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AUGUST 27, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISLAMIC STATE’S ‘CHEMICAL EMIR’ SENTENCED TO DEATH
Baghdad Iraq’s Central Criminal Court sentenced a prominent Islamic State chemical warfare developer to death, convicting him of developing some of the group’s deadliest weapons.
AUGUST 27, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN TO THE REASONS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ON A HUNGER STRIKE FOR THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS OF DETENTION IN KARAJ PRISON
Hands off Cain joins international mobilization in support of the reasons of the political prisoners of Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, a hunger strike of 27 days, and asks the Italian Government to act to ensure that their human rights are respected.
- AUGUST 25, 2017ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Gov. Hutchinson intends to commute Jason Farrell McGehee's sentence from death to life without parole
USA - Arkansas. Gov. Hutchinson intends to commute Jason Farrell McGehee's sentence from death to life without parole
- AUGUST 24, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Mark Asay was put to death, the first time in the state's modern history a white man was executed for killing a black man. The execution was Florida's first with etomidate, never used before in a U.S. lethal injection
USA - Florida. Mark Asay was put to death, the first time in the state's modern history a white man was executed for killing a black man. The execution was Florida's first with etomidate, never used before in a U.S. lethal injection
- AUGUST 24, 2017CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The California Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 66
USA - California. The California Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 66
- AUGUST 23, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed
AUGUST 23, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SUNNI PRISONER HANGED ON MOHAREBEH CHARGE
Sunni prisoner Seyed Jamal Seyed Mousavi was reportedly hanged at Karaj's Rajai Shahr Prison on Wednesday August 23, but his famliy did not find out until Sunday August 27.
- AUGUST 22, 2017PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a new penalty hearing to Terrance Williams.
USA - Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a new penalty hearing to Terrance Williams.
- AUGUST 22, 2017MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Governor Stays Execution of Marcellus Williams to Consider Evidence of Innocence.
USA - Missouri. Governor Stays Execution of Marcellus Williams to Consider Evidence of Innocence.
- AUGUST 22, 2017OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Executions will not resume in Oklahoma in 2017.
USA - Oklahoma. Executions will not resume in Oklahoma in 2017.
- AUGUST 21, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Johnson & Johnson speaks out against the planned use of Etomidate for the upcoming execution of Asay.
USA - Florida. Johnson & Johnson speaks out against the planned use of Etomidate for the upcoming execution of Asay.
AUGUST 21, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBangladesh: 10 sentenced to death in PM Sheikh Hasina's assasination attempt
21 August 2017: Dhaka court has ordered execution of 10 people accussed in the assassination attempt of the current Prime Minister and Awami League chief Sheikh Hasina.