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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, 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
- MARCH 26, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Senate Judiciary passes HB 6 adding nitrogen to execution methods
MARCH 26, 2024United KingdomDEATH PENALTYUNITED KINGDOM - Assange can’t be extradited until US rules out death penalty
MARCH 25, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The National Registry of Exonerations published its 2023 report
153 exonerations last year, 4 from death row
MARCH 25, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 8 DACOITS GIVEN DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING THREE
Ten years after three members of a Bareilly-based income tax inspector's family were murdered during a dacoity by a gang of eight, including two women, a city court has awarded capital punishment to all of them on March 8, 2024.
MARCH 25, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO WOMEN GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING THEIR MADRASSA TEACHER
Two Pakistani women have been sentenced to death for murdering their madrassa teacher who they accused of committing blasphemy, police said on March 20, 2024.
MARCH 25, 2024GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA MAINTAINS STANCE ON DEATH PENALTY
In a recent address to the United Nations Human Rights Committee (UNHRC), Guyana reiterated its stance on the contentious issue of the death penalty, CNW reported on March 20, 2024.
MARCH 25, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men and 1 woman executed in Tabriz
Abbas Aghayi, Yasin Zolfaghari and his unidentified wife
- MARCH 23, 2024KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: JOSEPH 'JOWIE' IRUNGU SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MONICA KIMANI MURDER CASE
Joseph Irungu alias Jowie on March 13, 2024 was sentenced to death after he was found guilty of the 2018 murder of businesswoman Monica Kimani.
- MARCH 22, 2024Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
DRC LIFTS DEATH-PENALTY MORATORIUM TO EXECUTE THOSE WHO WORK WITH M23 - OR SHOW COWARDICE
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resolved to lift a 21-year moratorium on death penalty executions as part of measures to stop its citizens, and serving military and police, from working with M23 rebels in the eastern part of the country.
MARCH 21, 2024DEATH PENALTYRECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES IN 2023
At least 467 people were executed for drug offences in 2023, a new record, according to Harm Reduction International (HRI), an NGO that has been tracking the use of the death penalty for drugs since 2007.
MARCH 20, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR 200KG OF DRUGS IN TAWAU
A mechanic was sentenced to death by the Tawau High Court on March 8, 2024 for trafficking nearly 200kg of syabu.
MARCH 20, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING LANCE NAIK IN BAREILLY
A man, who shot dead a Lance Naik in 2018 was awarded capital punishment by a court in UP’s Bareilly on February 28, 2024.
MARCH 20, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING CHILD IN N'GANJ
A court in Narayanganj on March 5, 2024 sentenced four people to death for killing a schoolboy at Rupganj in the district in 2018.