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JULY 15, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: GOVT. FAST-TRACKS MOVES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Government on 12 July 2019 fast tracked its move to have the death penalty abolished in the country by having a private members bill published in the Gazette hours after a motion to this effect was tabled in the House.
- JULY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Himan Bonavand, Jafar Mohammadi, Mohammad Aref Najafian, and Mahmoud Khaledi executed at Urmia Prison on July 15.
IRAN - Himan Bonavand, Jafar Mohammadi, Mohammad Aref Najafian, and Mahmoud Khaledi executed at Urmia Prison on July 15.
JULY 15, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE FOR SEVENTH MAN IN WORAYUTH FAMILY SLAUGHTER
A seventh defendant in the murder almost exactly two years ago of a family of eight in southern Krabi province was sentenced to death on 9 July 2019, while the same sentence was upheld for the mastermind behind the crime and for five accomplices.
JULY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN TO SELL ORGANS OF DEATH ROW INMATES
The organs of death row prisoners in Iran could be pre-sold to buyers under a new law that is heavily condemned by Iran’s Association of Surgeons.
JULY 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED AT ZANJAN PRISON FOR MURDER
According to Iran Human Rights sources, on the morning of 8 July 2019 a man was hanged at Zanjan prison.
- JULY 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Karimi, Mohammad Parvaei and Amirali Shadabi were hanged at Minab prison on July 14.
IRAN - Ali Karimi, Mohammad Parvaei and Amirali Shadabi were hanged at Minab prison on July 14.
- JULY 13, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. A jury sentenced Kevin Daigle to death
USA - Louisiana. A jury sentenced Kevin Daigle to death
- JULY 12, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ARSONIST WHO KILLED 6
The Supreme Court on 10 July 2019 confirmed the death penalty against a man who committed arson on Lunar New Year’s Eve, killing six people including both his parents, and injuring four.
- JULY 12, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 5 NEIGHBORS IN YAMAGUCHI LOSES FINAL APPEAL
The Supreme Court on 11 July 2019 upheld a 2016 ruling by the Hiroshima High Court denying an appeal by a 69-year-old man sentenced to death for the murders of five people in the mountain hamlet of Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in July 2013.
- JULY 12, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: MURDERER IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A GERMAN BACKPACKER
A Thai man who raped and murdered a German backpacker was sentenced to death on 10 July 2019.
- JULY 12, 2019North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Victim's family asks prosecutors to drop death penalty against Nathaniel Dixon
USA - North Carolina. Victim's family asks prosecutors to drop death penalty against Nathaniel Dixon
JULY 11, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO DEATH FOR KILLING
Somalia’s Puntland State military court on 17 February 2019 sentenced four young men to death while three others were handed fines after they were convicted of murder, Garowe Online reports.