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- MAY 6, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE MAY SOON ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
The President of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, Eddinia Michaela Swallow, last week took part in a roundtable discussion on the abolition of the death penalty in Sierra Leone.
MAY 6, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Miles Sterling Bench’s death sentence overturned
for McGirt
MAY 6, 2021UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW HOMOPHOBIC BILL
The Ugandan Parliament on 3 May 2021 passed the Sexual Offences Bill 2019, further outlawing “unnatural” same-sex relations and doubling down on laws criminalising the LGBT community.
MAY 5, 2021BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR VIKTAR SKRUNDZIK
The Judicial Chamber on Criminal Case of the Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed an appeal filed by death row prisoner Viktar Skrundzik, Human Rights Center "Viasna" reported on 4 May 2021.
MAY 5, 2021South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. House adds firing squad and electrocution to execution methods
MAY 5, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SLAYING DENTIST
According to legal sources, an Egyptian court has convicted a man on fatally stabbing a dentist and sentenced him to death, the Gulf News reported on 5 May 2021.
MAY 5, 2021IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Idaho will execute an Italian American with terminal cancer: Gerald Ross Pizzuto
On June 2
- MAY 4, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN DECRIES EU PARLIAMENT’S MOVE ON BLASPHEMY LAWS
Pakistan on 30 April 2021 decried a move by the European Parliament, which a day earlier adopted a resolution demanding Islamabad allow freedom for religious minorities.
MAY 4, 2021ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A police officer on 4 May 2021 was sentenced to death by hanging for shooting dead a Zambia Air Force employee at Zambia Revenue Authority (ZRA) offices in Chipata in 2019.
MAY 4, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. House votes to end 'law of parties' in death penalty cases
HB 1340 passed 139-4
MAY 4, 2021ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. DNA tests cast doubt on the guilt of Ledell Lee
Executed 4 years ago.
MAY 4, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Monfared beheaded by his family
because of his sexual orientation