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MAY 11, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SENATE PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Nigeria's Senate on May 9, 2024 proposed significantly toughening penalties for drug trafficking, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence through a law amendment.
MAY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saman Jerngideh and Hamed Shahbakhsh executed in Bam on May 11
MAY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A third man, not identified, executed in Bam on May 11
MAY 10, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jury recommends 2 death sentences for Anthony Rogers, 68, Black
MAY 10, 2024MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. A jury sentenced Joseph David Heard, 41, Black, to death
MAY 9, 2024TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: MAN'S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED TO LIFE SENTENCE AFTER FOUR RETRIALS
A Kaohsiung man's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on May 7, 2024 by the Kaohsiung Branch of the Taiwan High Court, after his case was retried for the fourth time.
MAY 9, 2024IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: MEDAN COURT SENTENCES THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH
The Medan District Court on May 8, 2024 found three defendants, including a woman dubbed the "drug queen" by local media, guilty of trafficking and sentenced them to death.
MAY 9, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Urmia on May 9
Hassan Choopani, Taher Abdolali, Hassan Arabi, and Abdollah Hassanzadeh Yangajeh
MAY 9, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Wade Lay, 63, White, incompetent to be executed
MAY 9, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Governor sets nitrogen-gas execution for Alan Eugene Miller
Who survived botched 2022 effort
MAY 9, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Gov. Lee Signs Legislation That Allows Death Penalty For Child Rape
- MAY 8, 2024OhioDEATH PENALTY
Ohio - Stanley Fitzpatrick Death Sentence Overturned
Under new law on severe mental illness
- MAY 8, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KARNATAKA COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 2 IN HATE CRIME CASE
In a landmark ruling, the District Sessions Court in Vijayapura has delivered a verdict of justice in a harrowing case of honour killing, sentencing two perpetrators to death by hanging, while imposing life imprisonment and hefty fines on others involved,
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Kerman on May 8
Fariba Mohammad-Zahi, Abdollah Ozbakzahi, and Khalilollah Brahui
MAY 8, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: APPEALS COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2 TURTLE EGG COLLECTORS
The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya on May 7, 2024 commuted the death sentence imposed on two turtle egg collectors to 12 years imprisonment for causing the death of their colleague who was trying to break up a fight eight years ago.
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khan Mohammad Eshaghzehi executed in Semnan on May 8
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging
On May 8
MAY 8, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The Events in the Lives of Women on U.S. Death Row
Article of New Cardozo Law Review
MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Azbakzehi and Khalilullah Barahoei executed in Kahnoj on May 8
- MAY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Houshang Nourollahi Younjanlou and Mohammad Afghan executed in Gorgan on May 8
- MAY 7, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ EXECUTES 11 PEOPLE CONVICTED OF TERRORISM
Iraqi authorities on May 6, 2024 executed by hanging 11 people convicted of “terrorism”, security and health sources told AFP, the second such group put to death since late April.
- MAY 7, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Under 1% of Catholics follow the Pope on abortion, death penalty, euthanasia
MAY 7, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
An Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti Division, has sentenced three persons, Oyebanji Sola, Jimoh Azeez and Ogunlade Babatunde, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
MAY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Moharrer executed in Urmia on May 7
MAY 7, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Conservative Officials, Oklahoma Lawmakers, and Civil Rights Groups support Richard Glossip
- MAY 6, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - America’s prison system is turning into a de facto nursing home
More and more older people are spending their dying years behind bars
MAY 6, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ESCALATING CONCERNS OVER THE LIVES OF MINORS THREATENED WITH DEATH
Saudi Arabia’s court of appeal in April 2024 approved death sentences for two Saudi men for protest-related crimes allegedly committed as children, Human Rights Watch and 26 other organizations said on April 29, 2024 in a joint statement.
MAY 6, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CBI COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO FOUR CONVICTS IN NUH GANGRAPES, DOUBLE MURDER CASE
A special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) court in Haryana's Panchkula awarded the death sentence to four convicts in the 2016 Nuh gangrapes and double murder case on May 4, 2024, officials said.
MAY 6, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Lethal drugs source of 2020/21 federal executions confirmed
Connecticut-based "Absolute Standards Inc."
- MAY 5, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DR CONGO: 8 TROOPS HANDED DESERTION DEATH SENTENCE
A military court in the Democratic Republic of Congo's war-torn east on May 3, 2024 handed a death sentence to eight soldiers, including five officers, for desertion and cowardice when fighting M23 rebels.