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JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unidentified man executed in public on June 18
In Deylam
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mula Shamsi executed on June 18 in Zanjan
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed … executed in Gorgan on June 18
JUNE 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fazl Ahmad Ghafran (Rukhshani) executed in Kerman on June 18
JUNE 17, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER IN CUMILLA
A Cumilla court on June 14, 2023 sentenced two people to death over the murder of a man in Homna upazila in 2010.
JUNE 17, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MURDERER OF SAUDI FLIGHT ATTENDANT EXECUTED
The death penalty of a Saudi murderer, who was convicted of burning alive his friend, was carried out in the Makkah region on June 15, 2023, the Ministry of Interior said in a statement.
JUNE 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Rakhshani executed in Zahedan on June 17
JUNE 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Brar Kazemi executed in Shiraz on June 17
JUNE 15, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH ROW CONVICT ARRESTED AFTER ALMOST 20 YEARS
A 54-year-old man who had been in hiding for almost two decades and was later sentenced to death was arrested on June 14, 2023 in Ragama.
JUNE 15, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Duane Owen, 62, White, was executed
JUNE 15, 2023EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN EXECUTED ONE YEAR AFTER KILLING OF NAYERA ASHRAF
Egypt on June 14, 2023 executed the killer of university student Naiyera Ashraf, who was murdered in a heinous crime last year in an incident that rocked the country and the region.
JUNE 15, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Barry Jones Freed from Arizona’s Death Row after 29 Years
The death sentence commutes to 25 years, which the man has already served
JUNE 15, 2023OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Lamont Hunter Released
on Plea Agreement Amid Review of New Evidence
JUNE 15, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: RIVERS STATE COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, MURDER
Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on June 15, 2023 convicted and sentenced two middle-aged men to death by hanging for kidnapping and killing a prominent Rivers State businessman, Festus Mac-Pepple and one Friday Uranta in 2008.
JUNE 15, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Man (not identified) sentenced to death for killing MP
JUNE 14, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: JUDGES RULE ON APPEAL OF MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE
A court of Appeal in Kisumu on June 12, 2023 dismissed an appeal filed by a convict serving a death sentence for stealing Nokia 3110, among other valuables worth Ksh46,000.
JUNE 14, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 122,840 people in solitary confinement in U.S. prisons and jails
Why Counting Everyone in Solitary Confinement Matters
JUNE 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hasan Ali Hasanpour executed in Gachsaran on June 14
JUNE 14, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Qobadi executed in Yasuj on June 14
JUNE 13, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KARNATAKA HC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN WHO KILLED FIVE INCLUDING THREE OF HIS MINOR CHILDREN
The man who killed five people including three minor children has been given a death sentence by a division bench of the Dharwad Bench of the High Court of Karnataka, Outlook India reported on June 10, 2023.
JUNE 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Gohardasht on June 13
Vahid Dinpajuh, Hamedi Ahmadi + 2 Unk
- JUNE 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamid… executed in Gohardasht on June 13
JUNE 12, 2023VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 10 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The People's Court of the northwestern province of Son La handed out 10 death penalties and one life sentence to members of a drug trafficking ring during trials from June 1-5.
JUNE 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Al-Naser executed in Ahvaz on June 12
361 executions since the beginning of the year
JUNE 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Pourkhosravani executed in Sirjan on June 12
JUNE 12, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE EXECUTED OVER OFFICER'S KILLING
Saudi Arabia put to death three of its citizens on June 11, 2023 convicted of having killed a security officer and creating a "terrorist cell", the interior ministry said.
JUNE 11, 2023South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: CABINET APPROVES BILL TO REMOVE SUNSET CLAUSE FOR DEATH SENTENCE
The South Korean government on June 5, 2013 approved a bill to remove the sunset clause for the death penalty in a bid to prevent inmates on death row from avoiding execution after 30 years in prison.
JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran Hands Over Scores Of Afghan Prisoners To Taliban
JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Amani-Nejad and Hamed Yavari executed in Hamedan on June 11
JUNE 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Gomshadzehi executed in Kerman on June 11