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FEBRUARY 9, 2024AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Jury sentenced Marco Perez to death
- FEBRUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Highest number of death sentences in 12 months
882 executions and 198 death sentences
FEBRUARY 8, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO STABBED COLLEAGUE TO DEATH WHILE DRUNK EXECUTED
Zhang Keping, who stabbed a colleague to death while drunk in 2022, was executed on February 4, 2024 after China's top court approved his death sentence.
FEBRUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - European Parliament Condemns Escalating Executions in Iran
Calls for International Sanctions and IRGC Designation
FEBRUARY 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Man amputated of 4 fingers on July 17, 2023
Youssef T.
- FEBRUARY 7, 2024ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwean Cabinet on February 6, 2024 approved the abolition of the death penalty and, in its place, endorsed the imposition of lengthy to life jail sentences.
FEBRUARY 7, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE OVER HOMICIDE
Jiang Wenhua, a former researcher at Fudan University, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on February 1, 2024 for intentional homicide.
FEBRUARY 7, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Feizi and Rahmat Bigham executed in Zanjan on February 7
- FEBRUARY 6, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: FIVE VIGILANTE MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING TEENAGER
The Kano State High Court on January 25, 2024 sentenced five vigilante members to death by hanging for stabbing one Ahmed Musa,17, to death.
FEBRUARY 6, 2024YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: 13 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
A Huthi-run court in Yemen has sentenced 13 people to public execution on homosexuality charges, a judicial source said on February 2, 2024
FEBRUARY 6, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 5 ON DEATH ROW IN SABAH SPARED THE GALLOWS
Five prisoners on death row in Sabah on February 5, 2024 saw their capital punishment substituted to imprisonment by the Federal Court.
FEBRUARY 6, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Marcelle Waldon, 39, Black, sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: COURT SENTENCES 10, INCLUDING EX-AL LEADER RUHUL AMIN, TO DEATH IN NOAKHALI ELECTION DAY RAPE CASE
A court in Bangladesh on February 5, 2024 sentenced 10 people to death and another six to life sentences in prison for the gang rape of a woman in Noakhali’s Subarnachar on the day of the 11th national election.
FEBRUARY 5, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: AUSTRALIAN WRITER YANG HENGJUN SENTENCED TO DEATH ON SPY CHARGES
Australian writer Yang Hengjun, who was arrested in China on espionage charges in 2019, on February 5, 2024 was handed a suspended death sentence by a court in Beijing.
FEBRUARY 5, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hands off Cain: 80 executions in January 2024
FEBRUARY 5, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING WIFE 13YRS AGO IN NATORE
A Natore court on January 12, 2024 sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Singra Upazila of the district 13 years ago.
FEBRUARY 4, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 4 EXPATS EXECUTED FOR KILLING SUDANESE
Saudi Arabia on January 31, 2024 executed four Ethiopian expatriates on charges of murdering a Sudanese national.
FEBRUARY 3, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Mehraban executed in Qazvin on February 3
FEBRUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran HRM: 88 Executions in Iranian Prisons during January 2024
82% of the executions were carried out secretly
FEBRUARY 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw: 74 Executions in Iranian Prisons during January 2024
FEBRUARY 1, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN EXECUTED FOR TERRORISM
Saudi Arabia on January 30, 2024 carried out its first death penalty this year after executing a citizen convicted of terrorist acts in the country's Eastern Province.
FEBRUARY 1, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COUPLE EXECUTED FOR DOUBLE CHILD MURDER THAT SHOCKED NATION
China on January 31, 2024 executed a couple for throwing two young children out of the window of an apartment building, in a case that caused nationwide outrage.
FEBRUARY 1, 2024MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Prosecutor Files Motion to Vacate Marcellus Williams’ Death Sentence
- JANUARY 31, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER PEKING UNIVERSITY STUDENT WHO KILLED MOTHER EXECUTED
Wu Xieyu, a former Peking University student who killed his mother, was executed on January 31, 2024 after China's top court approved his death sentence.
- JANUARY 31, 2024NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of a Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on January 31, 2024 convicted and sentenced a man, Emmanuel Iwuno, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
JANUARY 31, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Bessman Okafor, 39, Black.
JANUARY 31, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Jury recommends death penalty for Victor Godinez
Convicted of the fatal shooting of a state trooper
JANUARY 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zahra Nazarian, executed in Sabzevar on January 31
230th woman executed in Iran since 2007
JANUARY 31, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Habibi executed in Urmia on January 31
JANUARY 30, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR 15 MEMBERS OF BANNED PFI FOR KERALA BJP LEADER'S MURDER
A Kerala court on January 30, 2024 sentenced to death 15 persons associated with the now-banned Islamist outfit Popular Front of India (PFI) in connection with the murder of Bharatiya Janata Party OBC wing leader Ranjith Sreenivasan.