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MAY 21, 2020FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Florida Supreme Court reverses itself again on death penalty legal issue
USA - Florida. Florida Supreme Court reverses itself again on death penalty legal issue
MAY 21, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hedayat Abdollahpour likely executed on June 21 in Oshnavieh prison.
IRAN - Hedayat Abdollahpour likely executed on June 21 in Oshnavieh prison.
- MAY 20, 2020DEATH PENALTY
MISSOURI (USA): WALTER BARTON EXECUTED
Walter Barton, 64, White, was put to death on 19 May 2020 for fatally stabbing Gladys Kuehler, an 81-year-old woman, on 9 October 1991, the first U.S. execution since the coronavirus pandemic took hold.
- MAY 20, 2020SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE SLAMMED FOR 'CRUEL' ZOOM DEATH SENTENCE
Singapore was criticised for being "cruel and inhumane" on 20 May 2020 after a death sentence was handed down via video-conferencing platform Zoom.
MAY 20, 2020TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: AFTER 19 YEARS ON DEATH ROW, HSIEH CHIH-HUNG FREED
The High Court’s Tainan branch on 15 May 2020 overturned a death sentence on rape and murder charges against Hsieh Chih-hung based on new findings from the Taiwan High Prosecutors’ Office after it restarted the investigation.
MAY 20, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Zacarias Moussaoui says he is renouncing terrorism
USA - Zacarias Moussaoui says he is renouncing terrorism
MAY 20, 2020TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Conviction of Ronald Prible overturned
USA - Texas. Conviction of Ronald Prible overturned
- MAY 19, 2020DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): JOHNNY LEE GATES FREED AFTER 43 YEARS
After 43 years in prison — more than 25 years of that on death row — Johnny Lee Gates walked out of custody on 15 May 2020 a free man.
MAY 19, 2020OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Joel Drain, 39, White, gets death penalty.
USA - Ohio. Joel Drain, 39, White, gets death penalty.
MAY 19, 2020MissouriDEATH PENALTYUSA - Missouri. Walter Barton, 64, White, was put to death
USA - Missouri. Walter Barton, 64, White, was put to death
MAY 19, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SEHWAN BLAST
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi sentenced to death on 18 May 2020 two convicts for their involvement in the 2017 Sehwan Sharif bomb blast.
MAY 19, 2020MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO MEN FOR MURDER
The Putrajaya Federal Court on 19 May 2020 upheld the death sentence of two men for the murder of an unemployed man in Butterworth, Penang six years ago.
MAY 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on May 19, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 42,800.
IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on May 19, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 42,800.
MAY 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The “sultan of cars” Vahid Behzadi and his wife Najva Lashiedai were sentenced to death
IRAN - The “sultan of cars” Vahid Behzadi and his wife Najva Lashiedai were sentenced to death
MAY 19, 2020PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Kareem Johnson will be exonerated from Pennsylvania’s death row
USA - Pennsylvania. Kareem Johnson will be exonerated from Pennsylvania’s death row
MAY 19, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arsalan Khodkam, a Kurdish political prisoner, is at risk of execution
IRAN - Arsalan Khodkam, a Kurdish political prisoner, is at risk of execution
MAY 18, 2020ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: MAN GETS DEATH FOR CADET'S MURDER
The Nakhon Sawan provincial court on 12 May 2020 sentenced the owner of a private military cadet school to death while his wife and mother-in-law were sentenced to life imprisonment for the fatal disciplinary beating of a 15-year-old student.
MAY 18, 2020SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: DRUG OFFENDER GETS DEATH SENTENCE VIA REMOTE HEARING
A Malaysian debt collector, who was implicated by two drug couriers as the mastermind behind a heroin transaction, was sentenced to hang in Singapore on 15 May 2020.
- MAY 17, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: ISJ LETTER TO MR CHARLES MICHEL, MR DAVID MARIA SASSOLI AND MR DAVID MCALLISTER
MAY 17, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Concerns Over Fate of Hedayat Abdollahpour, a Kurdish Political Prisoner, 9 days After Disappearance.
IRAN - Concerns Over Fate of Hedayat Abdollahpour, a Kurdish Political Prisoner, 9 days After Disappearance.
MAY 16, 2020VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE GET DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men in central Vietnam – one in Ha Tinh and two in Nghe An – were awarded death sentences on 15 May 2020 for drug trafficking.
MAY 16, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES TWO GOV’T SOLDIERS TO DEATH
A Military court on 13 May 2020 sentenced two hotel Maa’ida guards to death for killing military commander Mohamed Suleiman Abukar on 19 October 2019 in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.
MAY 16, 2020GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: JUSTICE HONYENUGA CALLS FOR THE REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY
A nominee to the Supreme Court, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga has called for the scrapping of the death penalty from the country’s statutes.
MAY 16, 2020FranceDEATH PENALTYIRAN - French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah sentenced to six years in prison
IRAN - French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah sentenced to six years in prison
MAY 16, 2020DEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Johnny Lee Gates freed after 43 years
USA - Georgia. Johnny Lee Gates freed after 43 years
- MAY 15, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Official Coronavirus deaths: 6,902
IRAN - Official Coronavirus deaths: 6,902
MAY 15, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oregon. Department of Corrections is closing death row
USA - Oregon. Department of Corrections is closing death row
MAY 15, 2020NebraskaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Nebraska. State Supreme Court Orders Release of Lethal-Injection Drug Records.
USA - Nebraska. State Supreme Court Orders Release of Lethal-Injection Drug Records.
- MAY 14, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONER SAMAN KARIMI SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Kurdish citizen from Baneh, Saman Karimi, son of Mohammad Saleh, has been sentenced to death and thirteen years in prison by Branch One of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Saeedi, on charges of "membership in the Democratic Party
MAY 14, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amnesty calls on Iran to ‘reveal fate' of Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji, Naser Khafajian, and Hedayat Abdollahpour
IRAN - Amnesty calls on Iran to ‘reveal fate' of Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji, Naser Khafajian, and Hedayat Abdollahpour