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DECEMBER 17, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: COURTS TO REVIEW OVER 400 DEATH SENTENCES IN 2019
At least 400 inmates have applied for a review of their death sentences since the Supreme Court did away with the penalty in December last year, Chief Justice David Maraga said on 16 December 2018.
DECEMBER 17, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC ABOLISHES SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR PRISONERS FACING DEATH PENALTY
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on 14 December 2018 abolished the practice adopted by the jail authorities in Punjab to segregate convicts immediately after the pronouncement of death sentence by the trial court and its confirmation by the High Court.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY IN PUNJAB
Two Christian brothers have been sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges, the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) announced on 14 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): JOSE ANTONIO JIMENEZ EXECUTED
Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed on 13 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE MAN WHO RAMMED SUV INTO CROWD THEN ATTACKED PEOPLE WITH SHOVEL AND HAMMER
A man who killed 15 people and injured dozens more when he ploughed a vehicle into a public square before attacking pedestrians with a hammer and a shovel, is to be executed by Chinese authorities.
DECEMBER 14, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES THREE MEN, INCLUDING FORMER ELECTORAL DELEGATE
Al-Shabaab militant killed three men in an execution-style, accusing two of them working with the Somali army, Radio Shabelle reported on 12 December 2018.
DECEMBER 14, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES TO LIFE DEATH SENTENCE OF A MAN WHO KILLED SIX PEOPLE
The Supreme Court on 12 December 2018 commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to a man for hacking to death six members of a family in Kerala in 2001.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
- DECEMBER 13, 2018Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: FATHER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF BOY, 14
A father of three has been given the death penalty after being convicted of killing a 14-year-old boy in a revenge attack in West New Britain three years ago, The National reported on 11 December 2018.
DECEMBER 13, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF MAN WHO RAPED, KILLED 3-YR-OLD GIRL
The Supreme Court on 12 December 2018 commuted the death sentence awarded to a man for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in 2007 and directed that he be not released from jail for the "rest of his normal life".
- DECEMBER 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN URMIA OVER DRUG CHARGES
According to the IHR sources, Younes Azizi was hanged on 10 December 2018 at Urmia Central Prison. He was sentenced to death for drug offenses.
- DECEMBER 13, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Florida. Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed.