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- DECEMBER 20, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Jury sentences Markeith Loyd to death
DECEMBER 20, 2021TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: SENTENCES RANGING FROM 12 YEARS IN PRISON TO DEATH PENALTY HANDED DOWN IN TERRORISM CASES
The criminal chamber at the judicial counter-terrorism division rendered judgements in several terror cases.
DECEMBER 20, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 2021 Year End Report from the Death Penalty Information Center
11 executions and 18 new death sentences in 1 year
- DECEMBER 19, 2021KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: ETHIOPIAN WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING INDIAN MAN
The Criminal Department of the High Court of Kuwait, headed by Counselor Abdullah Al-Othman, sentenced to
- DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Heydar Ghorbani executed in Sanandaj on December 19.
Kurdish political prisoner
DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fatemeh Aslani executed in Isfahan Central Prison on December 19
129th execution of a woman since 2013
DECEMBER 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed on drug-related charges in Shiraz Prison on December 19
Hamed Darvish, Naeim Shehbakhsh and Abdolkhalegh Salarzehi
- DECEMBER 18, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 2021 Gallup Poll: Public Support for Capital Punishment Remains at Half-Century Low
DECEMBER 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Shahriari executed in Shiraz Prison
On charges of moharebeh
DECEMBER 16, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Taxila court on 13 December 2021 sentenced a man to death for murdering a former councillor during a reconciliation meeting in Mohallah Warrian in Taxila police area in August 2019.
DECEMBER 16, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: AT LEAST 7 PEOPLE REPORTEDLY PUBLICLY EXECUTED FOR WATCHING K-POP
A new report from a human rights group has found North Korea has publicly executed at least seven people for watching or distributing K-pop videos in the last decade.
- DECEMBER 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Four men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on December 15
Hamed Mousavi, Kourosh Mazaheri, Mahmood Mohmoodi, and Davoud ...
- DECEMBER 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Khodai (Khodayi) executed in Ardabil on December 15
For murdering wife
DECEMBER 15, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 8 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF SOLDIER IN JHENAIDAH
A Khulna tribunal on 15 december 2021 sentenced eight people to death for the murder of a soldier in Jhenaidah.
DECEMBER 15, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 4 NIGERIANS CHARGED WITH DRUG TRAFFICKING SPARED THE GALLOWS
Four Nigerians, including two former students, on 13 December 2021 escaped the gallows in two separate appeals before the Court of Appeal for drug trafficking.
- DECEMBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali Nahtani executed in Ghayen Prison on December 14
For drug-related crimes
- DECEMBER 14, 2021DEATH PENALTY
CONTINUE TO BE HOPE AGAINST ALL HOPE
The IX Congress of Hands Off Cain is convened in the Opera prison in Milan, on 17 and 18 December 2021.
- DECEMBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Massoumeh Zare’i executed in Amol prison on 14 December
128th woman since 2013
DECEMBER 14, 2021Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: CABINET NOD TO AMEND CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ON DEATH SENTENCE FOR MINORS
Sri Lanka’s cabinet has approved a proposal to amend Section 281 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to remove any uncertainty over not pronouncing the death sentence on any minor.
DECEMBER 14, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: THREE HANGED ON ‘TERRORISM’ CHARGES
Iraq on 14 December 2021 hanged three men convicted of “terrorism” offenses in a prison in the city of Nasiriyah in the mainly Shiite Muslim south, two security sources told AFP.
- DECEMBER 14, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Cristian Cruz re-sentenced to death.
- DECEMBER 13, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: SATKHIRA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A Satkhira court on 12 December 2021 awarded the death penalty to a man for murdering his wife eleven years ago.
DECEMBER 13, 2021Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: KALUTARA HIGH COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO FIVE PERSONS
The Kalutara High Court on 13 December 2021 sentenced five persons to death.
DECEMBER 13, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR STREET BEHEADING
An Egyptian court on 9 December 2021 sentenced a man to death on charges of slaughtering another on the street and parading his head before he was overpowered in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia, local media reported.
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF CONVICT WHO KILLED 2 SIBLINGS, NEPHEW
The Supreme Court of India on 10 December 2021 commuted the death sentence of a convict for the murder of his two siblings and nephew over a property dispute, stating that the court should take into account the criminal's state of mind along with the crim
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Tazehkar executed in Meshgin Shahr Prison on December 12
For murder
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolsalam Barahooi executed in Isfahan Prison on December 12
For drugs
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Bakhtiar Sarmadi and Hossein Heydarzadeh executed in Adel-Abad on December 12
For murder
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hashem Amiri executed in Gorgan Prison on December 12
For murder
DECEMBER 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sivan Hosseini executed in Sanandaj on December 11
For murder