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- MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 Women Nobel Peace Laureates Call To End Iran’s Execution Spree
Shirin Ebadi, Jody Williams, Tawakkol Karman and Leymah Gbowee
MAY 15, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Baghdad court on May 13, 2024 handed a death sentence for a drug dealer of foreign nationality accused of bringing narcotics into the country, state media reported.
MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Razieh, a woman, executed in Mashhad on May 15
238 executions in Iran in 2024
MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj on May 15
Political prisoner Khosrow Besharat + Mohammad-Reza Rahimpour, Sirus Hayatbini, Mohammad-Karim Fazeli, and an unidentified Afghan national
MAY 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Aslani executed in Qazvin on May 15
MAY 15, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Reynaldo Figueroa-Sanabria sentenced to death again
MAY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Gholamhosseini and Farokh Khan Mohammadi executed in Ilam on May 14
MAY 14, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 9 TO DIE FOR KILLING JUBO LEAGUE LEADER IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court on May 12, 2024 sentenced nine people to death for killing Jubo League leader Jamal Uddin alias Bakka Jamal in Chauddagram upazila on the district.
MAY 14, 2024OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Gurpreet Singh, 41, Asian, sentenced to death
MAY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naser Atarod executed in Qom on May 14
MAY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Ghobadi executed in Shiraz on May 14
MAY 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Reza Jafari executed in Abhar on May 14
MAY 13, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER POLITICAL ADVISOR GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE
Sun Yuanliang, a former senior political advisor of northeast China's Liaoning Province, was sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, for bribery on May 9, 2024.
MAY 13, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: SHANMUGAM SAYS STRONG SUPPORT FOR DEATH PENALTY REFLECTED IN SURVEYS
Singapore's Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on May 8, 2024 cited local and regional surveys as proof of strong and growing support for using the death penalty on drug traffickers.
MAY 13, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO SYRIAN NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING NARCOTICS
Saudi Arabia on May 11, 2024 executed two Syrians over their alleged involvement in drug smuggling within the Kingdom, as the trafficking of narcotics from Syria continues to plague the region.
MAY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Demands Iran Revoke Death Sentence for Mahmoud Mehrabi
An anti-corruption activist
MAY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Rasoulof Flees Iran After Flogging, Prison Sentence
Award-Winning Filmmaker
MAY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 12
Masoud Estaki, Jafar Hosseinzadeh, Majid Rezaie, and Mostafa Ahgh-Mohammadi
MAY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amin Jafari executed in Isfahan on May 12
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 PENALTY
IRAN - 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