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- MAY 5, 2008MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Jose Medellin received an execution date
Jose Medellin received an execution date
- MAY 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported...
the official Iranian news agency IRNA reported...
MAY 5, 2008DEATH PENALTYIRAN. 12 CONVICTS HANGED
Iran has hanged 12 convicted criminals, including nine drug traffickers and three rapists, the latest in a growing number of executions in the Islamic republic, reports said.
- MAY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
three men convicted of kidnapping and raping at least 11 girls were sent to the gallows in Iran, in the
three men convicted of kidnapping and raping at least 11 girls were sent to the gallows in Iran, in the
- MAY 4, 2008EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN HANDED FOURTH DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPE
a Kuwait court handed down a fourth death sentence on a 27 year old Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, a legal source said
- MAY 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
EU URGES IRAN TO SPARE MAN OVER YOUTHFUL KILLING
the European Union urged Iran not to execute a young man sentenced to death for a fatal stabbing committed when he was a minor
- MAY 3, 2008MexicoDEATH PENALTY
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) announced plans last week to visit 55 of its citizens sitting on death row in the United States
Mexico's National Human Rights Commission (CNDH) announced plans last week to visit 55 of its citizens sitting on death row in the United States
- MAY 3, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
the state run Iranian Fars news agency reported that...
the state run Iranian Fars news agency reported that...
- MAY 2, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES INDIA TO BAND EXECUTIONS
Rights group Amnesty International urged the Indian government to impose an immediate moratorium on executions and move to abolish the death penalty.
- MAY 2, 2008QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: COURT FINDS WOMAN GUILTY OF TORTURING MAID
a woman resident of Doha was found guilty of torturing her maid to death and given the death penalty by the Qatar Upper Criminal Court this week.
- MAY 2, 2008North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Levon
Levon "Bo" Jones has been freed today
- MAY 2, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
A Gordon county jury set a death penalty for quadruple murderer Jerry William Jones
A Gordon county jury set a death penalty for quadruple murderer Jerry William Jones
- MAY 2, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the death sentence of Scott Pinholster
the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the death sentence of Scott Pinholster
- MAY 2, 2008GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge John E. Morse Jr. has overturned Ernest U. Morrison's death sentence
Judge John E. Morse Jr. has overturned Ernest U. Morrison's death sentence
- MAY 2, 2008CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
Judge George Genesta handed down a death sentence on James Winslow Dixon
Judge George Genesta handed down a death sentence on James Winslow Dixon
- MAY 2, 2008RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA VACILLATING OVER ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Russia is possibly just two or three years away from abolishing the death penalty, Penal Reform International’s director for Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, Victoria Sergeyeva suggested
- MAY 2, 2008Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
the Sierra Leone Supreme Court sentenced Tahimu Sesay...
the Sierra Leone Supreme Court sentenced Tahimu Sesay...
- MAY 2, 2008ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced Leroy D. Cropper to death
A jury sentenced Leroy D. Cropper to death
MAY 2, 2008DEATH PENALTYNORTH CAROLINA (USA). DEATH ROW INMATE WALKS FREE-129TH EXONERATION
The state of North Carolina dropped all charges against Levon Jones, and he was freed after
MAY 2, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA. ENVOY DENIES FINALISATION OF TURK’S DEATH SENTENCE
news reports stated that Saudi Arabian authorities approved the execution order of a Turkish
- MAY 1, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 3 PAKISTANIS EXECUTED FOR HASHISH SMUGGLING
Zargar Sadajan, Roajan Sodajar, and Naik Mohammed Malak Mohammed, all Pakistanis, were
- MAY 1, 2008TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: DEPRESSED MAN’S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Supreme Court in Taiwan commuted the death sentence of a motorist for killing his friend whom he had suspected of stealing NT$700 to life imprisonment.
- MAY 1, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ONE GETS DEATH PENALTY IN KIDNAPPING AND KILLING CASE
an Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced to death a man and awarded life imprisonment to a co-defendant woman after finding them guilty of kidnapping a businessman for ransom and later killing him. M Sohail, 21, and Ms. Zainab, 21, were prosecuted for kidnapping
- MAY 1, 2008AzerbaijanDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: AZERBAIJANI ON DEATH ROW IN CHINA MAY HAVE SENTENCE COMMUTED
the Azerbaijani ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary to China...
- MAY 1, 2008NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: REV KING'S APPEAL SUFFERS SETBACK
attempts by the General Overseer of the Christian Praying Assembly (CPA), Isolo, Lagos, Emeka Ezeugo, alias Dr Rev King, to introduce additional grounds of appeal in the appeal he filed before the Court of Appeal in Lagos suffered serious setback as the c
- MAY 1, 2008UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH, ONE OF WHOM HANGED, IN KARAMOJA
a village court in Karamoja, Uganda, condemned three men to death and hanged one of them before the UPDF intervened and rescued the others
- MAY 1, 2008Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC. FIGHTING TO ESTABLISH THE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF THE DEATH PENALTY
ongoing penal code reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo is giving abolitionists the chance to
- APRIL 30, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC UPHOLDS DEATH TERM TO FATHER FOR MURDERING SONS
the Punjab and Haryana High Court in India upheld the death sentence...
- APRIL 30, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC RESERVES VERDICT ON SHRADHANANDA'S PLEA AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE
the Indian Supreme Court reserved its verdict on a petition filed by Swami Shradhananda, alias Murli Manohar Mishra, challenging his death sentence handed down for burying his wife alive in 1991.
- APRIL 30, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER & ROBBERY
the Khartoum North Criminal Court in Sudan, presided over by Judge Mudathir al-Rashid, sentenced four men to death by hanging after they were convicted of killing a policeman in an exchange of fire at a Central Reserve Force camp in Al-Fula.