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#Canada - Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says China executed four Canadians in recent months.

> China's embassy in Ottawa confirmed Wednesday that Beijing executed Canadian citizens earlier this year.

> The embassy says #China has solid and sufficient evidence and the facts of the crimes committed by the Canadians are clear.

> Joly says the families have asked the government not to provide any details of the identity of the four individuals.
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MooseJawToday.com · Foreign affairs minister says China executed four CanadiansOTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Wednesday that China has executed four Canadians in recent months.

Jailhouse snitch testimony is considered a red flag by many legal experts. According to the National Registry of Exonerations, 256 people who have been exonerated of felonies in the United States since 1989 were convicted in a case using jailhouse informant testimony. Sixteen were from #Texas. texasobserver.org/david-wood-e

The Texas Observer · David Wood, Set for Execution, Says He Was Never the 'Desert Killer'Wood’s attorneys have requested that more than 100 additional pieces of evidence be tested for DNA, but the state has opposed the request for over a decade. 

Death penalty experts refer to people who forego part of their appeals in order to expedite their executions as “volunteers.” 39 people executed in Texas since the 1980s have sought to fast-track their executions. At times, Richard Tabler wants to be one of them. texasobserver.org/death-penalt

The Texas Observer · When a Death Penalty 'Volunteer' Changes His MindRichard Tabler is scheduled to be executed February 13, making him the second person set to be killed by the state in 2025.

The crime that landed Steven Nelson on #Texas’ death row took place 14 years ago in a North Texas church. Now, as his February 5 execution date looms, supporters—including his wife and a well-known priest—have rallied in front another church and appealed for mercy ahead of the state’s first scheduled execution of the year. texasobserver.org/innocence-de

The Texas Observer · ‘How Innocent Do They Have to Be?’: Texas’ First Scheduled Execution of 2025 Raises Thorny QuestionsSteven Nelson says he was a lookout for a robbery that ended in a pastor’s death. He’s set to be killed by the state February 5.