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MARCH 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - February 2024: 67 Kolbars Killed or Injured at the Borders of Kurdistan
MARCH 1, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - "Only" 10 eecutions in February
Becouse of the elections
MARCH 1, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYEUROPEAN UNION - Statement on the latest executions in US
FEBRUARY 29, 2024SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: BANGLADESHI MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
Singapore on February 28, 2024 hanged a Bangladeshi man for murder, police said, in the first execution this year in the city-state.
FEBRUARY 29, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Senate passed HB 6
Allowing nitrogen suffocation as option for killing prisoners
FEBRUARY 29, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 61 botched executions since 1977
The last one yesterday, in Idaho, against Thomas Creech
FEBRUARY 29, 2024OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. HB 3138 for a moratorium passed House Judiciary Committee
FEBRUARY 28, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Execution of Thomas Eugene Creech halted after 8 failed attempts to insert IV line
FEBRUARY 28, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Ivan Cantu, 50, White, executed
garnered support from celebrities
FEBRUARY 28, 2024Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 7 EXECUTED FOR 'TERRORISM' OFFENSES, STATE MEDIA SAY
Saudi Arabia executed seven people for "terrorism" offenses on February 27, 2024, state media said, the highest single-day figure since 81 were put to death in March 2022.
FEBRUARY 28, 2024PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Daniel Gwynn exonerated and released after 30 years on death row
FEBRUARY 27, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: A TERRORIST SENTENCED TO DEATH, DRUG DEALERS GET LIFE IMPRISONMENT
The Supreme Judicial Council stated on February 26, 2024 that a terrorist had been given the death penalty for setting off a car bomb close to the Prophet Ayyub 's shrine.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: EX-WRESTLING COACH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING 6 PEOPLE IN FEB 2021
A court in Haryana’s Rohtak district on February 23, 2024 sentenced a former wrestling coach to death for killing six people, including a four-year-old boy, in February 2021.
FEBRUARY 27, 2024ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Jury sentences Gustin Woodman to death
FEBRUARY 26, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: THE TALIBAN HOLD ANOTHER PUBLIC EXECUTION AS THOUSANDS WATCH AT A STADIUM
The Taliban held a public execution on February 26, 2024 of a man convicted of murder in northern Afghanistan as thousands watched at a sports stadium, the third such death sentence to be carried out in the past five days.
FEBRUARY 26, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 11 TO DIE FOR KILLING SCHOOL STUDENT IN JOYPURHAT 21YRS AGO
A court in Joypurhat on January 31, 2024 sentenced 11 people to death for killing a ninth grader in Sadar upazila 21 years ago.
FEBRUARY 26, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hengaw's statistical report on the state of Iran's prisons in 2023
Deaths of 11 prisoners under torture
- FEBRUARY 25, 2024IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Idaho is set to execute Thomas Eugene Creech, a serial killer
First execution since 2012
FEBRUARY 25, 2024ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: 18 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 1 GETS LIFE IN PRISON BRAWL CASE
Eighteen individuals on February 22, 2024 received the death penalty with one sentenced to life imprisonment in a landmark ruling at the Thong Pha Phum Provincial Court in Kanchanaburi province.
FEBRUARY 24, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump Ally Charlie Kirk Suggests Children Should Watch Public Executions
- FEBRUARY 23, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. House approves HB 6
Adding electrocution and nitrogen to execution protocol
FEBRUARY 22, 2024AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: THE TALIBAN CARRY OUT A DOUBLE PUBLIC EXECUTION AT A STADIUM
The Taliban carried out a double public execution at a stadium in southeastern Afghanistan on February 22, 2024 as thousands watched the killing of two convicted men as their victims’ relatives fired the gunshot.
FEBRUARY 22, 2024FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury sentences Howard Steven Ault, 57, White, to death
For the 3rd time
- FEBRUARY 22, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Attempts to stop the execution of Ivan Cantu
Scheduled for February 28
FEBRUARY 21, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR ROBBERY AND DESECRATING VICTIM'S CORPSE
A man convicted of robbing a woman, murdering her, and desecrating her body has been executed, Beijing Youth Daily reported on February 19, 2024.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2024LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - 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.