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- OCTOBER 26, 2017MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court vacated the conviction of death-row prisoner Sherwood Brown
USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court vacated the conviction of death-row prisoner Sherwood Brown
OCTOBER 26, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to a report by the Iranian state-run news agency Rokna, on the morning a prisoner was executed in public at Ghamsal (Keshavarz) Square in the city of Khoy (Northwestern Iran).
- OCTOBER 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Report Documents “Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal.
USA - New Report Documents “Dramatic Rise” in Republican Support for Death-Penalty Repeal.
OCTOBER 26, 2017DEATH PENALTYUSA: NEW REPORT DOCUMENTS ‘DRAMATIC RISE’ IN REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR DEATH-PENALTY REPEAL
"The death penalty is dying in the United States, and Republicans are contributing to its demise," concludes a new report, The Right Way, released on October 25 by the advocacy group Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty.
OCTOBER 26, 2017GuatemalaDEATH PENALTYGUATEMALA: HIGH COURT ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY IN CIVIL CASES
Guatemala's highest court has abolished the death penalty for civil cases in a landmark ruling announced on October 26.
OCTOBER 26, 2017TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MURDER CONVICT WALKS FREE AFTER DECADE ON DEATH ROW
A Taiwanese man who spent more than a decade on death row walked free after being acquitted of murder in a retrial, boosting calls for the abolition of capital punishment.
- OCTOBER 25, 2017VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY FOR 5 FELONIES UNDER AMENDED PENAL CODE
The amended 2015 Penal Code of Vietnam, which will take effect at the start of 2018, will no longer impose the death penalty on those found guilty of five felonies.
OCTOBER 25, 2017South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: SPLA OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A soldier has been sentenced to death and several others convicted of crimes in Juba, according to the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) Spokesperson.
OCTOBER 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS HANGED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to a close source, on the morning seven prisoners were executed at Rajai Shahr Prison of Karaj.
OCTOBER 25, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 9 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING COLLEGE STUDENT
A court in Gazipur sentenced nine people to death for killing a college student in 2010.
- OCTOBER 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC
According to Iranian state media, on the morning, a prisoner was executed in public in Jahanabad (a village in Fahraj Rural District, Kerman Province) on murder charges.
OCTOBER 25, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: APPROVAL OF THE NEW ANTI-NARCOTIC BILL BY THE GUARDIAN COUNCIL
The bill that restricts the execution of those sentenced to death for petty drug offenses, which was approved on October 18, is a potentially a significant in decreasing the number of executions in Iran. However, it still doesn’t fully conform to what hum