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JULY 20, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Judge Dawn Nichols sentenced James Guzman to death
Following the March 31 jury’s recommendation
JULY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Sepahvand executed in Khorramabad on July 20
- JULY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Sepahvand executed in Khorramabad on July 20
JULY 19, 2024MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Sandra Hemme, now 64, White, was freed on July 19
After 44 years in prison for a murder she did not commit
JULY 19, 2024GeorgiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Prosecutor Withheld Critical Evidence in Warren King’s trial
JULY 18, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF ZARA’S MURDERER
The Federal Court on July 2, 2024 upheld the death sentence imposed on a former barber for the murder of an 11-month-old baby girl known as ‘Zara’ who suffered serious vaginal injuries due to sexual assault, six years ago.
JULY 18, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: TWO EX-SECURITY OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF STUDENT
Two former security officials on July 16, 2024 were sentenced to death in Somalia for murder of a student.
JULY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Edris Jamshidzahi executed in Zahedan on July 18
JULY 18, 2024KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BEDOUN MAN FOR FATHER’S MURDER
Kuwait Court of Appeal, led by Counselor Abdullah Al-Othman, on July 15, 2024 affirmed the death sentence for a young Bedoun man convicted of killing his father.
JULY 18, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Keith Edmund Gavin was executed on July 18
64, Black
JULY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Javad Teklo executed in Baft on July 18
JULY 17, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER, RAPE IN DELTA
A Delta State High Court sitting at Ibusa, Oshimili North Local Government Area on July 1st, 2024 sentenced two men, Mr Ojerbo Solomon and Mr Ola Babatunde, to death after eight years of trials.
JULY 17, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Judge James H. Daniel sentenced Patrick McDowell to death
JULY 17, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Five al-Shabaab militants on July 16, 2024 were executed by authorities in Somalia.
JULY 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taher Sadeghi executed in Rasht on July 17
JULY 17, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR CITIZEN WHO COMMITTED MULTIPLE ACTS OF TERROR
A Saudi national was given a death penalty on July 11, 2024 after committing multiple acts of terror, as per the country's Ministry of Interior.
JULY 16, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 100 EXECUTIONS SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 2024
Saudi Arabia has executed 100 people from the beginning of 2024 to July 15th, representing almost one execution every two days.
JULY 16, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES 5 MEN FOR ALLEGEDLY SPYING FOR U.S., SOMALIA AND KENYA
The militant group Al-Shabaab on July 13, 2024 executed five men accused of spying for the U.S., Kenya, and the Somali government.
JULY 16, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. 3 death sentences reduced
Ernest Dykes, Keith Thomas, Gregory Tate
- JULY 15, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TORCHING WIFE
Special Judge of the Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal, Ziaullah Khan, has sentenced Tariq Sheikh to two death penalties and imposed a fine of Rs1 million for burning his wife, Shazia, alive, The Tribune reported on June 30, 2024.
JULY 15, 2024North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: MAN EXECUTED FOR DISTRIBUTING K-POP, REPORT FROM DEFECTORS SHOWS
A 22-year-old North Korean was publicly executed in 2022 for watching and sharing South Korean films and music, a new report claims.
JULY 15, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED AFTER BEING SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Interior issued a statement on July 13, 2024 informing citizens and residents of the execution of a retribution death sentence against an offender in the Eastern Province.
JULY 11, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: YOUNG CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
The Anti-Terrorism Court in Sahiwal has sentenced the young Christian Ehsan Shan to death for allegedly sharing a blasphemous post on social media, considered the cause of the violence in Jaranwala on August 16, 2023.
JULY 11, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX TO BE HANGED IN MURDER CASE IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court has sentenced six people to death and 10 others to life term imprisonment for killing a man named Nurul Haque over land dispute in Brahmanpara upazila of the district in 2011.
JULY 11, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Julio Rivera sentenced to death
JULY 11, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQI COURT SENTENCES WIDOW OF FORMER ISIS LEADER AL-BAGHDADI TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on July 10, 2024 sentenced the widow of former longtime Islamic State (ISIS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi to death for enslaving kidnapped Yazidi women, state media reported.
- JULY 10, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT COMMUTES MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE TO 38 YEARS JAIL FOR MURDERING TRANSVESTITE
A former scrap metal dealer’s death sentence for killing a transvestite 15 years ago has been commuted to 38 years in jail by the Federal Court, Bernama reported on July 4, 2024.
JULY 10, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS SUSPECT SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on July 9, 2024 handed a death sentence to a suspected Islamic State (ISIS) member in Salahaddin province, state media reported.
JULY 10, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MURDER CONVICTS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DIFFERENT MURDER CASES
An Attock court has awarded capital punishment to two convicts on charges of killing two persons in two different murder cases registered against them in Jand and Bassal Police stations respectively, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported on July 3, 20
JULY 10, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Alexis Daniel Rosas sentenced to death