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JANUARY 31, 2020DEATH PENALTYGEORGIA (USA): HOURS BEFORE HE WAS TO BE EXECUTED, JIMMY FLETCHER MEDERS WAS GRANTED CLEMENCY
Hours before he was to be executed, Jimmy Fletcher Meders was granted clemency — largely because of what the jurors said when they were contacted 30 years after the trial.
JANUARY 30, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR WHITE WEAPON KILLER IN AJMAN
A criminal court in the United Arab Emirates ordered on 26 January 2020 the execution of a convict in the 2018 death of 2 Emirati youths who died a sword fight.
JANUARY 30, 2020IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA HANDS DRUG-DEALING CONVICT DEATH SENTENCE
An Indonesian court has sentenced to death an inmate for running a drug-trafficking operation from behind bars.
- JANUARY 30, 2020ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Senate passed SB 116 to bar the death penalty for severe mental illness
USA - Virginia. Senate passed SB 116 to bar the death penalty for severe mental illness
- JANUARY 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Khojasteh was hanged at Lakan prison, in Rasht, on January 30, 2020.
IRAN - Mohsen Khojasteh was hanged at Lakan prison, in Rasht, on January 30, 2020.
JANUARY 30, 2020BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PARLIAMENT TO LOOK INTO DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
The Council of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus has decided to establish a working group on studying abolition of death penalty at the National Assembly.
JANUARY 29, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH DARFUR
Seven people were sentenced to death on 27 January 2020 by a court in Nyala, South Darfur, after being found guilty of killing nine people in September 2017, in the area of Tobasi, 43km south of Nyala.
JANUARY 29, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FAILED ASSASSINATION
An Egyption court handed preliminary death sentences on 27 January 2020 to three defendants over a failed assassination of Alexandria’s security director in March 2018.
JANUARY 29, 2020BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: THREE BANGLADESHIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Three people who bludgeoned another to death with a hammer and a brick on 28 January 2020 were condemned to death in Bahrain.
JANUARY 29, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jury recommends death sentence for Hernan Rodriguez
USA - California. Jury recommends death sentence for Hernan Rodriguez
- JANUARY 28, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
JANUARY 28, 2020LaosDEATH PENALTYLAOS: EIGHT MEMBERS OF MR. X DRUG RING SENTENCED TO DEATH
Authorities in Laos last week sentenced eight people to death for their roles in connection with the major Southeast Asian drug ring run by drug kingpin Xaysana Keopimpha, better known as Mr. X., Radio Free Asia reported on 27 January 2020.