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- MAY 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alimorad Zabiei executed in Qazvin Prison on May 15
For drugs
MAY 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behzad Adl was hanged on May 15 in Adelabad Prison
In Shiraz. For 3 counts of rape.
MAY 15, 2021Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: THIRTY SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ANTI-POLICE CLASHES
Thirty people were sentenced to death in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on 15 May 2021 after a one-day trial for their role in anti-police violence marking the end of Ramadan in the capital.
MAY 15, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Raisi nominated for presidential election
He was on the "Death Commission"
MAY 14, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Exonerees McCollum and Brown get $75M
They already had 10
- MAY 14, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. William Barnes gets 2 life sentences
Sentenced to death in 1994
- MAY 14, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. New sentencing hearing for 5 death row prisoners
Joseph Smith, David Sylvester Frances, Pinkney W. Carter, Gerald Delane Murray and Brandon Lee Bradley
- MAY 13, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saba Kord Afshari on hunger strike
Women's right activist
- MAY 13, 2021NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Democrats Squander Opportunity To End Death Penalty
Gov. Sisolak walked back his position
MAY 13, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: GOVERNMENT MOVES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone's government will move to abolish the death penalty in the West African state, deputy justice minister Umaru Napoleon Koroma said on 12 May 2021.
MAY 13, 2021ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE ON LUWINGU MAN
The Supreme Court of Zambia has upheld a death sentence slapped on a man of Mporokoso who was convicted of robbing a family of money, the Daily Mail reported on 13 May 2021.
- MAY 13, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Carnell Petetan’s death sentence vacated
- MAY 12, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR STILL IN TURMOIL 100 DAYS SINCE MILITARY COUP
At least 783 people have been killed by the Myanmar military as of 11 May since a February coup, according to the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP).
MAY 12, 2021ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: CHIPATA HIGH COURT SENTENCES THREE TO DEATH
The Chipata High Court has sentenced three people to death by hanging, in two different cases, the Mast reported on 12 May 2021.
MAY 12, 2021South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Senate re-approved firing squad and elettrocution
the law now goes to Governor
MAY 12, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Carnell Petetan' death sentence overturned
For intellectual disability
- MAY 11, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA TO RELEASE 1,100 PAKISTANI PRISONERS
Pakistan on 10 May 2021 said that 1,100 of its nationals imprisoned in Saudi Arabia will return to the country soon after agreements were reached with Riyadh on the release of inmates.
- MAY 11, 2021TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Governor signed law that prohibits execution of intellectually disabled
MAY 11, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: KIM JONG UN HAD CONDUCTOR EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD FOLLOWING CELEBRATION, SOUTH KOREAN PAPER SAYS
A recent report from a South Korean newspaper said that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the execution of a choir conductor, who was allegedly shot 90 times in front of members of the public.
MAY 10, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH A SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR INTENTIONAL HOMICIDE
Nanchong Intermediate People’s Court recently sentenced to death a man for intentional homicide, with a two-year reprieve depriving him of political rights for life, China News reported on 7 May 2021.
MAY 10, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MONK EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BISHOP AT MONASTERY
The Egypt Prison Authority carried out the death penalty on a monk who killed the abbot of his monastery in 2018, a lawyer and the monk's brother told Reuters on 9 May 2021.
MAY 10, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AMID DEBATE TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Sierra Leone’s High Court Resident Judge in the Kailahun District of the country – Justice Francis Banks-Kamara, on 7 May 2021 sentenced a young man – Kholie Tamba to death by hanging, after he was found guilty of murder.
MAY 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sivan Hosseini will be executed at the end of Ramadan
(also written Hossein Sivan)
MAY 8, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING WIFE, RAPING DAUGHTER
In the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, The Pudukkottai Mahila Court on 6 May 2021 awarded death penalty to a man for murdering his wife and sexually assaulting his daughter.
MAY 8, 2021GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: COURT UPHOLDS WIFE KILLER’S CONVICTION BUT SETS ASIDE DEATH SENTENCE
The Guyana Court of Appeal on 7 May 2021 upheld the conviction of Rupert Browne for the 2011 murder of his common-law wife, Seema Singh, but set aside the death sentence imposed upon him.
- MAY 6, 2021Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE MAY SOON ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
The President of the Sierra Leone Bar Association, Eddinia Michaela Swallow, last week took part in a roundtable discussion on the abolition of the death penalty in Sierra Leone.
MAY 6, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Miles Sterling Bench’s death sentence overturned
for McGirt
MAY 6, 2021UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: PARLIAMENT PASSES NEW HOMOPHOBIC BILL
The Ugandan Parliament on 3 May 2021 passed the Sexual Offences Bill 2019, further outlawing “unnatural” same-sex relations and doubling down on laws criminalising the LGBT community.
MAY 5, 2021BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR VIKTAR SKRUNDZIK
The Judicial Chamber on Criminal Case of the Supreme Court of Belarus has dismissed an appeal filed by death row prisoner Viktar Skrundzik, Human Rights Center "Viasna" reported on 4 May 2021.
- MAY 5, 2021South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. House adds firing squad and electrocution to execution methods