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APRIL 11, 2019North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: PUBLIC EXECUTIONS STAGED TO STRENGTHEN ‘SOCIAL ORDER’
North Korean authorities staged a public trial and shot two female fortune tellers to death last month, forcing tens of thousands of people to watch, in what appeared to be a resumption of public executions.
APRIL 11, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH CONVICT HANGED IN MIANWALI CENTRAL JAIL
A death convict has been hanged in central jail Mianwali. According to media reports, death convict Abdul Jabbar alias Bhopa had gunned down his relative 15 years ago on petty domestic problem in Ghala Mandi.
- APRIL 11, 2019New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Senate Passes Death-Penalty Repeal (HB 455) With Veto-Proof Majority.
USA - New Hampshire. Senate Passes Death-Penalty Repeal (HB 455) With Veto-Proof Majority.
- APRIL 11, 2019MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Virginia is not required to disclose information to Mississippi death-row prisoners
USA - Virginia. Virginia is not required to disclose information to Mississippi death-row prisoners
APRIL 10, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING WIFE IN BARGUNA
A court in Barguna on 9 April 2019 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in 2010.
APRIL 10, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTYAMNESTY: GLOBAL EXECUTIONS FELL BY NEARLY A THIRD LAST YEAR
Global executions fell dramatically by almost a third (31%) last year to the lowest figure for at least a decade, Amnesty International said in its annual global review of the death penalty.
APRIL 10, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BASED SOLELY ON QASAMEH
A woman suspected of murdering her husband was sentenced to death in Iran based solely on Qasameh, the state-run ISNA news agency reported on 8 April 2019.
APRIL 10, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law SB 1314 that eliminates three aggravating circumstances from the state's death-penalty statute
USA - Arizona. Gov. Doug Ducey signed into law SB 1314 that eliminates three aggravating circumstances from the state's death-penalty statute
APRIL 9, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 3 UNIVERSITY PROFESSORS
A criminal court in Iraq’s Diyala province on 8 April 2019 said it handed a death sentence to a man found guilty of involvement in the killing of three professors at a local university.
- APRIL 9, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Michael Shane Bargo to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Michael Shane Bargo to death
- APRIL 9, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee signed a new law removing one state court's review.
USA - Tennessee. Gov. Bill Lee signed a new law removing one state court's review.
- APRIL 9, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB 464 (now Act 810) into law.
USA - Arkansas. Governor Asa Hutchinson signed SB 464 (now Act 810) into law.