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FEBRUARY 8, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. John Balentine, 54, Black, was executed on February 8
FEBRUARY 7, 2023MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Leonard “Raheem” Taylor, 58, Black, was executed on February 7
Fifth execution of the year in US
FEBRUARY 7, 2023KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: FORMER POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Kenyan former policeman on 3 February 2023 was sentenced to death for the murder of a human rights lawyer, his client and a taxi driver.
FEBRUARY 7, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GORAKHNATH TEMPLE ATTACKER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN UP
A special court in Lucknow on 30 January 2023 awarded the death penalty to a man who was booked for waging war against the government after he assaulted a Uttar Pradesh armed police force's jawan at the Gorakhnath temple.
FEBRUARY 6, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO OFFICERS OF DISBANDED POLICE UNIT SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RIVERS STATE
Two former officers of the disbanded Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) on 3 February 2023 were sentenced to death by hanging in Rivers state for the killing of Michael Akor and Michael Igwe, while in their custody.
FEBRUARY 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Benjamin Briere, a French national held in Iran, on hunger strike
FEBRUARY 6, 2023GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA COURT SENTENCES TWO PIRATES TO DEATH FOR 2018 ATTACK
A Guyanese court on 31 January 2023 handed down death sentences for two men found guilty of high seas piracy attacks that killed seven fishermen off the nation’s coast in 2018.
FEBRUARY 5, 2023Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Supreme Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Gaza on 30 January 2023 sentenced a 30-year-old man to death by hanging, following his conviction for possession and trafficking of narcotics to Israel.
FEBRUARY 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Hojjat Qoli executed in Zanjan on February 5
FEBRUARY 4, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Names and details of 632 martyrs of freedom movement
FEBRUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Panahi released on bail
FEBRUARY 3, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Islamic Republic Systematically Targeted Protester Eyes
FEBRUARY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Film director Jafar Panahi on a hunger strike in Evin Prison
FEBRUARY 2, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH PENALTY USE HAS ALMOST DOUBLED UNDER RULE OF MOHAMMED BIN SALMAN
The use of the death penalty under the rule of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his father, King Salman, has almost doubled annually since they rose to power, according to a new report seen by ABC News.
FEBRUARY 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shocking Photos Of Hunger-Striking Political Prisoner Farhad Meysami
FEBRUARY 2, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Robert Satterfield sentenced to death
FEBRUARY 2, 2023South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina Bill S 120, shielding death penalty drugmakers, advances
FEBRUARY 2, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Wesley Ruiz, 43, Hispanic, was executed on February 1
FEBRUARY 1, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HC COMMUTES HUSBAND'S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE TERM
A Bangladesh High Court on 29 January 2023 commuted the death penalty of Abdul Jalil to life imprisonment in a case filed over killing his wife Malati Begum in Barguna in 2003.
FEBRUARY 1, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CALCUTTA HIGH COURT COMMUTES THE DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT FOR TWO
The Calcutta High Court on 31 January 2023 commuted the death sentence of two persons, convicted of abduction, rape, and murder of a minor girl at Balagarh in West Bengal's Hooghly district to imprisonment for life without remission till the end of their
FEBRUARY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Unnamed man executed on February 1 in Gohardasht
FEBRUARY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Zali Tabar and Omid Ali Kohi executed in Karaj last week
- FEBRUARY 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehdi Rasi Azar executed in Gohardasht on February 1
JANUARY 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Allahverdi and Farhang Zakayi executed in Shiraz on January 31
JANUARY 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Already 18 Kurds executed since the beginning of the year
JANUARY 31, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 9-YEAR-OLD
A 22-year-old man was sentenced to death on 30 January 2023 by a special court for Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act cases in Vapi of Valsad district (Gujarat) for the rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl in February 2020.
- JANUARY 31, 2023IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 2 men executed in Tabriz on January 31
JANUARY 31, 2023BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH ARRESTS TWO FUGITIVES CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR WAR CRIMES
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested two fugitives who were handed the death sentence for committing crimes against humanity in Mymensingh during the Liberation War.
JANUARY 30, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 165 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 2022, HIGHEST IN 2 DECADES
Trial courts in India sentenced 165 people to death in 2022, the highest in a year in the last two decades. This is up from 146 prisoners who were sent to death row in 2021.
JANUARY 30, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GUJARAT MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THREE FAMILY MEMBERS
A court in Gujarat's Banaskantha district on 25 January 2023 convicted the accused in a 2019 triple murder case - all the victims being members of his family - and sentenced him to death.