being disturbed and delusional and having had incidents of reported domestic violence, Santiago was not on the government list of people prohibited from flying that was set up after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"During our initial investigation we found no ties to terrorism," said Marlin Ritzman, the agent in charge of the FBI's office in Anchorage. "He broke no laws when he came into our office making comments about mind control."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The FBI contacted the Anchorage Police Department, which transported Santiago to a mental health facility. The department took his weapon and "logged it into evidence for safekeeping," Police Chief Christopher Tolley said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Mr. Santiago had arrived at the FBI building asking for help," Tolley said. "Santiago was having terroristic thoughts and believed he was being influenced by ISIS,” an acronym for the Islamic State extremist group in the Middle East.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The FBI closed its assessment of Santiago after conducting database reviews and interagency checks.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He was a walk-in complaint," Ritzman said. "This is something that happens at FBI offices around the country every day."　</div><br /><b><a href="http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-florida-airport-shooting-20170107-story.html" target="_blank">Click here to read the full article</a></b><br /><br />Source: Los Angeles Times, Paula McMahon, Megan O'Matz, Deborah Ramirez, January 8, 2017<br /><br /><br /><h2>Florida airport gunman charged, US seeks death penalty</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAst1MqCI2r6TLhRuerCF8PoT90t8hM3U5_DGXXYCFD3O3UXQ2_NvvZBuQTWJy3YH4XLI9G1J4OPztUpbhb-GcWmB3NxVyi4qJ7yvX2ot8qz_XrWA60IuqPgoGfg5CdubQk3MV5mQSdkE/s1600/another+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAst1MqCI2r6TLhRuerCF8PoT90t8hM3U5_DGXXYCFD3O3UXQ2_NvvZBuQTWJy3YH4XLI9G1J4OPztUpbhb-GcWmB3NxVyi4qJ7yvX2ot8qz_XrWA60IuqPgoGfg5CdubQk3MV5mQSdkE/s400/another+day.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>The Iraq war veteran accused of killing five travelers and wounding six others at a busy international airport in Florida was charged Saturday and could face the death penalty if convicted.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Esteban Santiago, 26, told investigators that he planned the attack, buying a one-way ticket to the Fort Lauderdale airport, a federal complaint said. Authorities don't know why he chose his target and have not ruled out terrorism.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago was charged with an act of violence at an international airport resulting in death — which carries a maximum punishment of execution — and weapons charges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"Today's charges represent the gravity of the situation and reflect the commitment of federal, state and local law enforcement personnel to continually protect the community and prosecute those who target our residents and visitors," US Attorney Wifredo Ferrer said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Authorities said during a news conference that they had interviewed roughly 175 people, including a lengthy interrogation with the cooperative suspect, a former National Guard soldier from Alaska. Flights had resumed at the Fort Lauderdale airport after the bloodshed, though the terminal where the shooting happened remained closed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago spoke to investigators for several hours after he opened fire with a Walther 9mm semi-automatic handgun that he appears to have legally checked on a flight from Alaska. He had two magazines with him and emptied both of them, firing about 15 rounds, before he was arrested, the complaint said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"We have not identified any triggers that would have caused this attack. We're pursuing all angles on what prompted him to carry out this horrific attack," FBI Agent George Piro said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Investigators are combing through social media and other information to determine Santiago's motive, and it's too early to say whether terrorism played a role, Piro said. In November, Santiago had walked into an FBI field office in Alaska saying the US government was controlling his mind and forcing him to watch Islamic State group videos, authorities said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"He was a walk-in complaint. This is something that happens at FBI offices around the country every day," FBI agent Marlin Ritzman said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On that day, Santiago had a loaded magazine on him, but had left a gun in his vehicle, along with his newborn child, authorities said. Officers seized the weapon and local officers took him to get a mental health evaluation. His girlfriend picked up the child.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">On Dec. 8, the gun was returned to Santiago. Authorities wouldn't say if it was the same gun used in the airport attack.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago had not been placed on the US no-fly list and appears to have acted alone, authorities said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The attack sent panicked witnesses running out of the terminal and spilling onto the tarmac, baggage in hand. Others hid in bathroom stalls or crouched behind cars or anything else they could find as police and paramedics rushed in to help the wounded and establish whether there were any other gunmen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Over the course of about 45 seconds, the shooter reloaded twice, he said. When he was out of bullets, he walked away, dropped the gun and lay face down, spread eagle on the floor, Lea said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">By that time, a deputy had arrived and grabbed the shooter. Lea put his foot on the gun to secure it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago had been discharged from the National Guard last year after being demoted for unsatisfactory performance. Bryan Santiago said Saturday that his brother had requested psychological help but received little assistance. Esteban Santiago said in August that he was hearing voices.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">"How is it possible that the federal government knows, they hospitalize him for only four days, and then give him his weapon back?" Bryan Santiago said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">His mother declined to comment as she stood inside the screen door of the family home in Puerto Rico, wiping tears from her eyes. The only thing she said was that Esteban Santiago had been tremendously affected by seeing a bomb explode next to two of his friends when he was around 18 years old while serving in Iraq.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago will make his first court appearance Monday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is legal for airline passengers to travel with guns and ammunition as long as the firearms are put in a checked bag — not a carry-on — and are unloaded and locked in a hard-sided container. Guns must be declared to the airline at check-in.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Despite his mental evaluation, US Attorney Karen Loeffler said Santiago would have been able to legally possess a gun because he had not been judged mentally ill, which is a high standard.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Santiago arrived in Fort Lauderdale after taking off from Anchorage aboard a Delta flight Thursday night, checking only one piece of luggage — his gun.</div><br />Source: The Associated Press, January 8, 2017<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">⚑ | Report an error, an omission; suggest a story or a new angle to an existing story; submit a piece; recommend a resource; contact the webmaster, contact us: <a href="mailto:deathpenaltynews@gmail.com">deathpenaltynews@gmail.com</a>.</div><br /><table border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; border: 0px solid rgb(255, 204, 0); color: black; text-align: center; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr>   <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/WebDPN/" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4sspwgGptzvuHVklum5TwxKppRN-lIC5TN8RLZFq_B4ZOtBrX1ssXPNKQ6XpSyQFRJRtVQN45HMkpt3VX0JtOW0TovwxZAurG-AV6gh98IAXo7Ip6QlpkZr9WrM3_m943Mwy-gGxBAY/s1600/Find+us+Facebook.jpg" /></a></div></td>   <td><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/WebDPN" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiULIPEaT_P6oIauxAZd17XRRxljesDLS7iIjdQXT7Xct99uHeohx4IYmiAB6S044gTjMDGSy50sL2vDzOyPZ-3vJj9zwcYQ2rgzJh9v1-QDiunKAQtLLLqJ83s38qN3HABxGIC8GsIOD0/s1600/Find+us+twitter.jpg" /></a><span id="goog_1427852018"></span><span id="goog_1427852019"></span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/"></a></div></td>  </tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><b>Opposed to Capital Punishment? 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