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- 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.
NOVEMBER 15, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB OPERATIVES SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SOLDIERS
A military court in Mogadishu on 14 November 2019 sentenced two Al-Shabaab operatives to death and two others to life imprisonment for the murder of three soldiers and one civilian.
NOVEMBER 15, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING LAGOS MONARCH, KILLING PALACE GUARD
An Ikeja Special Offences Court on 13 November 2019 sentenced to death three men who kidnapped a Lagos monarch and killed his palace guard.
NOVEMBER 15, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Rodney Reed granted indefinite stay of execution.
USA - Texas. Rodney Reed granted indefinite stay of execution.
- NOVEMBER 15, 2019KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Death Sentence Switched to Life Without Parole for Roger Dale Epperson.
USA - Kentucky. Death Sentence Switched to Life Without Parole for Roger Dale Epperson.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA REINTRODUCES DEATH PENALTY BILL FOR HATE SPEECH THAT INCITES MURDER
The Nigerian Senate has reportedly reintroduced a bill, that it had previously abandoned, which will impose the death penalty on anybody found guilty of hate speech that incites the death of another person.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2019PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Rahmael Holt to death.
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Rahmael Holt to death.
NOVEMBER 14, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GOVT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF BEANT SINGH KILLER TO LIFE
The Union Home Ministry on 12 November 2019 commuted the death sentence of Babbar Khalsa terrorist Balwant Singh Rajoana who was sentenced to death in 2007 for the assassination of former Punjab Chief Minister Beant Singh.
NOVEMBER 14, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 5 DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Five members of a transnational drug trafficking ring, including the 41-year-old Lao ringleader and four Vietnamese accomplices, were sentenced to death for smuggling 148 cakes of heroin, Vietnam News Agency reported on 14 November 2019.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN 66th Condemnation Against Human Rights Violations in Iran.
IRAN - UN 66th Condemnation Against Human Rights Violations in Iran.
- NOVEMBER 14, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Salman Babanzadeh was hanged at Tohid Prison (in Bandar Abbas) on November 14.
IRAN - Salman Babanzadeh was hanged at Tohid Prison (in Bandar Abbas) on November 14.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: MAN CONVICTED FOR POSSESSING DRUGS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A person who was convicted for the possession of 200g 600mg of heroin was sentenced to death on 11 November 2019.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: FIVE ISLAMIC STATE AND AL-SHABAAB MILITANTS EXECUTED IN PUBLIC IN PUNTLAND
Five men belonging to the Islamic State group and Al Shabaab Amniyaad on 7 November 2019 were publicly executed by firing squad by a local military court in Puntland.
NOVEMBER 13, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY FOR 2008 RAMPUR ATTACK
Four persons, including two Pakistani nationals were sentenced to death in the Rampur ‘terror’ attack case by Additional District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Kumar Singh on 2nd November 2019.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: AUTHORITIES CUT OFF A MAN'S HAND FOR STEALING
Iranian authorities have amputated one hand of a prisoner who was charged with stealing.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, Black, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Ray Jefferson Cromartie, 52, Black, was executed.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Rodney Reed files petition saying 7 new witnesses can exonerate him
USA - Texas. Rodney Reed files petition saying 7 new witnesses can exonerate him
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Timothy J. McCormick has imposed the death penalty on Matthew Nicholson
USA - Ohio. Judge Timothy J. McCormick has imposed the death penalty on Matthew Nicholson
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Hector Acosta to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Hector Acosta to death
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A man, not identified, hanged at the prison of the city of Bushehr on November 13.
IRAN - A man, not identified, hanged at the prison of the city of Bushehr on November 13.
- NOVEMBER 13, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohamad Rasool Chawlaki hanged on 13 November in Ilam prison.
IRAN - Mohamad Rasool Chawlaki hanged on 13 November in Ilam prison.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): SUPREME COURT ORDERS REVIEW OF FORD’S DEATH SENTENCE IN 2013 SLEDGEHAMMER KILLINGS
Ohio Supreme Court on 7 November 2019 threw out the death sentence of Shawn Ford Jr, 25, because of his low IQ.
NOVEMBER 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: OFFICIAL SAYS 15,000 EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENSES SINCE 1979
The secretary of a religious watchdog office in Iran has admitted that since the establishment of the Islamic Republic 4 decades ago (1979), the authorities have executed 15,000 people for drug-related crimes.
NOVEMBER 12, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: KARACHI COURT SENTENCES MUGGER TO DEATH FOR KILLING INSPECTOR
A Karachi court on 9 November 2019 sentenced to death an accused person found guilty of killing an inspector during an armed robbery in 2016.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - UN Human Rights Council Urges Iran Regime to End Torture, Execution of Minors and Discrimination Against Women
IRAN - UN Human Rights Council Urges Iran Regime to End Torture, Execution of Minors and Discrimination Against Women
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A prisoner, not identified, was executed on November 12, at Lakan Prison, in Rasht.
IRAN - A prisoner, not identified, was executed on November 12, at Lakan Prison, in Rasht.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Former Judges, Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officials and Families of Victims Urge Federal Government to Call Off Executions.
USA - Former Judges, Prosecutors, Law Enforcement Officials and Families of Victims Urge Federal Government to Call Off Executions.
- NOVEMBER 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Two prisoners, Jassem Heidari and Jamshid Torkashvand, were executed at Tohid Prison (in Bandar Abbas) on November 12.
IRAN - Two prisoners, Jassem Heidari and Jamshid Torkashvand, were executed at Tohid Prison (in Bandar Abbas) on November 12.
NOVEMBER 11, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED ON JULAMPITIYE AMARE
The Tangalle High Court on 8 November 2019 imposed the death sentence on ‘Julampitiye Amare' over the Katuwana shooting incident in 2012.
NOVEMBER 11, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: PRESIDENT SIRISENA GRANTS PARDON TO ROYAL PARK MURDER CONVICT ON DEATH ROW
Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena in the final week of his term in office has pardoned a death row prisoner who was convicted of a murder of a Swedish teenager in 2005, local media reported on 9 November 2019.