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APRIL 27, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: SENTENCE OF MAN CONVICTED OF ROLE IN BRITON’S MURDER IS QUASHED
A man found guilty of being part of a gang of pirates who murdered a British tourist 12 years ago has had his conviction quashed by Kenya’s high court.
APRIL 26, 2023OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Board denies clemency for Glossip
Against the advice of the Attorney General
APRIL 26, 2023AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Steven Mulkey sentenced to death
APRIL 26, 2023SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN HANGED FOR TRAFFICKING 1KG OF CANNABIS
Singapore on April 26, 2023 hanged 46-year-old Indian-origin Tangaraju Suppiah who was found guilty in 2018 of trafficking more than 1kg (2.2 pounds) of cannabis, despite last-minute appeals for clemency from his family and activists.
APRIL 26, 2023YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: FOUR JOURNALISTS ON DEATH ROW RELEASED IN PRISONER EXCHANGE
Journalists Tawfiq Al-Mansoori, Abdul Khaleq Amran, Akram Al-Waleedi and Hareth Humaid, who had been sentenced to death for their journalistic work, have been released as part of a prisoner exchange on 16 April 2023, they had spent eight years behind bars
APRIL 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jamshid Sharmahd’s death sentence confirmed by the Supreme Court
German-Iranian citizen
APRIL 26, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Plea to Save Ahmadreza Djalali
Iranian-Swedish Scholar in Death Row
APRIL 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Chahargosheh executed in Gohardasht on April 24
APRIL 24, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Nikouyi executed in Gohardasht on April 24
APRIL 23, 2023ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PLOUGHING CAR INTO PEDESTRIANS, KILLING 5
A driver who killed five and injured 13 others by ploughing his car into pedestrians in China in January has been sentenced to death, a Guangzhou court said on April 18, 2023.
APRIL 21, 2023WashingtonDEATH PENALTYUSA - Washington. The state officially abolishes death penalty
APRIL 20, 2023IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 8 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ISIS ACTIVITY IN JAIL
A court in Baghdad on 18 April 2023 sentenced eight people to death for attempting to organize the Islamic State (ISIS) in prison.
APRIL 20, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 3298 INMATES ON DEATH ROW - GOVERNORS HESITANT TO SIGN DEATH WARRANTS (NCOS)
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says 3,298 inmates across custodial centres in Nigeria are on death row.
APRIL 20, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. House Approves Bill Limiting Death Penalty in ‘Law of Parties’ Cases
HB 1736 by Jeff Leach (R)
APRIL 20, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. DeSantis Signs Law Lowering Death Penalty Threshold
APRIL 19, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Joseph Jean’s death sentence overturned
APRIL 19, 2023Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: 151 CIVILIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH SINCE COUP, SAYS HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP
Myanmar’s military regime has sentenced 151 civilians to death during the two-plus years since the coup in February 2021, according to an April 11 press release from the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
- APRIL 19, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Execution date for Ivan Cantu withdrawn
APRIL 19, 2023South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. The House passed 75-21 a secrecy bill
S 120
APRIL 18, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SINDH HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
The Sindh High Court on April 5, 2023 upheld the death sentence handed down to a man by the trial court in a double murder case.
- APRIL 18, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Death penalty for child rapists approved
DeSantis expected to sign HB 1297 into law
APRIL 17, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nayeb Askari sentences to death for second time
Kurdish political prisoner
- APRIL 17, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAHARASHTRA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 5 FAMILY MEMBERS
A court in Maharashtra's Nagpur on April 15, 2023 sentenced a man to death for killing five members of his family over a property dispute.
APRIL 17, 2023IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: PRESIDENT GRANTS ‘UNPRECEDENTED’ CLEMENCY TO DEATH ROW DRUG CONVICT
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has granted clemency to a woman who spent more than 20 years on death row for drug smuggling, the convict’s lawyer said on 14 April, 2023.
- APRIL 15, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 20.200 gun-related deaths in the United States last year
40 percent of US households have guns
- APRIL 14, 2023WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Legislature passes SB 5087 to repeal death penalty
APRIL 14, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Death penalty reinstated against Beau Greene
APRIL 13, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING HIS MINOR DAUGHTER
A man was sentenced to death in Pakistan on April 7, 2023 for raping his minor daughter in the country's Punjab province.
APRIL 13, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Lawmakers pass bill creating easier path for death penalty
HB 555
APRIL 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - IHR Report on the Death Penalty in 2022
At least 582 people were executed in 2022 (646 according to HoC)