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- DECEMBER 14, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Cristian Cruz re-sentenced to death.
DECEMBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Nahtani executed in Ghayen Prison on December 14
For drug-related crimes
DECEMBER 14, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Massoumeh Zare’i executed in Amol prison on 14 December
128th woman since 2013
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 13, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 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 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolsalam Barahooi executed in Isfahan Prison on December 12
For drugs
DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hashem Amiri executed in Gorgan Prison on December 12
For murder
DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Bakhtiar Sarmadi and Hossein Heydarzadeh executed in Adel-Abad on December 12
For murder
- DECEMBER 12, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Tazehkar executed in Meshgin Shahr Prison on December 12
For murder
DECEMBER 12, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 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 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sivan Hosseini executed in Sanandaj on December 11
For murder
- DECEMBER 10, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Paul Durousseau Re-Sentenced to Life in Prison
DECEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 20 STUDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Bangladesh sentenced 20 university students to death on 8 December 2021 for the brutal 2019 murder of a young man who criticised the government on social media.
DECEMBER 9, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAJSHAHI COURT SENTENCES 9 TO DEATH, 22 TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDER OF CHHATRA LEAGUE LEADER
A Rajshahi court has sentenced nine people, including a former Rajshahi city councillor, to death and 22 others to life in prison for the murder of Chhatra League leader and apprentice lawyer Shahin Alam aka Shahin Shah.
DECEMBER 9, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Bigler Stouffer executed on December 9, 2021
The 11th inmate executed this year in the US
DECEMBER 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three (unidentified) women hanged in Kerman on December 9
The number of women executed in Iran since 2013 reaches 127.
DECEMBER 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ibrahim Sistani executed in Kerman Central Prison on December 9
Iran has executed more than 60 Baloch since the beginning of 2021
DECEMBER 8, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CONVICT GETS DEATH PENALTY IN GUJARAT FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF TODDLER
Surat special court for Protection of Children for Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act awarded death penalty on 7 December 2021 to the convict Guddu Yadav (35) for rape and murder of a two-year-old minor girl in Pandesara area, in the indian State of Gujarat.
DECEMBER 7, 2021MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR
The High Court in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, on 7 December 2021 sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his neighbour five years ago.
DECEMBER 7, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ROBBING, KILLING HIS OWN BROTHER
An Ado Ekiti High Court on 6 December 2021 sentenced 24-year-old Ebenezer Olorunleke to death by hanging for killing his own brother.
DECEMBER 6, 2021SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: APEX COURT DISMISSES APPEAL BY MALAYSIAN DRUG MULE
Malaysian drug mule Pannir Selvam Pranthaman, 34, who was granted a stay of execution two years ago in Singapore, failed in his appeal on 26 November 2021 to start a court challenge against his death sentence.
DECEMBER 6, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING HIS WIFE, SIX CHILDREN
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced a man to death on 6 December 2021 for slaying his wife and six children at their home in a village in Fayoum governorate, southwest of Cairo, in May over accumulated debts.
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Akbar Mohammadi executed in Neyshabour Prison on December 6
Maybe 18 at the time of crime
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Tavakoli executed in Shiraz Prison on December 6
At least 110 prisoners executed on drug charges in Iranian prisons in 2021
DECEMBER 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohmmadreza Mazkouhi executed in Zanjan on December 6
For drugs
DECEMBER 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - November 2019 Protester Abbas Daris Sentenced to Death
And Brother Mohsen to Life Imprisonment
DECEMBER 5, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN ESCAPES GALLOWS IN SODOMY OF BOY WHO LATER DIED
The Madras high court on 3 December 2021 commuted the death sentence awarded to a man to 30 years of imprisonment in a case where the man had sexually assaulted and caused the death of a 17-year-old mentally challenged boy in Pudukottai district in 2019.
DECEMBER 5, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI, EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities on 2 December 2021 executed two expatriates – a Pakistani and an Egyptian—convicted of fatally stabbing two compatriots in two different cases, the Interior Ministry said.
DECEMBER 2, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EVANS THE KIDNAPPER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, popularly known as Evans the kidnapper, was reportedly sentenced to death by hanging by a Lagos High Court on 25 November 2021.