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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends the death penalty for Michael Hunt
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pharmaceutical multinationals further restrict lethal injections
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY
A Pakistani court on September 4, 2023 sentenced four individuals to death for committing blasphemy by sharing content deemed to be insulting to Islam’s Prophet Muhammad and the Holy Qur’an.
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: NIA COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO TWO ISIS-LINKED MEN WHO MURDERED RETIRED SCHOOL PRINCIPAL IN UP
An NIA Special Court in Lucknow on September 14, 2023 awarded death penalty to Atif Muzaffar and Mohammed Faisal Khan who were held guilty of murdering retired school principal Ram Babu Shukla in Kanpur with the motive of advancing their ISIS agenda by in
SEPTEMBER 14, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR INCLUDING WIFE GET DEATH IN EXPATRIATE MURDER
A court in Cumilla on August 30, 2023 sentenced four people, including a woman, to death for the murder of her expatriate husband in Chandina upazila.
- SEPTEMBER 13, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA – MILITARY: TOP MILITARY COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-SOLDIER WHO KILLED 13 IN MASS SHOOTING AT TEXAS BASE
A top military appellate court has upheld the death sentence given to a former Army officer who killed more than a dozen people in a mass shooting 14 years ago at one of the largest bases in the country.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ DEBATES LAW ON DEATH PENALTY FOR SAME-SEX RELATIONSHIPS
On August 15, 2023 a draft bill was introduced in Iraq that would see the death penalty introduced for homosexuality.
SEPTEMBER 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mansour Khakzad executed in Boroujerd on September 13
544 executions in 2023
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES US NATIONAL CONVICTED OF KILLING EGYPTIAN FATHER
Saudi Arabia on August 16, 2023 executed a US national convicted of torturing and killing his father, state media reported, bringing to at least 19 the number of foreigners put to death this year.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN GETS DEATH FOR BURNING WIFE TO DEATH
A court in Jamalpur, Bangladesh, on August 17, 2023 awarded a man death sentence for burning his wife to death in Dewanganj upazila.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Grisham criticizes judges in Robert Roberson case
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE THIS YEAR
The Saudi authorities have executed more than 100 people this year, hitting a new milestone that Amnesty International considers reveals its “chilling disregard for the right to life.”
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EASY-BIKE DRIVER
A court in Bangladesh on August 30, 2023 sentenced three people to death for killing an easybike driver in Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on Septembe 10
Mohsen and Saeed Sanjarani, and Abdolnaser Ghaljayi
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Military. Death penalty upheld for Nidal Hasan
Who killed 13 in base shooting
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: 9 PEOPLE PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR RUNNING BEEF SMUGGLING RING
A crowd of 25,000 people were forced to gather at the airport in Hyesan, North Korea, and made to watch the shooting of nine people.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Zahedan on September 9
Mohammad Narouyi (Narouei) + 2 Unk
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed … executed in Tabriz in the last days
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYTEHRAN AND KABUL TRADE ACCUSATIONS OF RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
The Taliban's foreign minister has criticised its leading economic ally and political supporter, Tehran, for the high number of executions in Iran, Farsi media reported.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CRITICIZING GOVERNMENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death a government critic who denounced alleged corruption and human rights abuses on social media, his brother and others familiar with the case told AFP on August 28, 2023.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden rejects some plea deal conditions for 9/11 suspects
They could still escape death penalty
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 3 HANGED FOR IS-CLAIMED BLAST THAT KILLED HUNDREDS
Iraq has hanged three people convicted for a 2016 bombing that killed more than 320 people in a Baghdad shopping district.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023OregonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Jesse Johnson released from Jail
After 25 years
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified woman executed in Qom on September 5
18 women executed in 2023
SEPTEMBER 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Abbas Najari executed in Shiraz on September 5
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Mahboubeh Roshandel, executed in Mashhad on September 4
SEPTEMBER 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Houshang Moghtaderi executed in Ahvaz on September 3
SEPTEMBER 1, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death for Joshua McClellan
AUGUST 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Javad Rouhi has died under suspicious circumstances
A protester sentenced to death
AUGUST 30, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: PRESIDENT REDUCES DEATH PENALTIES TO LIFE SENTENCES FOR 11 PRISONERS
President Vo Van Thuong on August 30, 2023 decided to reduce death penalties to life sentences for 11 prisoners.