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AUGUST 2, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - U.S. defense secretary rejects plea deal for 9/11 mastermind
Puts death penalty back on table
- AUGUST 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Parseh + Unk. executed in Khorramabad on August 1
AUGUST 1, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES 3 PERSONS TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY, MURDER IN OSUN STATE
A watchmaker, Oludayo Oladele, an electrician, Awodeji Muyiwa, and a herb seller, Jelili Kareem on July 9, 2024 were sentenced to death for robbing and killing a corps member, Adebayo Mukaila in Osogbo, Osun State capital.
AUGUST 1, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Curtis Lee Ervin must either be retried or released
- JULY 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heshmat Moradian executed in Yasuj on July 31
- JULY 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fazl Ahmad Fatehnia executed in Zahedan on July 31
JULY 31, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: APPEALS COURT REINSTATES DEATH PENALTY FOR SIX EX-UPNM STUDENTS IN FATAL BULLYING CASE
The Court of Appeal has sent six former National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM) cadets to the gallows for the murder of fellow cadet Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain seven years ago, The Star reported on July 23, 2024.
JULY 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kazem Fatehi executed in Isfahan on July 31
JULY 31, 2024BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PRESIDENT LUKASHENKO PARDONS GERMAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TERRORISM CHARGES
Belarus’ authoritarian leader on July 30, 2024 granted a pardon to a German citizen who had been sentenced to death on terrorism charges.
JULY 31, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Accused Sept. 11 Plotters Agree to Plead Guilty at Guantánamo Bay
Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Walid bin Attash and Mustafa al-Hawsawi
JULY 31, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. White woman who wrongfully accused ‘Groveland Four’ of rape dies at 92
Norma Padget falsely accused 4 Black men of rape in 1949
JULY 31, 2024South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Supreme Court rules that firing squad is legal
JULY 30, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
Mardan Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on July 27, 2024 convicted a man of committing blasphemy and sentenced him to death along with a fine of Rs100,000.
JULY 30, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DHI QAR OFFICIAL
An Iraqi court in Baghdad sentenced a person to death on July 29, 2024 for killing a Dhi Qar counterterrorism official earlier this year.
JULY 30, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI MAN EXECUTED IN HEROINE SMUGGLING
A Pakistani citizen on July 29, 2024 was executed in a heroine smuggling case in Saudi Arabia.
JULY 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nabi Bakhsh Molazehi executed in Minab on July 30
JULY 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahim Jangizehi executed in Minab on July 29
JULY 27, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men and 1 woman executed in Khorramabad on July 27
Ardeshir Maleki, Azim Amrayi (Emraei), … Farrokhnejad + Unk.
JULY 25, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2021 MURDER IN KORANGI
A model court in Pakistan on July 24, 2024 sentenced four men to death for murdering a teacher over a monetary issue.
JULY 25, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: DELTA COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING TWINS FOR RITUALS
A High Court sitting at Asaba, the Delta State capital, on July 16,2024 sentenced one Onuwa Ijie to death, and Nwanozie Uzor to 14 years imprisonment for murder and conspiracy to commit the murder of twin boys, Chidalu and Chigozie Agwunobi.
- JULY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghadir Jamshidi executed in Torbat-e Jam on July 25
JULY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamran Sheikheh executed in Urmia on July 25
Kurdish-Sunni political prisoner
JULY 25, 2024UtahDEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Death sentence of Doug Lovell overturned
- JULY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hasan Yousefi Azar executed in Urmia on July 25
JULY 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Moharramkhani and Hamed Naderi executed in Qazvin on July 25
- JULY 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ramezan Gholamian and Mousa Najar executed in Mashhad on July 24
JULY 24, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED OVER TERROR CRIME
Saudi Arabia has issued a statement informing citizens and residents of a death sentence being carried out against a Saudi national, Khaleej Times reported on July 23, 2024.
JULY 24, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KERALA HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF PATHANAMTHITTA MAN WHO KILLED NEPHEWS AGED 3 & 7
The Kerala High Court has commuted the death penalty imposed upon Thomas Chacko (aka Shibu) of Keekozhur, Ranni, to 30 years of rigorous imprisonment without remission for murdering his nephews aged 3 and 7 over a property dispute, Manorama Online reporte
JULY 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ramezan … executed in Mashhad on July 24
JULY 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mutiullah Barakzai executed in Qaen on July 24