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- NOVEMBER 22, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: ANDHRA PRADESH MAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A migrant worker from Srikakulam village in Andhra Pradesh has been sentenced to death by an Egyptian lower court for his alleged involvement in the smuggling of drugs, the New Indian Express reported on 22 November 2019.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Federal court reveerses death sentence of Mary Ellen Samuels
USA - California. Federal court reveerses death sentence of Mary Ellen Samuels
NOVEMBER 22, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: FORMER STATE AND FEDERAL JUDGES, PROSECUTORS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AND FAMILIES OF MURDER VICTIMS URGE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CALL OFF EXECUTIONS
Hundreds of former state and federal judges, prosecutors, law enforcement and corrections officials, and family members of homicide victims have signed on to a series of letters urging the federal government to halt the five federal executions scheduled f
NOVEMBER 22, 2019MaliDEATH PENALTYMALI: MURDERER OF IMAM SENTENCED TO DEATH
Mali’s court on 19 November 2019 sentenced the murderer of an Imam to death.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2019OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. A jury recommended the death penalty for Byron Shepard
USA - Oklahoma. A jury recommended the death penalty for Byron Shepard
NOVEMBER 22, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Summer 2019 “Death Row USA” Shows Smallest U.S. Death-Row Population in 27 Years.
USA - Summer 2019 “Death Row USA” Shows Smallest U.S. Death-Row Population in 27 Years.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN Experts raise alarm at arrests and reported killings, internet shutdown.
IRAN - UN Experts raise alarm at arrests and reported killings, internet shutdown.
NOVEMBER 21, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KIDNAP, MURDER OF 10TH GRADER
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi on 19 November 2019 awarded capital punishment to seven convicts, a woman among them, in a case pertaining to the abduction and murder of a tenth grader, ARY News reported.
NOVEMBER 21, 2019ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: TWO MEN AND WOMAN CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF THEIR 84-YEAR-OLD GRANNY
The Chipata High Court has sentenced two men and a woman of the same family from Petauke to death by hanging for the murder of their 84-year-old grandmother on suspicion that she was practising witchcraft, the Times of Zambia reported on 20 November 2019.
NOVEMBER 21, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NO GOVERNOR SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY AS PUNISHMENT FOR HATE SPEECH
Governors of the thirty- six states of the country under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF), said on 20 November 2019 that no governor has come out to support the death penalty proposed for Hate Speech offenders.
NOVEMBER 21, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Washington District Court Enjoins U.S. Government From Carrying Out Federal Executions.
USA - Washington District Court Enjoins U.S. Government From Carrying Out Federal Executions.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Dameon Jamarc Mosley, 28, Black, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Dameon Jamarc Mosley, 28, Black, to death
- NOVEMBER 20, 2019Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTY
SIERRA LEONE: 18-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
At the Siaka Stevens Street High Court in Freetown on 14 November 2019, 18-year-old Osman Kamara was sentenced to death by hanging after the Jury found him guilty of murder.
NOVEMBER 20, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SPANISH MURDERER
The Supreme Court on 20 November 2019 upheld the death sentence for Spanish national Artur Segarra Princep, 40, for the premeditated murder of compatriot David Bernat, 41, in 2016.
NOVEMBER 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI COURT SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR MURDER
An anti-terrorism court in Karachi sentenced on 30 October 2019 two men to death after they were found guilty of murdering two people.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran’s leaders have claimed defeat over an “enemy conspiracy”
IRAN - Iran’s leaders have claimed defeat over an “enemy conspiracy”
- NOVEMBER 19, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): RODNEY REED GRANTED INDEFINITE STAY OF EXECUTION
Rodney Reed was granted a stay of execution on 15 November 2029, 5 days before he was scheduled to be put to death for a murder he insists he did not commit.
NOVEMBER 19, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: DEATH FOR DAESH TERRORIST FOR KILLING SECURITY OFFICIAL
The Specialized Criminal Court in Riyadh sentenced to death a Daesh (so called IS) terrorist, who was convicted of committing several crimes, including killing of a security official, Saudi Gazzette reported on 17 November 2019. The Saudi convict can appe
NOVEMBER 19, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES MESMARY TO DEATH, 32 OTHERS TO PRISON FOR BAHARIYA OASIS ATTACK
An Egyptian military court on 17 November 2019 sentenced terrorist Abdel-Raheem al-Mesmary to execution by hanging and convicted 32 others in the Bahariya Oasis attack, which saw 16 security forces killed and 13 injured.
NOVEMBER 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death toll of Iran protests exceeds 220 following deadly crackdowns.
IRAN - Death toll of Iran protests exceeds 220 following deadly crackdowns.
NOVEMBER 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Milad Azimi was hanged at the central prison of Zanjan on November 19.
IRAN - Milad Azimi was hanged at the central prison of Zanjan on November 19.
NOVEMBER 18, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: COURT OF CASSATION COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE
The Court of Cassation on 14 November 2019 upturned the verdict issued by a lower court, which sentenced a Kuwaiti citizen to death for killing his father in their Waha family residence over a family dispute. The court thereby commuted the verdict to life
NOVEMBER 18, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TYCOON SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR FORMING A CRIMINAL SYNDICATE WITH TRIAD GANGSTERS
A former tycoon in China who built a £1 billion empire through sheer violence and terror on 6 November 2019 was sentenced to death with reprieve.
NOVEMBER 18, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING THREE WHILE IN DRUNKEN STUPOR
The High Court in Mombasa on 14 November 2019 sentenced to death a police officer who shot and killed three people while he was drunk 16 years ago.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 103 minors executed since 1990
IRAN - 103 minors executed since 1990
- NOVEMBER 18, 2019PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania ends solitary confinement of inmates on death row.
USA - Pennsylvania. Pennsylvania ends solitary confinement of inmates on death row.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, called Javad A, was executed on November 17, 2019 at Vakilabad prison
IRAN - A man, called Javad A, was executed on November 17, 2019 at Vakilabad prison
- NOVEMBER 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, identified only as "J.", probably a minor, was executed at Vakilabad prison on November 17, 2019.
IRAN - A man, identified only as "J.", probably a minor, was executed at Vakilabad prison on November 17, 2019.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ebrahim Yar Hosseini was executed at Shiraz prison on November 17.
IRAN - Ebrahim Yar Hosseini was executed at Shiraz prison on November 17.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2019DEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA (USA): RAY JEFFERSON CROMARTIE EXECUTED
Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, Black, was pronounced dead in Georgia at 10:59 p.m. on 13 November 2019 after an injection of pentobarbital at the state prison in Jackson, authorities said in an emailed statement.