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FEBRUARY 21, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Justice Committee passes HB 6 for nitrogen
FEBRUARY 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Esmaeili (Esmaili) executed in Hamedan on February 21
FEBRUARY 21, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahin Vasaf death penalty confirmed over Israel espionage charges
A Kurdish prisoner
- FEBRUARY 20, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Hajar Atabaki, hanged in Qazvin on January 20
231 women executed in Iran since 2007
FEBRUARY 20, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SENATE REJECTS BILL FOR PUBLIC EXECUTION OF RAPE CONVICTS
Pakistan’s Senate on February 19, 2024 rejected a bill proposing public execution for rape convicts, with lawmakers deeming it ineffective in deterring sexual crimes.
FEBRUARY 20, 2024Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: 3 BRIGADIER GENERALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SURRENDERING TOWN
Myanmar's junta has sentenced to death three brigadier generals who surrendered with hundreds of troops and handed over a strategic town on the Chinese border to ethnic minority fighters last month, military sources told AFP on February 19, 2024.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2024ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Marco Cochi died in Rome
An important friend of Cain, expert on Africa
FEBRUARY 19, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: SULAIMANI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A Sulaimani court on February 18, 2024 sentenced a man to death for burning his wife alive nearly two years ago
FEBRUARY 19, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH IN 2014 DOUBLE MURDER CASE
A court of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh has sentenced a man to death in a 10-year-old double murder case – the first time capital punishment has been given in Maharajganj district, a lawyer said on February 19, 2024.
FEBRUARY 19, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iraj Paaki executed in Urmia on February 19
FEBRUARY 18, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ashraf Akramullah executed in Isfahan on February 18
FEBRUARY 16, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Markas Fishburne sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 15, 2024JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN AMMAN
The Grand Criminal Court in Amman has sentenced a man to death by hanging for the premeditated murder of an Arab homeowner, Roya News reported on February 14, 2024.
FEBRUARY 15, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE MURDER CONVICTS AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
Three murder convicts were awarded death sentence in three different murder cases in Wah and Attock on February 2, 2024, a police spokesman said.
FEBRUARY 14, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES KILLER OF ENUGU-BASED MAKEUP ARTIST TO DEATH
An Enugu State High Court on February 7, 2024 sentenced Chiamaka Ifezue to death by hanging for killing an Enugu-based makeup artist, Ijeoma Nweke.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
QATAR RELEASES FORMER INDIAN NAVY OFFICERS AFTER DROPPING DEATH SENTENCES
Qatar has released eight former Indian naval officers previously sentenced to death on charges of spying for Israel.
- FEBRUARY 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 Baloch political prisoners sentenced to death
Eidou Shahbakhsh, Abdul Ghani Shahbakhsh, Abdol Rahim Qanbarzahi Gargij, and Suleiman Shahbakhsh
FEBRUARY 13, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. House OKs HB 515 expanding death penalty to child rapists
- FEBRUARY 12, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
FORMER HEAD OF CHINA MERCHANTS BANK GIVEN SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR ACCEPTING BRIBES
Tian Huiyu, a former president of China Merchants Bank, has been sentenced to death, suspended for two years, for accepting bribes, abusing power, trading on the basis of undisclosed information, insider trading and leaking inside information.
FEBRUARY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani could be executed soon
FEBRUARY 12, 2024VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCES TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR FIVE INMATES
The President of Vietnam Vo Van Thuong on February 6, 2024 signed a decision to commute the death penalty to life in prison for five convicts
FEBRUARY 12, 2024TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
The High Court of Kigoma on February 2, 2024 sentenced Kigoma Ujiji municipal resident Peter Mwandelema to be hanged to death after being found guilty of intentionally killing seven people of the same family in 2022.
FEBRUARY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Man Sentenced to Death Over of Killing Filmmaker Mehrjui
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- FEBRUARY 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abuzar Taher Arab executed in Qom on February 12
- FEBRUARY 11, 2024FranceDEATH PENALTY
ROBERT BADINTER, WHO ABOLISHED DEATH PENALTY IN FRANCE, DIES AT 95
Former French justice minister Robert Badinter, who abolished capital punishment in France in 1981, has died at the age of 95, one of his aides told local media on February 9, 2024.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AT 561, NUMBER OF DEATH ROW PRISONERS AT A 19-YEAR HIGH
The number of prisoners on death row has risen to 561 in 2023, which is the highest in 19 years.
FEBRUARY 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed "recently" in Tabriz
- FEBRUARY 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Khezrnejad sentenced to death
A Kurdish political prisoner
FEBRUARY 10, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahab Nadali, a political prisoner, sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 9, 2024CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jose Larin-Garcia sentenced to death