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APRIL 4, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: EX-PROPERTY AGENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
A former property agent was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty for trafficking cannabis in Singapore, with the judge rejecting his claim that the drugs were for research and development.
APRIL 4, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Michael Dewayne Smith, 41, Black, was executed
APRIL 4, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Tavares Calloway sentenced to LWOP
At resentencing
APRIL 3, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TARABA CJ SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING
Taraba state chief judge, Justice Joel Agya, on March 8, 2024, sentenced one Yusufa Adamu and Adamu Abdullahi to death by hanging for kidnapping Balkisu Kambe and Maryam Musa.
APRIL 3, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SIBLINGS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MAN IN CUMILLA
A court in Cumilla on April 1, 2024 sentenced two brothers to death in a case filed over the murder of a man in Titas upazila of the district in 2020.
APRIL 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death Sentence for Police Officer Jafar Javanmardi, who Killed Protester
Reflections on a very rare event
- APRIL 2, 2024RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA WANTS CROCUS CITY HALL TERRORISTS TO STAND TRIAL IN BELARUS SO THEY CAN GET THE DEATH PENALTY
Russia could allow a trial of the Crocus City Hall terrorist suspects to take place in neighbouring Belarus so they can face the death penalty.
- APRIL 2, 2024CanadaDEATH PENALTY
CANADA - Poll: 57 per cent of Canadians support reinstating the death penalty
But, at the same time, 55 per cent prefer LWOP
APRIL 2, 2024OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Attorney general report says Ohio's death penalty is "unworkable"
Dave Yost backs bill to change it
APRIL 2, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump calls for cop killers to get ‘mandatory’ death sentence
in wake of slain NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller
APRIL 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence for political prisoner Shahriar Bayat
APRIL 1, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4, INCLUDING WIFE, SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SAUDI EXPATRIATE OVER EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR
A Cumilla court on March 27, 2024 sentenced a woman and three other people to death for killing her husband over an extramarital affair in Cumilla's Homna upazila.
APRIL 1, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DNA EVIDENCE FREES MAN AFTER 11 YEARS IN RAPE-MURDER CASE
In a shocking turn of events in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, a man sentenced to death thrice for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl was acquitted after 11 years, Law Trend reported on March 30, 2024
MARCH 31, 2024SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: A COURT IN GALMUDUG STATE EXECUTES TWO MEN BY FIRING SQUAD FOR MURDER
A court in the Galgadud region on March 28, 2024 executed two men by firing squad for murder, in different cases.
MARCH 31, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN VOWS TO PUBLICLY STONE WOMEN TO DEATH FOR ADULTERY'
In a bold statement addressing Western democracies, the Taliban's supreme leader reaffirmed the group's harsh policies towards women, specifically the punishment for adultery.
MARCH 31, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. James Guzman sentenced to death
Third resentencing
MARCH 29, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. James Ryder not competent to be executed
MARCH 29, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Alan Eugene Miller’s lawsuit seeks to block 2nd execution using nitrogen gas
Miller survived a 2022 lethal injection attempt
MARCH 28, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER IN FARIDPUR
A Faridpur court has sentenced three people to death and three others to life term imprisonment in a case filed over the murder of a student in Nagarkanda upazila of the district.
MARCH 28, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TWO FILIPINAS ESCAPE DEATH SENTENCE AFTER APEX COURT GRANTS 30 YEARS’ JAIL FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Two Filipinas, who had been on death row in Malaysia since 2013, were granted a reprieve when the Federal Court on March 26, 2024 granted them a revision of their sentence, bringing it down to 30 years’ jail.
MARCH 27, 2024YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHIS SENTENCE MEN TO DEATH, FLOGGING
A Houthi court sentenced 32 men, 9 of them to death, on January 23, 2024, in an unfair mass trial based on dubious charges of “sodomy,” Human Rights Watch said on March 27, 2024.
MARCH 27, 2024TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: FOUR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 ASSASSINATION OF POLITICIAN
A Tunisian court on March 27, 2024 sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of prominent political leader Chokri Belaid 11 years ago.
MARCH 27, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Randall Mays taken off death row over intellectual disability
MARCH 27, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Bill Protecting Execution Drug Suppliers
SB 1702 passed Senate and House Judiciary Committee
- MARCH 26, 2024DEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Senate Judiciary passes HB 6 adding nitrogen to execution methods
- MARCH 26, 2024United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM - Assange can’t be extradited until US rules out death penalty
MARCH 26, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF FORMER ODISHA BLOCK CHAIRMAN
In a landmark verdict, a court in Odisha’s Keonjhar district on March 3, 2024 sentenced five individuals to death for the murder of former Anandpur block chairman Ram Chandra Behera.
MARCH 26, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2018 MURDER OF ELDERLY WOMAN IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on March 9, 2024 sentenced two men to death for the murder of an elderly woman during a robbery in the city’s Sadarghat area.
MARCH 26, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. San Quentin’s death row empties
2/3 of death row inmates transferred to “normal” maximum security prisons
MARCH 26, 2024TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Death Penalty for Child Rapists
SB 1834