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After nearly 70 years, the death penalty again becomes a real prospect in Papua New Guinea

  • Written by Mai Sato, Associate Professor, Director of Eleos Justice, Faculty of Law, Monash University
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On July 30 2021, the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (PNG) quashed the National Court’s temporary stay of executions for all people sentenced to death.

The judgment has cleared a major obstacle to carrying out death sentences for the first time in nearly 70 years. It makes execution a real possibility for 15 individuals who are...

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