Death penalty

NIGERIA: ABUJA COURT SENTENCES FOUR MEN TO DEATH BY HANGING

The Zuba High Court sitting at the Gwagwalada High Court Division, Abuja, has sentenced four men to death by hanging for armed robbery, Punch reported on 28 March 2022.

BANGLADESH: CABINET APPROVES DRAFT OF ANSAR BATTALION ACT 2022 WITH PROVISION OF DEATH PENALTY

The Cabinet on 28 March 2022 approved the draft of 'Ansar Battalion Act, 2022' keeping death penalty as the maximum punishment for serious offences like attempt to revolt, participation or provocation in such conspiracy.

SOMALIA: PUNTLAND STATE EXECUTES SOLDIER OVER KILLING

Puntland state in northeastern Somalia on 27 March 2022 executed a government soldier accused of killing a fellow soldier.

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IRAN - Mohammad Q. and Sadeq M. to be hanged in public

Charged with killing an intelligence officer in a clash

USA - Texas. 87 out of 150 Representatives Call for Clemency for Melissa Lucio

Who risks execution for the probable accidental death of her daughter

TAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2020 RAPE, MURDER OF MALAYSIAN STUDENT

A 30-year-old man was convicted on 18 March 2022 of raping and killing a Malaysian university student in 2020, and he was sentenced to death by the Taiwan Ciaotou District Court.

IRAN - Zarkhatoon Mazarzehi sentenced to death

A Baluch woman

IRAN - 4 executions in Arak Central Prison on March 27

Seyyed Feizollah Noorollahi, Ahmad Nouri, Hamid Goodarzian and Mohammad Najari

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KAZAKHSTAN COMPLETES ACCESSION TO MAJOR INTERNATIONAL INSTRUMENT ON ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY

Kazakhstan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York deposited with the United Nations the instrument of ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition o

SOMALIA: FIVE SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN GALMUDUG

Galmudug Military Court on 24 March 2022 sentenced five members of Galmudug's Police, Army and Paramilitary Forces to death.

USA - Wyoming. Dale Wayne Eaton re-sentenced to life in prison without parole

Eaton was originally given the death penalty in 2004

USA - Kentucky. Lawmakers vote to put limits on death penalty

HB 269

USA - Idaho. Governor signs bill boosting secrecy of execution drugs

HB 658

BANGLADESH: EX-MP ABDUL KHALEQ MANDAL, KHAN ROKNUZZAMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH

International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) on 24 March 2022 sentenced Satkhira district Jamaat Amir and former MP Abdul Khaleq Mandal alias Jallad Khaleq and Khan Roknuzzaman, who is absconding, to death in a case of crimes against humanity.

SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE, 4 KIDS

Saudi authorities on 23 March 2022 executed a Yemeni man convicted of murdering his wife and four children in the family’s house.

NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN EKITI FOR RAPING, KILLING LANDLADY

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital, on 23 March 2022 sentenced a man, Tunmise Abraham, to death by hanging for raping and killing his landlady, Mrs Bukola Olanrewaju, a mother of three.

USA - Louisiana. House Committee greenlights HB 68

Death penalty for parents who kill their children

INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR HONOUR KILLING

A court in Ahmedabad on 15 March 2022 punished one Hardik Chavda (27) with death for killing his pregnant sister and brother-in-law in a case of honour killing in Sanand town in September 2018.

MYANMAR: FIFTEEN YOUTHS IN YANGON SENTENCED TO DEATH AND LIFE IMPRISONMENT

Myanmar military tribunal has sentenced fifteen youths to death and life imprisonment in Yangon, Burma News International reported on 22 March 2022, citing the military council.

BANGLADESH: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NARAYANGANJ SCHOOLBOY

The Narayanganj Additional District and Sessions Judge Court-2 on 20 March 2022 sentenced four people to death and two others to life term rigorous imprisonment for killing a schoolboy in 2013.

BELIZE: POSTHUMOUS PARDON PROPOSED FOR NORA PARHAM WHO WAS HANGED OVER 50 YEARS AGO

On 8 March 2022, International Women's Day, Belize’s Cabinet announced that after discussion, Cabinet gave its full support for the proposal from Minister of Human Development, Dolores Balderamos Garcia, for Nora Parham to be granted a posthumous pardon s

DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENCES: GLOBAL OVERVIEW 2021

In 2021, 35 countries retain the death penalty for a range of drug offences, according to “The Death Penalty for Drug Offences: Global Overview 2021” Report (Harm Reduction International).

SCOTLAND: GOVERNMENT APOLOGIZES FOR WOMEN KILLED FOR WITCHCRAFT

Scotland’s Prime Minister Nicola Sturgeon on 8 March 2022 in Edinburgh issued an official government pardon for thousands of women convicted of witchcraft in XVI and XVII Centuries and were killed “simply because they were women.

SAUDI ARABIA: MAN EXECUTED FOR SLITTING THROATS OF 3 DAUGHTERS

A Saudi man, convicted of slaying three of his daughters, was executed on 16 March 2022 after he was handed down a final death verdict, Saudi media reported, citing the Interior Ministry.

SAUDI ARABIA: AUTHORITIES PUT FOUR PEOPLE TO DEATH

Saudi Arabia on 17 March 2022 executed four men - two Saudis, two Indonesians - after being found guilty of committing murder and rape, state news agency (SPA) reported.

USA - South Carolina. Green light to firing-squad executions

USA - Iaho. HB 658 clears Legislature

To conceal the identity of all execution drug suppliers

USA - Florida. Cornelius Baker’s Death Sentence Commuted to Life In Prison