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- FEBRUARY 25, 2021AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Alabama is changing lethal injection protocol
Will now allow spiritual advisors in the execution chamber
FEBRUARY 25, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT ACQUITS MAN FROM DEATH SENTENCE, ORDERS PROBE AGAINST INVESTIGATING TEAM
The Bombay High Court while acquitting a man from a death sentence for raping and killing a minor girl, on 25 February 2021 ordered a probe against the investigating team for misplacing a vital piece of evidence.
FEBRUARY 25, 2021IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: WOMAN TO BE HANGED FOR KILLING HER 2 CHILDREN
An Iraqi court on 19 February 2021 sentenced a woman to death by hanging after convicting her of throwing her two children into a river in a case that triggered shockwaves in the country.
FEBRUARY 25, 2021OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Supporters of Jones submitted more 6.2 million signatures (including HoC’s)
supporting his petition for clemency
FEBRUARY 24, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UP COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO ACCUSED IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE OF MINOR GIRL
The Additional District Judge (ADJ) of Hardoi, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on 22 February 2021 awarded death sentence to an accused for rape and murder of a one-and-half year old minor girl.
FEBRUARY 24, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - “Ehsan” Acquitted of Alcohol Consumption
He wes facing death penalty,
FEBRUARY 24, 2021United NationsDEATH PENALTYU.N. RIGHTS BOSS WELCOMES BIDEN STANCE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
The U.N. human rights chief on 23 February 2021 welcomed a pledge by U.S. President Joe Biden to work towards abolishing the death penalty in the United States.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Mansour-Beigi executed at Adelabad Prison on February 23
He was charged with murder
FEBRUARY 23, 2021LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: MILITARY COURT CHARGES 35 TRIPOLI PROTESTERS WITH TERRORISM
The Lebanese Military Court on 22 February 2021 charged 35 protesters from the northern city of Tripoli with terrorism and theft, which carries a maximum penalty of death, attorney Ayman Raad said in a statement.
FEBRUARY 23, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DISABLED WIFE, SON
A Kishoreganj court on 8 February 2021 awarded the death sentence to a man for killing his disabled wife and son. Additionally he was fined Tk 2 lakh.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - B. Ahmad hanged on February 23
for murder
FEBRUARY 22, 2021VirginiaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Virginia. The abolition of the death penalty is almost final.
Gov. Ralph Northam is expected to sign
FEBRUARY 22, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BIHAR MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING, MURDERING MINOR GIRL
A court in Bihar’s Gopalganj district on 20 February 2021 sentenced a man to death for raping and murdering a nine-year-old girl in August last year.
FEBRUARY 22, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behnam Mahjoubi, sentenced to 2 years, died from lack of medical treatment
Mahjoubi was a Gonabadi sufi dervish
FEBRUARY 22, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ‘PRESIDENT UNCLE, PLEASE FORGIVE MY MOTHER’, DEATH ROW CONVICT SHABNAM'S SON SEEKS MERCY
The son of a death row convict in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha on 18 February 2021 appealed to President Ram Nath Kovind to commute her death sentence.
FEBRUARY 21, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 73 year-old man facing death penalty for alcohol consumption
after being arrested for the fourth time
FEBRUARY 20, 2021ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: DRUG BARON'S SONS GET DEATH
Two sons of convicted drug baron and former Kuomintang fighter Lao Ta Saenlee were sentenced to death on 17 February 2021 by the Criminal Court for drug trafficking and money laundering.
FEBRUARY 20, 2021AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: JIHADIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FRENCH HIKER’S MURDER
An Algerian court on 18 February 2021 sentenced to death a jihadist for the kidnapping and beheading of French mountaineer Herve Gourdel six years ago after a high profile one-day trial.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mansour Ghazaq hanged on February 20
for murder
FEBRUARY 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zahra Esmaili was already dead when executed
according to her lawyer
FEBRUARY 18, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR 10 MILITANTS
A Bangladeshi top court on 17 February 2021 upheld the death sentence of 10 militants in a two-decade-old case related to the attempted assassination of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
FEBRUARY 18, 2021United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - DPIC Adds Eleven Cases to Innocence List
185 death-row exoneration from 1973 to today
FEBRUARY 18, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING, KILLING MENTALLY RETARDED MINOR BOY
The Mahila Court on 18 February 2021 awarded death penalty to a 34-year-old man hailing from Gujarat for sexually assaulting and murdering a mentally retarded 17-year-old minor boy.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2021IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PATNA SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING CLASS 5 STUDENT
The principal and a teacher of a school in Patna on 15 February 2021 were awarded death sentence and imprisonment for life, respectively, by a court for the rape of a Class 5 student.
FEBRUARY 17, 2021BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FOUR OF A FAMILY IN KURIGRAM
Kurigram District and Sessions Judge Md Abdul Mannan on 16 February 2021 sentenced six people to death for killing four members of a family in 2014.
FEBRUARY 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 more men executed on February 17 at Rajai Shahr Prison
9 executions in one day at Rajai Shahr
- FEBRUARY 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 1 woman and 6 men executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on February 17
Only the woman identified: Zahra Esmaili
FEBRUARY 17, 2021JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED FOR MAN WHO KILLED FIVE-YEAR-OLD NEPHEW
The Court of Cassation has overturned an October Criminal Court verdict, sentencing a man to death after convicting him of murdering his nephew in May 2019, the Jordan Times reported on 16 February 2021.
FEBRUARY 16, 2021NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: DISMISSED SARS OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING
A State High Court in Benin City, Edo Sate, on 12 February 2021, sentenced a police constable, Joseph Omotosho, to death for conspiring with four other constables, said to be at large, to kill a car dealer in 2015.
FEBRUARY 16, 2021Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI NATIONAL HANDED DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF BANGLADESHI WOMAN
A criminal court in Riyadh on 14 February 2021 handed a Saudi national the death penalty for the murder of a Bangladeshi domestic worker.