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MARCH 24, 2023IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Governor Brad Little signed HB 186 to execute inmates by firing squad
When lethal injection is unavailable
MARCH 23, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ACTIVIST’S ABDUCTION
An Iraqi court has sentenced two men to death in absentia for the 2020 kidnapping and disappearance of an anti-government activist, the judiciary on March 22, 2023 said.
MARCH 23, 2023TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR MALAYSIAN STUDENT'S KILLER
The Taiwan High Court Kaohsiung Branch Court on March 23, 2023 upheld the death sentence of a man who raped and murdered a Malaysian student of Chang Jung Christian University in Tainan in October 2020.
- MARCH 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman and four men sentenced to death for spying for Israel
Nasim Namazi, Wafa Hanareh, Aram Omari Bardiani, Rahman Parhazo and Mansour Rasouli
- MARCH 22, 2023UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MPS PASS BILL IMPOSING DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY
MPs in Uganda have passed a controversial anti-LGBTQ+ bill, which would make homosexual acts punishable by death.
MARCH 22, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF SUNDARRAJAN WHO MURDERED 7-YEAR-OLD BOY
The Supreme Court on March 21, 2023 commuted the death sentence of a man, who had kidnapped and killed a seven-year-old boy in Tamil Nadu in 2009, to 20-year imprisonment, saying there was “possibility of reformation” even though he has committed a ghastl
MARCH 22, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Happy Nowruz 1402 to the political prisoners and detainees of nationwide protests
Best wishes for the new (islamic) year
MARCH 21, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 23 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR RAJIB MURDER IN MADARIPUR
A court has sentenced 23 people to death and six to life imprisonment in a case filed over the 2012 murder of Rajib Sardar in Madaripur. Four others were acquitted.
MARCH 21, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO KILLED WIFE EXECUTED IN HANGZHOU
Xu Guoli, who killed his wife in 2020, was executed on 21 March 2023 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, after the Hangzhou Intermediate People's Court approved his death sentence, which was handed down in July 2021.
- MARCH 20, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENCES: GLOBAL OVERVIEW 2022 (HARM REDUCTION INTERNATIONAL)
As of December 2022, Harm Reduction International (HRI) recorded at least 285 executions for drug offences globally during the year, a 118% increase from 2021, and an 850% increase from 2020.
MARCH 20, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ZAHIR JAFFER GETS DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE IN NOOR MUKADAM MURDER CASE
The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on 13 March 2023 maintained the death sentence of accused Zahir Jaffar in the Noor Mukadam murder case, upholding the trial court's decision.
MARCH 20, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 122 MALE, THREE FEMALE INMATES ON DEATH ROW IN GOMBE, BAUCHI
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says it has at least 125 inmates on death row in its facilities in Gombe and Bauchi states.
MARCH 20, 2023IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Senate passed HB 186 to allow firing squad
MARCH 18, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE AL-SHABAB MILITANTS EXECUTED
A military court in Somalia on 15 March 2023 executed three al-Shabab militants it said pretended to be a doctor and soldiers to carry out bombings and shootings.
MARCH 18, 2023IndianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. Former death row inmate Thomas Schiro released from prison
MARCH 18, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 unidentified men sentenced to death in terrorist attack
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MARCH 18, 2023CanadaDEATH PENALTYCANADA - 54% of Canadians support death penalty
MARCH 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohiyedin Ebrahimi executed in Urmia on March 17
Kurdish political prisoner
MARCH 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men and 1 woman executed in Urmia on March 17
Forohar (or Ashir) Abbasnejad, Mohammad Ayoubian, Jahanbakhsh Radloui, Hassan Omari, Nasim Niazi, and Yasin Rashidi
MARCH 17, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. California to transform San Quentin from prison to rehab centre
MARCH 17, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Press release from Governor Newsom on new prison policy
MARCH 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Not identified man executed in Khorramabad on March 17
MARCH 16, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BIOLOGICAL FATHER IN AKWA IBOM
Akwa Ibom State High court sitting in Etinan Local Government Area has sentenced one Moses Abdon Edo, aged 37, to death by hanging for killing his biological father, Abdon Peter Edo over a plot of land, Tribune Online reported on 14 March 2023.
MARCH 16, 2023TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DEADLY BLAST NEAR US EMBASSY
A Tunisian court has condemned to death two nationals of the North African country for a 2020 suicide attack that killed a policeman near the United States embassy, local media said on 14 March 2023.
MARCH 16, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Dakota. Federal prosecutors will not seek death for Alfonso Rodriguez
MARCH 15, 2023JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: HIGH COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF LONGEST-SERVING DEATH ROW CONVICT OVER 1966 MURDER CASE
The world’s longest-serving death row convict was on 13 March 2023 granted a retrial by a Japanese court in the latest twist in a legal saga dating back to the 1960s.
MARCH 15, 2023MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DRUG DEALER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY SIBU HIGH COURT
A drug dealer on 13 March 2023 was sentenced to death by Sibu High Court.
- MARCH 14, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: JORDANIAN MAN EXECUTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY GIVING FORCED CONFESSION
Saudi Arabia has executed a Jordanian man whose family say he was tortured into confessing to drugs charges, BBC reported on 13 March 2023.
MARCH 14, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SEVEN RAPE CONVICTS GOT DEATH PENALTIES WITHIN 100 DAYS IN SURAT, SAYS GUJARAT HOME MINISTER
Within 100 days, seven persons have been given death penalty in rape cases in Surat, Gujarat Home Minister Harsh Sanghavi told the state legislature on 11 March 2023.
- MARCH 13, 2023BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR OFFICIALS CONVICTED OF HIGH TREASON
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signed a law on 9 March 2023 allowing for the use of the death penalty against officials and army servicemen convicted of high treason, his office said.