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JULY 12, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY IS PRIVILEGE OF POOR, SAYS LAW COMMISSION HEAD
Noting that poor and downtrodden usually go to the gallows, Chairman of the Law Commission of India
JULY 11, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 464 DEATH SENTENCES IN FIRST YEAR OF SISI'S RULE
The Egyptian Observatory of Rights and Freedoms has reported that both Egyptian military and civilian courts issued 92,420 sentences against Egyptian citizens during the first year of Abdul-Fatah Al-Sisi's rule, including 464 death sentences.
JULY 11, 2015ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: JUNTA ADDS DEATH PENALTY TO ANTI CORRUPTION LAW
Under the new law published in the Royal Gazette, officials of both Thailand and foreign countries who have
JULY 11, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MPS, LEADERS SEEK REPEAL OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Cutting across the party lines, the members of Parliament (MPs) and political leaders favoured the abolition
- JULY 10, 2015AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Carlos Kennedy
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Carlos Kennedy
JULY 10, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FORMER PRESIDENT A P J ABDUL KALAM FAVOURS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has supported abolition of the death penalty, saying that as President
- JULY 9, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND CONDEMNED FOR REPATRIATION OF 109 UIGHURS TO CHINA
Thailand deported more than 100 Uighurs back to China, ignoring concerns that the ethnic minority faces persecution by the Chinese government, while protesters in Turkey, which had accepted an earlier batch of refugees, ransacked the Thai Consulate.
- JULY 9, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge John W. Lua resentenced former death row Constantino Carrera to 2 consecutive terms of 25 years to life
USA - California. Judge John W. Lua resentenced former death row Constantino Carrera to 2 consecutive terms of 25 years to life
JULY 9, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 14 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
14 members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death in two separate terrorism-related cases.
- JULY 8, 2015DEATH PENALTY
ILLINOIS (USA): GEORGE RYAN CREATES DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION GROUP
Former Gov. George Ryan, whose moratorium laid the groundwork for ending the death penalty in Illinois during Gov. Pat Quinn's administration, has formed a not-for-profit organization called “Abolition Now” to battle executions nationwide.
JULY 8, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 24 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SPEICHER KILLINGS
An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death over the killing of hundreds of soldiers at a former U.S. military
- JULY 8, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. George Ryan creates death penalty abolition group.
USA - Illinois. George Ryan creates death penalty abolition group.