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JANUARY 12, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2019 KNIFE ATTACK ON TOURISTS
Jordan’s state security court sentenced a citizen to death on 12 January 2021 for the 2019 stabbing of eight people, four of them foreign tourists, at one of the kingdom’s ancient sites.
JANUARY 12, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Second suspension of the execution of Lisa Montgomery
ordered by the DC Court of Appeals
- JANUARY 11, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 4 inmates executed at Meshkin Shahr Prison on January 11
2 of the executions maybe already reported
JANUARY 11, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER
The District and Sessions Court of Haveri, in Karnataka, sentenced a man to death under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act on 7 January 2021, after finding him guilty of raping and murdering a minor girl in 2018.
- JANUARY 10, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: ISLAMABAD ATC SENTENCES 3 TO DEATH FOR SHARING BLASPHEMOUS CONTENT ON SOCIAL MEDIA
An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) on 8 January 2021 sentenced three men to death for sharing blasphemous content on social media. A fourth accused in the same case was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.
- JANUARY 10, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: TWO MEN GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING SEPTUAGENARIAN
The Court of Cassation has upheld a June Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a street vendor to death after convicting him of robbing and murdering his 72-year-old relative in Tafileh in October 2017, the Jordan Times reported on 7 January 2021.
- JANUARY 10, 2021KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
KAZAKHSTAN ABOLISHES DEATH PENALTY
The Republic of Kazakhstan formally abolished the death penalty on 2 January 2021, when President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed off on parliamentary ratification of the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, a
- JANUARY 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farzad Mohammad-Noureh and Mehdi Joushani executed in Qom Prison on January 9
They were accused of carrying 135 kilograms of methamphetamine
- JANUARY 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Nouri executed in Ilam Central Prison on December 2, 2020
One month after the execution, the news has not been reported in any media
JANUARY 9, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Rigi executed in Zahedan Central Prison on January 9
For drug crimes
JANUARY 9, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Montgomery Not Competent For Execution
Petition in federal court in Indiana
JANUARY 9, 2021OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. New law bans death penalty for mentally ill
Governor Mike DeWine signed into law House Bill 136
JANUARY 8, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Judge puts restrictions on federal executions
Bureau can proceed only if it shows it is taking certain COVID precautions
JANUARY 8, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farzad Nasser Jourshari executed at Rasht Central Prison on January 8.
He had been sentenced to qisas seven times for the murder of seven people.
JANUARY 8, 2021MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Eddie Lee Howard Exonerated From Death Row
He is the 174th former death-row prisoner exonerated in the U.S. since 1973.
JANUARY 7, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Dustin Higgs Case To Be Heard 12 Days After Scheduled Execution Date
Uncertainties over execution protocol
JANUARY 6, 2021JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE FINALIZED FOR 'TWITTER KILLER'
The death sentence for a 30-year-old man dubbed Japan’s “Twitter killer” over the serial murders of nine people in Kanagawa Prefecture in 2017 was finalized on 5 January 2021, court officials said.
JANUARY 6, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SCHOOLGIRL AFTER RAPE IN 2012
Two people on 4 January 2021 were sentenced to death for raping and killing a minor in Madaripur.
- JANUARY 6, 2021DEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs Say Having COVID-19 Will Increase Their Suffering During Execution.
USA - Federal. Corey Johnson and Dustin Higgs Say Having COVID-19 Will Increase Their Suffering During Execution.
- JANUARY 6, 2021TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge recommended that Areli Escobar get a new trial
After crime lab technician incorrectly analyzed DNA evidence
JANUARY 6, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taher Hamel-Khoshkhou executed in Tabriz Prison on January 6
sentenced for murder
JANUARY 5, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hands off Cain Year End Report: At least 284 executions in 2020
This is a drop of 14 executions compared to 2019, and 44 compared to 2018, a drop of 4.7% and 13.4% respectively.
JANUARY 5, 2021Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED DESPITE PALESTINE’S 2018 ACCESSION TO ICCPR SECOND OPTIONAL PROTOCOL
The Northern Gaza Court of First Instance on 4 January 2021 issued a death sentence by hanging against F. N. (32), from Jabalia refugee camp, who was convicted of premeditated murder of his aunt.
JANUARY 5, 2021ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-CHAIRMAN OF HUARONG ASSET MANAGEMENT SENTENCED TO DEATH
The former chairman of China’s Huarong Asset Management Co was sentenced to death, a court in the northern city of Tianjin said on 5 January 2021, in one of the country’s highest profile corruption cases.
JANUARY 4, 2021Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO: PRESIDENT PARDONS TWO KILLERS OF LAURENT-DESIRE KABILA
DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi’s office said that he has pardoned two men convicted over the assassination of former ruler Laurent-Desire Kabila, the father of his political rival Joseph Kabila, AFP reported on 2 January 2021.
JANUARY 4, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: KADUNA GOV EL-RUFAI PARDONS 12 PRISONERS, COMMUTES A DEATH SENTENCE
Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State has granted pardon to 12 prisoners in the state to mark the beginning of 2021.
- JANUARY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed at Zahedan Central Prison on January 3.
Their names were Elias Ghalandarzehi, Hassan Dehvari (Hasan Dahvari), and Omid Mahmoudzehi.
JANUARY 3, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hadi Hosseini Mirak was executed on January 3 in Ardebil Central Prison.
The crime is not known
JANUARY 2, 2021AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: KABUL UNIVERSITY ATTACK MASTERMIND SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Afghan Supreme Court has sentenced Mohammad Adil, the mastermind of the November 2020 Kabul University attack that claimed the lives of 22 people, to death.
- JANUARY 2, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: JIGAWA HIGH COURT SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH BY HANGING
Jigawa State High Court on 29 December 2020 sentenced two persons to death by hanging in different cases.