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- MARCH 30, 2021FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Bill to eliminate death penalty for mentally ill clears first Senate committee
SB 1156
MARCH 30, 2021CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jamelle Armstrong resentenced to life
He was sentenced to death in 2004
MARCH 29, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR HONOUR KILLING IN JHARKHAND
The district court in Jharkhand’s Koderma on 25 March 2021 awarded death sentence to four people convicted in an honour-killing case. The four convicts include the victim’s parents and her uncle and aunt.
MARCH 29, 2021North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. Bar Suspends License of Lawyer Who Defrauded Death-Row Exonerees
Patrick Megaro Defrauded Henry McCollum and Leon Brown
MARCH 29, 2021TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Supreme Court reinstates Anthony Hines' death sentence
- MARCH 28, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Launch of a new website
The Death Penalty Photography Project
- MARCH 27, 2021ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
EU WELCOMES ARMENIA’S RATIFICATION OF PROTOCOL TO INTERNATIONAL COVENANT AIMED AT ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
The European Union on 24 March 2021 welcomed the ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights aimed at the abolishment of death penalty by Armenia.
MARCH 27, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 14 ISLAMIST MILITANTS GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR ATTEMPTING TO KILL PM HASINA
A Bangladeshi court on 23 March 2021 handed down the death sentence to 14 Islamist militants for attempting to kill Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her southwestern constituency in 2000.
MARCH 26, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - ‘No to Islamic Republic’
Iran opposition seeks to unify in anti-regime campaign
MARCH 25, 2021AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: MUEZZIN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SLITTING THROAT OF HIS PREGNANT WIFE
A 42-year-old muezzin has been sentenced to death in Algeria for stabbing and slitting the throat of his wife - who was pregnant with twins - in a crime that shocked Algerian society, Gulf News reported on 21 March 2021.
MARCH 25, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING WIFE, BROTHER
An Egyptian man has been sentenced to death on charges of murdering his wife and his brother after the convict had sexually assaulted his daughter, Gulf News reported on 23 March 2021.
MARCH 24, 2021VirginiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Virginia. Governor Ralph Northam signed legislation abolishing capital punishment
Ceremony at the Greensville Correctional Center
MARCH 24, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC CONVERTS DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE-TERM
The Supreme Court (SC) on 22 March 2021 converted the death sentence of a murder convict into life imprisonment.
MARCH 24, 2021EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: YOUNG MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, BEATING AND KILLING 10-YEAR-OLD COUSIN
An Egyptian man has been sentenced to death for raping and killing his 10-year-old cousin, Gulf News reported on 23 March 2021.
MARCH 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Spreading Justice: A database of human rights abusers in Iran
An HRA initiative
MARCH 23, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO MAN IN MURDER CASE
A man involved in robbery and murder was awarded death penalty on 10 March 2021 by a court in Rawalpindi.
MARCH 23, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED ON YOUNGSTER CONVICTED FOR MURDERING NEIGHBOUR
The Madras High Court on 17 March 2021 commuted from death to life sentence the punishment imposed by a trial court on an unemployed youngster convicted for murdering his 54-year-old woman neighbour in a residential complex.
MARCH 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN adopted new resolution on the situation of human rights in Iran
UN Human Rights Council
- MARCH 22, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Business Executives Launch Campaign Against the Death Penalty
Richard Branson and Arianna Huffington lead the initiative
MARCH 22, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: PAIR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MOTORWAY GANG RAPE
A Pakistani court on 20 March 2021 sentenced two men to death over the gang rape of a French-Pakistani mother, lawyers said, an attack that prompted nationwide protests and tough new anti-rape legislation.
MARCH 22, 2021ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SEVEN DEATH SENTENCES FOR FAMILY MASSACRE
The Supreme Court on 18 March 2021 sentenced to death seven men convicted of the mass murder of a family in Krabi in 2017.
MARCH 20, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHILD IN CHAPAINAWABGANJ
Two people on 18 March 2021 were sentenced to death for killing a seven-year-old child, Baitul, in Chapainawabganj.
MARCH 20, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH 26 DAYS AFTER RAPING 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A special POCSO court in Rajasthan’s Jhunjhunu district on 17 March 2021 awarded death penalty to a man for raping a 5-year-old girl 26 days ago and appreciated the swift action by the police in the case.
- MARCH 18, 2021SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALILAND’S MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH
A Somaliland military court on 13 March 2021 sentenced a military soldier to death for killing a civilian.
MARCH 18, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN IN KHULNA
A Khulna court on 18 March 2021 sentenced four people to death and five others to life term imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2010.
MARCH 18, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: SIX GET DEATH SENTENCE IN ZARQA REVENGE ATTACK CASE
The State Security Court (SSC) on 17 March 2021 sentenced six men to death in the case of the 16-year-old boy, who was a victim of a brutal revenge attack in Zarqa in October last year.
MARCH 18, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - UN Human Rights experts demand immediate release of Ahmadreza Djalali
is reportedly in a critical condition and near death
MARCH 18, 2021WyomingDEATH PENALTYUSA - Wyoming. Senate defeats death penalty repeal bill
SF 150
MARCH 18, 2021New YorkDEATH PENALTYUSA - New York. Judge Finds Prosecutor Lied to Convict Three Men in 1990s Death-Penalty Case
They have now been released
MARCH 17, 2021Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTYMYANMAR: MILITARY IMPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR TREASON, DISSENT
Amid growing violence in Myanmar following the 1st February coup, the ruling military on 16 March imposed a death penalty as a possible punishment for treason, dissent, and other offenses against the government.