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DECEMBER 5, 2017KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
An Eldoret court sentenced to death a 24-year-old man after he was found guilty of robbery with violence.
DECEMBER 5, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO SHABAAB MILITANT, JAIL TERMS TO 3 OTHERS
One Al-Shabaab militant was sentenced to death while three others were condemned to serve jail terms after a military court found them guilty of involvement in hotel explosions within the city.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Lawsuit: Nebraska Vote to Restore Death Penalty Does Not Apply to Those Previously Sentenced to Death.
USA - Nebraska. Lawsuit: Nebraska Vote to Restore Death Penalty Does Not Apply to Those Previously Sentenced to Death.
DECEMBER 4, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 5 SYRIANS CONVICTED IN IS BLAST THAT LED TO JORDAN CLOSURE
Jordan's state security court has convicted five Syrians of helping Islamic State militants carry out a 2016 car bomb attack that led to the closure of the Syrian-Jordanian border.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. No Executions in Harris County for First Time in 30 Years, and no death sentences.
USA - Texas. No Executions in Harris County for First Time in 30 Years, and no death sentences.
DECEMBER 4, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ESTRANGED LOVER WITH ACID
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced a 20-year-old woman to death for killing her 'estranged' lover by throwing acid on him.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Death Sentence Commuted to Life For William Gregory
USA - Florida. Death Sentence Commuted to Life For William Gregory
DECEMBER 4, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYMADHYA PRADESH ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES BILL AWARDING DEATH PENALTY TO RAPISTS OF GIRLS UNDER AGE 12
Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously approved the bill awarding a death sentence for convicts of rape and gangrape of children below 12 years of age.
DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): NO EXECUTIONS IN HARRIS COUNTY FOR FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS, AND NO DEATH SENTENCES
In 2017, no one will be sentenced to death in Harris County, the “Capital of Capital Punishment”, and, for the first time since 1985, no one sentenced to death in the county will be executed.
DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTYLAWSUIT: NEBRASKA VOTE TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO DEATH
The ACLU of Nebraska, the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, and the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state's eleven death-sentenced prisoners seeking to bar Nebraska "from carrying out any executions or taking steps to
- DECEMBER 3, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US executions reached 23 in 2017.
USA - US executions reached 23 in 2017.
DECEMBER 3, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTYUS EXECUTIONS INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN 2017
A court reprieve that halted the scheduled December lethal injection of a Texas prisoner means 2017 will end with 23 inmates executed in the U.S., a figure that although up slightly from the previous year is 1/2 of what it was a decade ago.