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APRIL 23, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Ali Sobhani executed in Gorgan on April 23
APRIL 23, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Attorney General Gentner Drummond asks to halt the execution of Richard Glossip
APRIL 22, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. HB1663 passes House. Already passed Senate.
Death penalty for child rapists
APRIL 22, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO ISIS-LINKED INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Central Criminal Court under the Iraqi Judiciary Council on April 22, 2024 handed a death sentence to two individuals linked to ISIS.
APRIL 22, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: LUDHIANA WOMAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR BURYING TODDLER ALIVE
Ludhiana resident Neelam Kaur, 38, was on April 18, 2024 sentenced to death for burying alive Dilroz Kaur, the two-and-a-half-year-old daughter of her neighbour, Harpreet Singh, who is a police constable, after an argument with his family three years ago.
APRIL 22, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Prosecutors excluded Jewish and Black jurors
APRIL 22, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Prosecutor Says Sept. 11 Suspects Can Be Held Past War Crimes Sentence
- APRIL 21, 2024ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE FREES PRISONERS, INCLUDING THOSE SENTENCED TO DEATH, IN AN INDEPENDENCE DAY AMNESTY
Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa granted clemency to more than 4,000 prisoners, including some who were on death row, in an independence day amnesty on April 18, 2024.
APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolbari Pashtu and Alireza Pourshahbaz (Shahbaz) executed in Karaj on April 21
APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Taybad on April 21
Esmaeil Esmaeil-Zadeh, Mohammad-Amin Mohammad-Pour + Unk
- APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Khoshavaz executed in Karaj on April 21
- APRIL 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on April 21
Hossein Tawana Kodiani, Reza Masrour, Taleb Akbari
APRIL 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Kerman on April 20
Ahmadreza Miri, Shamseddin Kashani, Shokat Shehbakhsh (Darkzehi), Jamal Mardani + Unk
APRIL 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Jadgal and Mohammad Anjamrooz executed in Chabahar on April 20
APRIL 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Mashhad on April 18
Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Ghader Samani, and Ebrahim Nour-Zahi
APRIL 18, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 54 PRISONERS ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE, SENTENCES COMMUTED TO 30-38 YEARS JAIL
A total of 54 prisoners escaped death by hanging in Malaysia, after the Federal Court, sitting at the High Court in Kota Baru, Malaysia, on April 18, 2024, commuted their sentences to imprisonment between 30 and 38 years.
APRIL 18, 2024MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: MAIN PERPETRATOR IN HIT-AND-RUN MURDER OF UNIVERSITY STUDENT RECEIVES DEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Chamber of the Court of Appeal in Casablanca delivered its verdict on April 16, 2024 in the case of the hit-and-run murder of university student Badr.
APRIL 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fariborz Dadgar executed in Ahvaz on April 18
- APRIL 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Movahedi executed in Karaj on April 18
- APRIL 17, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA INDICATES MAN EXECUTED FOR SPYING HAD SOLD SECRETS TO US
China indicated for the first time on April 15, 2024 that a man executed for spying in 2016 had sold secrets to the United States.
APRIL 17, 2024JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH-ROW INMATES' LAWSUIT TARGETING SAME-DAY NOTIFICATIONS OF EXECUTIONS DISMISSED
The Osaka District Court on April 15, 2024 dismissed a lawsuit by death row inmates that claimed same-day notifications of executions violate the Constitution — the first ruling of its kind.
- APRIL 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two men executed in Karaj on April 17, 2024
Sadegh Tajik + Unk
- APRIL 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on April 17
APRIL 17, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Appeals court re-sentenced Tomas Raul Gallo to life in prison
Because of his intellectual disability
APRIL 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Valiollah Bakhtavar executed in Tabriz on April 17
APRIL 17, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Mousavi Bakhshayesh executed in Tabriz on April 17
- APRIL 16, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO MURDERED 5 MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay high court on March 27, 2024 confirmed the death penalty given to a 46-year-old labourer from Nagpur for murdering five members of his family in June 2018 over a land dispute.
APRIL 16, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: CHINESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND
A Nigerian court on March 26, 2024 sentenced a Chinese national to death after finding him guilty of killing his girlfriend, a government official told The Associated Press, vowing to recommend execution if he unsuccessfully appeals the ruling.
APRIL 16, 2024AustraliaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Binding Assurances that Julian Assange Will Not Face the Death Penalty
APRIL 16, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jeremy Williams, 40, Black, sentenced to death