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- JULY 2, 2024ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST FORMER DEPUTY MINISTER BANYIN
The Supreme Court on June 27, 2024 upheld the death sentence issued against former deputy commerce minister Banyin Tangpakorn by the lower courts for premeditated murder of a construction businessman back in 2015.
- JULY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN . 3 men executed in Tabriz on July 2
Reza Ahmadzadeh, Bahram Moharrami, and Mansour …
JULY 2, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: RIYADH COURT SCRAPS KERALA MAN'S DEATH PENALTY, TO BE RELEASED FROM JAIL SOON
The death penalty of Kozhikode native Abdul Rahim who is currently jailed in Saudi Arabia has been officially scrapped, Mathrubhumi web site reported on July 2, 2024.
- JULY 1, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. New surgical castration law will go into effect Aug. 1
JULY 1, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SUPREME COURT FREES SOLDIER ON DEATH ROW AFTER 12 YEARS
The Supreme Court on June 28, 2024 discharged and acquitted a Nigerian Army Sergeant, Akawu Bala from the death sentence imposed on him by the General Court Martial of the Nigerian Army.
JULY 1, 2024KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WIFE’S MURDER AND DISMEMBERMENT
The Court of Appeal on June 30, 2024 rendered a verdict to execute a Kuwaiti citizen convicted of murdering his wife and dismembering her body after she revealed she was pregnant by him.
JULY 1, 2024EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TERRORISM CRIMINAL COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING OFFICER
The Egyptian Terrorism Criminal Court has sentenced to death a man for murdering a police officer in Shibin Al-Qanater and attempting to kill others, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) reported on June 27, 2024.
JULY 1, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Larry Roberts Becomes the 200th Person Exonerated from Death Row
JULY 1, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - DPIC Releases Report on Politicization of the Death Penalty
- JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali-Allah Bakhsh and Afzal-Allah Bakhsh executed in Shiraz on June 30
- JUNE 30, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA CONVICTS 99% OF DEFENDANTS IN CRIMINAL TRIALS. REVERSING A CONVICTION IS HARD
China is trying to reduce the number of wrongful convictions in its legal system. One man's more than two decades-long fight on death row shows why that's so difficult.
JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on June 30
Yaser Ghafoorian, Mohammad Hooshyar Alizadeh + 2 Unk
JUNE 30, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Habib Shojaei executed in Sari on June 30
JUNE 28, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad-Reza Jalali on Fourth Day of Hunger Strike
JUNE 27, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Rojem, 66, White, was executed
JUNE 27, 2024DelawareDEATH PENALTYUSA - Delaware. Senate passes abolition of death penalty
HB 70 goes to Governor
JUNE 27, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Ysrael Granda sentenced to death
- JUNE 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Idris Áli sentenced to death
Charged with "espionage for Israel."
- JUNE 26, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. New Death Penalty Law Going Into Effect On July 1st
Death Penalty for Child Rapists (HB1663)
JUNE 26, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE ALIVE
Faisalabad Additional Sessions Judge Abul Hassnat sentenced a man to death for burning his wife alive two years ago in Raza Abad police limits, The Nation reported on June 25, 2024.
JUNE 26, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF FORMER BUSINESSMAN FOR MURDER OF UUM GRADUATE 18 YEARS AGO
The Federal Court in Putrajaya on May 29, 2024 upheld the death sentence of a former businessman for the murder of a female marketing executive 18 years ago.
JUNE 26, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ramiro Gonzales, 41, Hispanic, was executed
JUNE 26, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Zephen Xaver
JUNE 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Rahimi (Rakhshani) executed in Qaen on June 26
- JUNE 25, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA THREATENS DEATH PENALTY FOR 'DIEHARD' TAIWAN SEPARATISTS
China on June 21, 2024 threatened to impose the death penalty in extreme cases for "diehard" Taiwan independence separatists, a ratcheting up of pressure even though Chinese courts have no jurisdiction on the democratically governed island.
JUNE 24, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Judge sentences Bessman Okafor to death
JUNE 23, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury Recommends Death Penalty for Wade Wilson
JUNE 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Supreme Court Overturns Rapper Toomaj Salehi's Death Sentence
JUNE 22, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nategh Hosseini executed in Qazvin on June 22
In front of his 7-year-old son
- JUNE 21, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. David Roeder added with number 199 to the
The Death Penalty Information Center's exonerations' database