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DECEMBER 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on December 25
Iman Yazdani, Davood Barati, and Mohammad-Ali Soleimankhani
DECEMBER 25, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: TRIO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN KAGERA DURING 2024
Three people have been sentenced to death by hanging in Kagera region, Tanzania, during 2024 after they were convicted of murder.
DECEMBER 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Keshavarzi executed in Shiraz on December 25
DECEMBER 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Javad Gudarzi executed in Aligurdaz on December 25
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Davoud Ghalijayi executed in Birjand on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unk executed in Fars province on December 24
930 executions in 2024
DECEMBER 24, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRIVER IN SCHOOL ATTACK
A man in Changde, Hunan province, was sentenced to death with two years' reprieve on December 23, 2024 for committing the crime of using dangerous means to harm public security, according to Xinhua News Agency.
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amin Farahmand executed in Shiraz on December 24
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahm Khani executed in Navahand on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 48th week of the No to Execution Tuesdays campaign
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulrahman Eshaqzahi executed in Mashhad on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Khosravi and Davood Qalijkhani executed in Birjand on December 24
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Asghar Ghaffari executed in Qom on December 24
DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Brothers Ali and Jasem Manian executed in Isfahan on December 24
- DECEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yarhossein Shokri executed in Khorramabad on December 24
DECEMBER 23, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - List of 37 commuted by Biden
DECEMBER 23, 2024ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: BIKER GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR PATTAYA MURDER
A member of the Outlaws Motorcycle Club on December 20, 2024 was sentenced to death and two others given life imprisonment in Thailand for the murder of a German property broker whose dismembered body was found in a freezer in Pattaya last year.
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Singer Parastoo Ahmadi and Musicians Charged Over Virtual Concert
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Loghman Ahmadi Aghdam executed in Urmia on December 23
- DECEMBER 23, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN GIVEN CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR KILLING OF A JUDGE
A man who fatally stabbed a judge over dissatisfaction with her ruling was sentenced to death by a court in China's Henan province, local authorities said on December 23, 2024.
- DECEMBER 23, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Biden commutes 37 of the 40 federal death sentences
Before Trump can resume executions
DECEMBER 23, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: Biden commutes 37 of 40 federal death sentences
President Joe Biden announced on December 23 that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment.
DECEMBER 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Arjmand executed in Arak on December 23
DECEMBER 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sadegh Johari and Karim Oladi executed in Qazvin on December 22
DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Soltan Jahantigh executed in Zahedan on December 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Arman Samadi executed in Isfahan on December 21
- DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashkan Parseh executed in Isfahan on 21 December
- DECEMBER 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid Moradian executed in Kermanshah on December 21
DECEMBER 19, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Kevin Ray Underwood, 45, White, was executed on December 19
DECEMBER 19, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - “The Death Penalty in 2024: Year End Report”
25 executions, 26 new death sentences