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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
On March 18
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, 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 14, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI 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 13, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Over 82,000 people have been granted amnesty
Including nearly 23,000 protesters
MARCH 13, 2023United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Sayfullo Saipov sentenced to life in prison without parole
MARCH 13, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Michael Renard Jackson sentenced to life in prison without parole
MARCH 13, 2023BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS 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.
MARCH 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Over 100 individuals arrested for school gas attacks
MARCH 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Supreme court has upheld the death sentence of Habib Farajollah Chaab
MARCH 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 men executed in Shiraz on March 12
Tohid Ramezani, Nabi Langrani
MARCH 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Mekhan Seyfi executed in Kermanshah on March 12
158 executions since the beginning of the year
MARCH 12, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Salman Momeni executed in Arak on March 12
MARCH 11, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Khorramabad on March 11
Zafar Hadipour, Nader Ebrahimpour, Younes Koulemrazi + Unk.
MARCH 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Urmia on March 10
Sardar Jalalifar, Saleh Ghassemi, Mansour Abdizadeh + Unk
MARCH 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Pourfayaz executed in Urmia on March 10
- MARCH 10, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Bajizehi executed in Shiraz on March 10
- MARCH 9, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: FIVE PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2014 MURDER
Five persons were sentenced to death on 8 March 2023 in Sri Lanka for murder.
MARCH 9, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Arthur Brown Jr., 52, Black, was executed
9th inmate put to death this year in the U.S., 5th in Texas