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MAY 30, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT KOVIND REJECTS FIRST MERCY PLEA PLACED BEFORE HIM
President Ram Nath Kovind rejected the first ever mercy plea placed before him
MAY 30, 2018DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): FEDERAL JUDGE ORDERS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS TO DISCLOSE EXECUTION RECORDS
Federal Judge Karon Owen Bowdre has ordered the Alabama Department of Corrections to release its lethal-injection protocol and unseal transcripts and pleadings related to the failed execution of Doyle Hamm.
- MAY 29, 2018TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Croatia rejects the extradition of the alleged murderer of Mohamed Zouari
29 May 2018: the Supreme Court of Croatia prohibits extradition to Tunisia of a Bosnian suspected of killing Tunisian engineer Mohamed Zouari in 2016.
MAY 29, 2018BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES FOR ZHYLNIKAU AND SUKHARKO
The Supreme Court upheld the death sentences earlier handed down to Aliaksandr Zhylnikau and Viachaslau Sukharko for the murder of three people.
MAY 29, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN DRUG EXECUTIONS FALL BY 99% FOLLOWING LEGAL AMENDMENT
The implementation of the death penalty for drug offences has all but ended in Iran, although human rights advocates continue to express concern at the judicial system’s response to drugs.
MAY 28, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING WOMAN AFTER RAPE
A tribunal in Narayanganj awarded capital punishment to three people for killing a garment worker after rape.
MAY 28, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO KENYAN AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS EXECUTED FOR SPYING FOR KDF
Al Shabaab terror group executed two Kenyans it accused of spying for Somali and Kenyan intelligence services.
MAY 28, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYBeni: An army sergeant sentenced to death for the murder of five people
28 May 2018: the first Sergeant Damascene Ntagonayigiza Mbyayingabo was sentenced to the death penalty for the murder of five persons.
MAY 26, 2018EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA PARDONS SENIOR OPPOSITION LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ethiopia pardoned an opposition leader with British citizenship who had been sentenced to death, the latest in a series of pardons and releases of jailed dissidents announced in the wake of years of violent unrest.
MAY 25, 2018BotswanaDEATH PENALTYBOTSWANA RESUMES EXECUTION, HANGS DEATH ROW INMATE
Botswana continued executions this year, with the hanging of another death row inmate in 2018.
MAY 25, 2018Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYTshikapa: a soldier sentenced to death for the murder of two colleagues
25 May 2018: the military Court of Tshikapa (Kasai) condemned first class soldier Fabrice Aliata for a double murder. He killed the day before, an Army captain and a post commander.
- MAY 24, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Supreme Court overturns Robert Lewis' death sentence for intellectual disability.
USA - California. Supreme Court overturns Robert Lewis' death sentence for intellectual disability.