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MARCH 9, 2023SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT IN PUNTLAND EXECUTES 19 MEN BY FIRING SQUAD
Nineteen men were executed on 8 March 2023 by Puntland's military court.
MARCH 9, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jalal Sardari Far executed in Urmia on March 9
MARCH 8, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY IN JOHAR TOWN BLAST CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) on 7 March 2023 convicted three more accused persons involved in Johar Town bomb blast case.
MARCH 8, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED IN EASTERN PROVINCE OVER TERRORISM OFFENSES
A Saudi national in the Eastern Province was executed for terrorism offenses, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on 7 March 2023.
MARCH 8, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. House committee approves easier death sentences
MARCH 7, 2023JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: OSAKA HIGH COURT APPROVES POSTHUMOUS RETRIAL OF MAN OVER 1984 MURDER
A Japanese high court approved on 27 February 2023 a posthumous retrial for a man convicted of robbing and murdering a 69-year-old woman in 1984 in western Japan, upholding a lower court's decision.
MARCH 7, 2023TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Gary Green, 51, Black, was executed
Already 4 executions in Texas since the beginning of the year
MARCH 7, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Meisham Bahram and Shah Bakhsh (Mahmoud) Ostadi executed in Bandar Abbas on March 7
144 executions since the beginning of the year
MARCH 7, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Maurice Hastings exonerated
MARCH 6, 2023Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT, MURDER OFFENSES
Saudi Arabia has executed two nationals for sexual assault and murder offenses, the interior ministry said on 4 March 2023.
- MARCH 6, 2023FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Senate Justice Committee Backs Death Penalty Revamp
MARCH 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Bandar Abbas on March 6
Hamid Shahouzahi, Bahram Behzadi and Mohammad Amin Javashiri
MARCH 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Four men executed in Khorramabad on March 6
Ayat Aliari, Sohrab Sourilaki, Hassan Joudaki and … Akram
MARCH 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentences for 6 Men Over Attacks In Southwest
Ali Mojadam, Mohammad Reza Moghadam, Moein Khanfari, Habib Deris, Adnan Ghobishavi and Salem Mousavi.
MARCH 6, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Supreme leader Khamenei orders punishment for schoolgirl poisoning
MARCH 5, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kiumars Zarghami executed in Saqqez on March 5
MARCH 3, 2023BelgiumDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Belgium’s Top Court Issues Decree To Swap Iranian Diplomat
Assadi and Vandecasteele
MARCH 3, 2023IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. House approves firing squad
HB 186 to be be considered by Senate
MARCH 3, 2023ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Governor won't proceed with execution set by court
MARCH 2, 2023Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2003 MURDER
The Colombo High Court on 1st March 2023 sentenced four accused to death after finding them guilty of killing a person using a sharp knife.
MARCH 2, 2023NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 20-YEAR-OLD MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
Justice Olubunmi Abike-Fadipe of the Ikeja Special Offences Court on 13 February 2023 sentenced a 20-year-old man, Nojeem Badmos, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
MARCH 2, 2023IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Pizzuto's Execution Rescheduled for 2nd Time
As State Scrambles to Find Lethal Injection Drugs
MARCH 2, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghorban Ghorbanpour executed in Rasht on March 2
MARCH 1, 2023PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN
A court in Pakistan on 24 February 2023 sentenced a man to death for murdering a woman in limits of Attock City police station on 12 April 2022.
MARCH 1, 2023IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 7 IN 2017 BHOPAL-UJJAIN TRAIN BLAST CASE
National Investigation Agency (NIA) Special Court on 28 February 2023 gave death sentences verdict to seven out of eight convicts in the 2017 Bhopal-Ujjain passenger train blast case.
MARCH 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - At least 102 executions in the first two months of 2023
According to Hengaw. HoC counts at least 123 executions.
- MARCH 1, 2023IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. House Judiciary Committee passes firing squad
MARCH 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on March 1
Mansour Saeedi, Asghar Khosh Sima and Abbas Homavar
MARCH 1, 2023IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Doudkanlu executed in Urmia on March 1
122 executions since the beginning of the year
MARCH 1, 2023CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California - Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan denied parole for 16th time