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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER FORMING 'KERDASA COMMITTEE' TERROR CELL
Giza Criminal Court handed down on 19 August 2019 a death penalty to six people over founding a terrorist group that aimed to disrupt the constitution and killing three persons including a policeman.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF MINOR
A designated fast track court in Odisha on 10 September 2019 awarded death sentence to a 28-year-old man for rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl at Gadharishpur within Erasama police limits in March last year.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2019North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Federal Appeals Court has vacated the death sentence of William Leroy Barnes
USA - North Carolina. Federal Appeals Court has vacated the death sentence of William Leroy Barnes
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING HEROIN
A 59-year-old man was sentenced to death in the High Court after being found in possession of 52.75 g of diamorphine, also known as heroin, for the purpose of drug trafficking.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: FATHER OF KILLED SON ON CRUSADE FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Once filled with hatred and anger toward a truck driver who killed his son, Tadaari Katayama now is an unlikely anti-death penalty advocate.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 2,742 INMATES AWAITING EXECUTION
The controller general, Nigeria Correctional Service (NCS), Ahmed Jafa’aru on 5 September 2019 revealed that Nigeria now has 2,742 inmates on death row.
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Chris Brown sentenced Kristofer Garrett to die
USA - Ohio. Judge Chris Brown sentenced Kristofer Garrett to die
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Court of Appeals: Death-row sentence of David Ramirez deserves revisiting
USA - Arizona. Court of Appeals: Death-row sentence of David Ramirez deserves revisiting
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Upholds Ohio Execution Protocol.
USA - Ohio. United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Upholds Ohio Execution Protocol.
- SEPTEMBER 10, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Mark Soliz, 37, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Texas. Mark Soliz, 37, Hispanic, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: EMPLOYERS OF MURDERED FILIPINA DOMESTIC SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Syrian court sentenced to death the employers of a Filipina househelper after they were found guilty of her murder in 2017, Foreign Affairs Secretary Teodoro Locsin Jr. said on 9 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: JUNTA DROPS DEATH PENALTY AGAINST REBEL LEADERS
Sudan’s ruling Transitional Military Council (TMC) has cancelled the death penalty that was issued against Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) leader Malik Agar, his deputy Yasir Arman, and 15 others in 2014.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO GET DEATH, FOUR SENTENCED TO LIFE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced two people to death and gave life sentences to four others for trading 5.6 kilograms of drugs at a trial on 5 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCED TO DEATH A SOLDIER WHO KILLED THREE BROTHERS
Somalia Military court sentenced death penalty to Hashi Ali Mohamud a Government Soldier who killed three brothers in June 2018 at Mogadishu’s Kaaran District.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2019UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA ABOLISHES MANDATORY DEATH PENALTY
Parliament in Uganda on 21 August 2019 passed a law that abolishes the mandatory death penalty for certain crimes, amending four different laws that had earlier prescribed capital punishment, including the Anti-Terrorism Act.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): BILLY JACK CRUTSINGER EXECUTED
Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed in Texas on 4 September 2019.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ZAMFARA GOVERNOR PARDONS 150 INMATES, INCLUDING FIVE ON DEATH ROW
The governor of Zamfara State, Bello Matawallen, on 9 August 2019 granted amnesty to 150 inmates at the Gusau Maximum Security Prison.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR THREE CHILD RAPISTS IN PUNTLAND
An appeal court in north-east Somalia on 22 August 2019 upheld the death sentence for three men - Abdishakur Mohamed, Abdifitah Abdirahman and Abdisalan Abdirahman - convicted of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 100 PRISONERS EXECUTED SINCE JANUARY, 8,000 ON DEATH ROW
More than 100 individuals have been executed in Iraq since January, with a staggering 8,000 more on death row, according to Iraq's UN-approved human rights body.
SEPTEMBER 5, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 19 SENTENCED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING THROUGH HUMAN BODIES
A court in east China's Jiangsu Province has sentenced 19 gang members to prison for cross-border drug trafficking, Xinhua reported on 4 September 2019.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: KERALA HIGH COURT COMMUTES CONTRACTOR’S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE SENTENCE
The Kerala High Court on 29 August 2019 commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded by the Kasaragod Sessions Court to a civil contractor for the murder of 14-year-old Safiya, a maidservant who was working in his house.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: RAJSHAHI JAMAAT MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 on 3 September 2019 sentenced a Jamaat-e-Islami man from Rajshahi to death for committing crimes against humanity during the Liberation War in 1971.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND IN ONDO
An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure, the state capital on 3 September 2019 sentenced a 26-year-old man, Saliu Oladayo to death by hanging, for killing his girlfriend, late Confidence Ebere.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH BY COLOMBO HC
The Colombo High Court on 21 August 2019 sentenced a person to death for the trafficking and possession of heroin.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Jonathan Mann, son of a victim, against the death penalty.
USA - Ohio. Jonathan Mann, son of a victim, against the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. Billy Jack Crutsinger, 64, White, was executed.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: DIDI DRIVER EXECUTED FOR RAPING, MURDERING PASSENGER
Zhong Yuan, a Didi driver convicted of robbing, raping and murdering a passenger, was executed in east China's Zhejiang Province on 30 August 2019 afternoon, according to the Supreme People's Court (SPC).
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES POLICEMAN TO DEATH
A military tribunal in Somalia sentenced a police officer to death on 2 September 2019 for killing a teenager in the capital Mogadishu in July, an official said.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH FOR 2 MYANMAR MEN IN BRITISH MURDERS
Thailand's Supreme Court on 29 August 2019 upheld the conviction of two Myanmar migrants sentenced to death for the murder of two British backpackers on a resort island in 2014.