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APRIL 21, 2024ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE 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 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 PENALTYIRAN - Ali Movahedi executed in Karaj on April 18
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 17, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 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 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, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Binding Assurances that Julian Assange Will Not Face the Death Penalty
APRIL 16, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jeremy Williams, 40, Black, sentenced to death
APRIL 16, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Afshin Bagh-Shirin executed in Urmia on April 16
APRIL 16, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Louisiana might remove nitrogen gas as an execution option
Senate Bill 430 passes Justice Committee
APRIL 15, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 unidentified men executed in Mashhad on April 15
After the traditional slowdown during Ramadan, executions in Iran have resumed at full speed
APRIL 15, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 6 DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Iraqi court on April 14, 2024 issued death sentences to six drug dealers, including three foreigners.
APRIL 15, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDRC: DEATH PENALTY FOR AN ARMY SERGEANT-MAJOR AFTER THE MURDER OF A PREGNANT WOMAN IN GOMA
A soldier from the army, Sergeant Major Serugo Buhera, on April 6, 2024 was sentenced to death for shooting and killing a pregnant woman, at the end of a summary trial at the military garrison tribunal of Goma, in the North Kivu province.
APRIL 14, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arsalan Hashemi executed in Hamedan on April 14
APRIL 14, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING RIVERS VIGILANTE COMMANDER
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, on March 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced five people to death by hanging for the murder of Umezuruike Alex, the commander of a local vigilante codenamed OSPAC (Onelga Security Peace and Advisory Commit
APRIL 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abuzar Salem executed in Isfahan on April 13
APRIL 12, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Judge Nelson Recommends Melissa Lucio’s Conviction Be Overturned
APRIL 11, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING UNCLE
A Bajaur court on April 5, 2024 convicted a man of killing his uncle and awarded him death sentence and a fine of Rs1 million.
APRIL 11, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM SENTENCES REAL ESTATE TYCOON TRUONG MY LAN TO DEATH IN ITS LARGEST-EVER FRAUD CASE
Real estate tycoon Truong My Lan was sentenced on April 11, 2024 to death by a court in Ho Chi Minh City in southern Vietnam in the country’s largest financial fraud case ever.