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MARCH 8, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ubaid Maleki executed in Khorramabad on March 8
MARCH 7, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Brittany Holberg’s conviction reversed
MARCH 7, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Brad Sigmon, 67, White, was executed
1st Firing Squad Execution in the last 15 years
MARCH 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - March 8: Comprehensive List of Female Political Prisoners in Iran
MARCH 6, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH, SURGICAL CASTRATION OVER RAPE
Two persons have been sentenced to death by hanging, while another was sentenced to life imprisonment for rape in Kaduna.
MARCH 6, 2025West VirginiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - West Virginia. Senate bill reinstates death penalty
Senate Judiciary passed SB 264
MARCH 6, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. House Subcommittee approves HB 693
Adding a new aggravating factor for capital felonies
MARCH 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Mousavi executed in Kashan on March 6
MARCH 6, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Guerry Hertz sentenced to death
At the end of retrial
MARCH 6, 2025United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: TWO KERALA NATIVES EXECUTED FOR MURDERS
Two Indians, natives of Kerala, were executed in the UAE on February 28, 2025 after being convicted of murder. The deceased individuals were identified as Muhammed Rinash Arangilottu and Muraleedharan Perumthatta Valappil.
MARCH 5, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FELLOW KILN WORKER
A murder convict was sentenced to death in Pakistan on February 24, 2025 for killing his fellow worker at a brick kiln located in Dandi area of Attock, in the limits of Pindigheb Police station, on April 28, 2024.
MARCH 5, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN INVOLVED IN MOB KILLINGS
The Court of Appeal of Tanzania on February 25, 2025 upheld the death sentence of Rhobi Chacha, a resident of the Mara region, for his role in the murder of two people accused of theft.
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Shokrollahzadeh Executed in Qazvin on March 5
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IRAN - Jalal Ashkani executed in Hamedan on March 5
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Yarrahi received 74 lashes
A dissident artist and singer
MARCH 5, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Senate passes firing squad bill (HB 37)
MARCH 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Karimkhani Al-Qalandis executed in Tabriz on March 5
MARCH 5, 2025MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 196 to expand death penalty
MARCH 5, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN CONVICTED FOR KILLING HIS TWO MINOR CHILDREN TO LIFE WITHOUT REMISSION
The Supreme Court of India commuted the death sentence of Ramesh A. Naika, convicted for the murder of his two minor children, to life imprisonment without the possibility of remission, Law Trend reported on March 3, 2025.
MARCH 4, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, BROTHER-IN-LAW IN LAGOS
A Lagos State High Court, presided over by Justice Sherifat Sonaike, at Tafawa Balewa Square, on February 27, 2025 sentenced Benjamin Ogundero to death by hanging for the murder of his wife, Chinyere Ogundero, and her brother, Ifeanyi Joseph, in April 202
MARCH 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 58th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
In 38 Prisons Across Iran
MARCH 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ezat Zeinali executed in Ahar on March 4
MARCH 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghasem Sarayi Executed in Qom on March 4
MARCH 4, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Death penalty for child rape
HB49 passed Senate Judiciary Committee
MARCH 4, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 601 for a Moratorium
MARCH 4, 2025GeorgiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. HB 123 to end death penalty for people with intellectual disabilities clears House
MARCH 4, 2025United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: INDIAN WOMAN EXECUTED FOR INFANT’S MURDER
Shahjadi Sabbeer Khan (30), a caregiver from Uttar Pradesh’s Banda district who was sentenced to death last year in the United Arab Emirates for the alleged murder of a four-month-old infant, was executed on February 15, 2025, the Ministry of External Aff
MARCH 3, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY AS CASES SURGE
A court in Pakistan’s Lahore has sentenced a man to death for blasphemy, police said on February 27, 2025
MARCH 3, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN FLOG 20 PEOPLE, INCLUDING WOMEN, AS CORPORAL PUNISHMENT PERSISTS
The Taliban has publicly flogged 20 people, including five women, on various charges in eastern Khost and Parwan provinces, the group’s Supreme Court announced on February 24, 2025.
MARCH 2, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 88 executions in February in Iran