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FEBRUARY 10, 2023LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Kyle Joekel formally sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farhad Meysami Released From Prison on February 10
Iranian Activist on Hunger-Strike
FEBRUARY 9, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STABBING ANOTHER 16 TIMES, AND KILLING HIM
The Colombo High Court on 7 February 2023 sentenced to death a father of two who was found guilty of killing a young man suspected of having an affair with his wife.
- FEBRUARY 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Clemency for "thousands of convicts"
But not for protesters
FEBRUARY 8, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE OVER DOWRY IN SATKHIRA
A Satkhira court on 5 February 2023 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2014 for dowry.
FEBRUARY 8, 2023Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 2-YEAR-OLD SON
A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to death in Trinidad and Tobago for fatally beating his two-year-old son in 2008.
FEBRUARY 8, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Balentine, 54, Black, was executed on February 8
FEBRUARY 7, 2023MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Leonard “Raheem” Taylor, 58, Black, was executed on February 7
Fifth execution of the year in US
FEBRUARY 7, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: FORMER POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Kenyan former policeman on 3 February 2023 was sentenced to death for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver.
FEBRUARY 7, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GORAKHNATH TEMPLE ATTACKER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UP
A special court in Lucknow on 30 January 2023 awarded the death penalty to a man who was booked for waging war against the government after he assaulted a Uttar Pradesh armed police force's jawan at the Gorakhnath temple.
FEBRUARY 6, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO OFFICERS OF DISBANDED POLICE UNIT SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RIVERS STATE
Two former officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on 3 February 2023 were sentenced to death by hanging in Rivers state for the killing of Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, while in their custody.
FEBRUARY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Benjamin Briere, a French national held in Iran, on hunger strike