Tag: Death Penalty

September 22, 2026, marked the third anniversary of Lê Văn Mạnh's wrongful execution in Việt Nam. Despite his family's persistent ...

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In recent months, Nguyễn Trường Chinh has divided his time between Bạch Mai Hospital and Hà Nội Medical University Hospital. ...

A proposed revision to Việt Nam's Penal Code could significantly narrow the scope of capital punishment, actively removing the death ...

Việt Nam has formalized new protocols for capital punishment, setting a three-dose limit for lethal injections and awarding compensation for ...

A wrongful prison sentence can still be corrected. A wrongful execution cannot. ​While the Ministry of Public Security’s (MPS) draft ...

​The Latest: On May 13, the Ministry of Justice published an appraisal document for the policy dossier of the draft ...

Remedying the financial and social consequences of a crime is poised to become a key factor in determining criminal liability ...

For nearly 20 years and 12 presidencies, two death row inmates—Hồ Duy Hải (18 years) and Nguyễn Văn Chưởng (19 ...

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