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FEBRUARY 4, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALILAND (SOMALIA): MILITARY COURT SENTENCES POLICE OFFICER TO DEATH FOR KILLING CIVILIAN MAN
The Supreme military Court in Somaliland has handed down a death sentence to a police officer who was found guilty of killing innocent man near Wajale town in Gebiley district, Somaliland New Agency (SOLNA) reported on 3 February 2020.
FEBRUARY 4, 2020BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: KILLER GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR BEHEADING BABY GIRL WITH KITCHEN KNIFE
The baby murderer who decapitated an eight-month old child will be shot in the back of the head by an executioner after losing his Supreme Court appeal.
FEBRUARY 3, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 2 MEN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
A High Court in Jos on 3 February 2020 sentenced two men, Dayabu Ahmad 20, and Umar Aliyu, 21, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice S.P Gang, found the convicts guilty of criminal conspiracy and armed robbery.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2020VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Twenty-One Virginia Prosecutors Sign Letter Urging Repeal of Death Penalty.
USA - Virginia. Twenty-One Virginia Prosecutors Sign Letter Urging Repeal of Death Penalty.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Sunni prisoners sentenced to death.
IRAN - 7 Sunni prisoners sentenced to death.
- FEBRUARY 3, 2020OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio again delays executions
USA - Ohio. Ohio again delays executions
- FEBRUARY 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Human Rights Activists News Agency report on arrests following the November and January protests in Iran
IRAN - Human Rights Activists News Agency report on arrests following the November and January protests in Iran
FEBRUARY 2, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TERRORIST LEADER ASHMAWY, 36 OTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 54 ASSASSINATIONS
A Cairo criminal court on 1st February 2020 handed preliminary death sentences to leading terrorist Hisham Ashmawy and 36 others in the case known as Ansar Beit Al-Maqdis, convicting them of executing over 50 assassination attacks on policemen.
FEBRUARY 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rasoul Mollahasani executed in Broujerd prison on February 2.
IRAN - Rasoul Mollahasani executed in Broujerd prison on February 2.
- FEBRUARY 2, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - At least three prisoners (Sajjad Zahiri, Nima Gharadaghi and Hossein Pasha) were hanged on February 2, 2020 at Raja’i Shahr.
IRAN - At least three prisoners (Sajjad Zahiri, Nima Gharadaghi and Hossein Pasha) were hanged on February 2, 2020 at Raja’i Shahr.
FEBRUARY 2, 2020ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: HIGH COURT SENDS LUSAKA MAN TO HANG FOR MURDERING LOVER
Lusaka businessman Nshinka Kaputo who murdered Multichoice employee Precious Mangesana who was his lover, on 29 January 2020 was sentenced to death by hanging and 25 years imprisonment with hard labour four causing grievous harm to his three-year-old daug
- FEBRUARY 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A tourist was lashed 80 times for drinking alcohol on a tour.
IRAN - A tourist was lashed 80 times for drinking alcohol on a tour.
- FEBRUARY 1, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, Mohammad Ameri, was beaten to death on February 1 in Raja’i Shahr Prison
IRAN - A prisoner, Mohammad Ameri, was beaten to death on February 1 in Raja’i Shahr Prison
JANUARY 31, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 7-MEMBER FAMILY
A defendant, who is charged with killing seven members of the same family and setting their house on fire in Kafr el-Dawar city in Beheira govenorate, was sentenced to death on 30 January 2020.
JANUARY 31, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN OSUN
Three men, Nuhu Jimoh, Ndubisi David and Aderibigbe Oluwaseun, arrested for armed robbery, were sentenced to death by hanging on 30 January 2020 by an Osun State High Court.
- JANUARY 31, 2020WashingtonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Washington. Senate Passes Bill to Formalize Repeal of Capital Punishment.
USA - Washington. Senate Passes Bill to Formalize Repeal of Capital Punishment.
JANUARY 31, 2020DEATH PENALTYGEORGIA (USA): HOURS BEFORE HE WAS TO BE EXECUTED, JIMMY FLETCHER MEDERS WAS GRANTED CLEMENCY
Hours before he was to be executed, Jimmy Fletcher Meders was granted clemency — largely because of what the jurors said when they were contacted 30 years after the trial.
JANUARY 30, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR WHITE WEAPON KILLER IN AJMAN
A criminal court in the United Arab Emirates ordered on 26 January 2020 the execution of a convict in the 2018 death of 2 Emirati youths who died a sword fight.
JANUARY 30, 2020IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA HANDS DRUG-DEALING CONVICT DEATH SENTENCE
An Indonesian court has sentenced to death an inmate for running a drug-trafficking operation from behind bars.
- JANUARY 30, 2020ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Senate passed SB 116 to bar the death penalty for severe mental illness
USA - Virginia. Senate passed SB 116 to bar the death penalty for severe mental illness
- JANUARY 30, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Khojasteh was hanged at Lakan prison, in Rasht, on January 30, 2020.
IRAN - Mohsen Khojasteh was hanged at Lakan prison, in Rasht, on January 30, 2020.
JANUARY 30, 2020BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PARLIAMENT TO LOOK INTO DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
The Council of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus has decided to establish a working group on studying abolition of death penalty at the National Assembly.
JANUARY 29, 2020SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SOUTH DARFUR
Seven people were sentenced to death on 27 January 2020 by a court in Nyala, South Darfur, after being found guilty of killing nine people in September 2017, in the area of Tobasi, 43km south of Nyala.
JANUARY 29, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FAILED ASSASSINATION
An Egyption court handed preliminary death sentences on 27 January 2020 to three defendants over a failed assassination of Alexandria’s security director in March 2018.
JANUARY 29, 2020BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: THREE BANGLADESHIS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Three people who bludgeoned another to death with a hammer and a brick on 28 January 2020 were condemned to death in Bahrain.
JANUARY 29, 2020CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Jury recommends death sentence for Hernan Rodriguez
USA - California. Jury recommends death sentence for Hernan Rodriguez
- JANUARY 28, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
USA - Death Row USA Fall 2019: Death row prisoners continue to decline
JANUARY 28, 2020LaosDEATH PENALTYLAOS: EIGHT MEMBERS OF MR. X DRUG RING SENTENCED TO DEATH
Authorities in Laos last week sentenced eight people to death for their roles in connection with the major Southeast Asian drug ring run by drug kingpin Xaysana Keopimpha, better known as Mr. X., Radio Free Asia reported on 27 January 2020.
JANUARY 28, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CHILD RAPIST SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 23-year-old man in Haryana was on 27 January 2020 sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.
JANUARY 28, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MARYAM SANDA SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HUSBAND
A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on 27 January 2020 sentenced to death Maryam Sanda for the killing of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello.