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- JULY 13, 2019LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. A jury sentenced Kevin Daigle to death
USA - Louisiana. A jury sentenced Kevin Daigle to death
- JULY 12, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR ARSONIST WHO KILLED 6
The Supreme Court on 10 July 2019 confirmed the death penalty against a man who committed arson on Lunar New Year’s Eve, killing six people including both his parents, and injuring four.
- JULY 12, 2019JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 5 NEIGHBORS IN YAMAGUCHI LOSES FINAL APPEAL
The Supreme Court on 11 July 2019 upheld a 2016 ruling by the Hiroshima High Court denying an appeal by a 69-year-old man sentenced to death for the murders of five people in the mountain hamlet of Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in July 2013.
- JULY 12, 2019ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: MURDERER IS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A GERMAN BACKPACKER
A Thai man who raped and murdered a German backpacker was sentenced to death on 10 July 2019.
- JULY 12, 2019North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Victim's family asks prosecutors to drop death penalty against Nathaniel Dixon
USA - North Carolina. Victim's family asks prosecutors to drop death penalty against Nathaniel Dixon
- JULY 11, 2019DEATH PENALTY
SPRING 2019 ‘DEATH ROW USA’ DOCUMENTS FURTHER SHRINKING OF U.S. DEATH-ROW POPULATION
The number of people on death row or facing capital resentencing in the United States has continued its 19-year decline, according to a new death-row census by the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF).
JULY 11, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND COURT SENTENCES FOUR TO DEATH FOR KILLING
Somalia’s Puntland State military court on 17 February 2019 sentenced four young men to death while three others were handed fines after they were convicted of murder, Garowe Online reports.
JULY 11, 2019Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED FOR MURDER
The First Instance Court on 9 July 2019 issued a death sentence by hanging against J. M. (69), from Jabalia after convicting him with the murder of (A. A.) on 15 February 2018.
JULY 11, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 6 AFTER DRIVING INTO CROWD
A court in northeast China's Liaoning Province on 9 July 2019 sentenced a man to death for killing six children and injuring 20 people after driving into a group of children crossing a road.
JULY 11, 2019KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: SEVEN MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF TWO FISHERMEN
A court has upheld a death sentence imposed on seven men who murdered two fishermen on Lake Victoria.
- JULY 11, 2019South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina Department of Corrections "softens" death row
USA - South Carolina Department of Corrections "softens" death row
- JULY 10, 2019SwedenDEATH PENALTY
SWEDEN: SUPREME COURT REJECTS CHINA'S EXTRADITION REQUEST OF FORMER OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Sweden's Supreme Court said on 9 July 2019 it was refusing the extradition of a Chinese man accused of economic crimes because the man risks persecution and the death penalty in China.
- JULY 10, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA EXECUTES MILITANTS BY FIRING SQUAD FOR MOGADISHU HOTEL ATTACK
Somali government on 10 July 2019 executed three men in Mogadishu for involvement in the deadly siege at a hotel that killed at least 18 people and injured 48 in October 2017, Garowe Online reports.
- JULY 10, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: FIVE MEN EXECUTED BY AL-SHABAB FOR SPYING
Al-Shabab on 4 July 2019 shot and killed five men in Salagle town in southern Somalia.
JULY 10, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB EXECUTES MAN BY FIRING SQUAD FOR MARRYING DAUGHTERS OF HIS WIFE
A man who allegedly married the daughters of his wife before getting divorce was executed on 27 June 2019 by Al-shabab group in Somalia’s Lower Shabelleh Region.
- JULY 10, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Spring 2019 “Death Row USA” as of April 1, 2019
USA - Spring 2019 “Death Row USA” as of April 1, 2019
- JULY 10, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Life sentence without parole for former death row inmate Kelly Foust
USA - Ohio. Life sentence without parole for former death row inmate Kelly Foust
- JULY 10, 2019OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Judge J. Burdette Pratt threw out the conviction of Angela McAnulty, Oregon's only woman on death row.
USA - Oregon. Judge J. Burdette Pratt threw out the conviction of Angela McAnulty, Oregon's only woman on death row.
JULY 9, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC STAYS EXECUTION OF 7 DEATH ROW CONVICTS
The Supreme Court on 4 July 2019 stayed the execution of death penalty awarded to seven men convicted of raping and murdering a mentally-challenged woman in Rohtak in 2015.
JULY 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB PUTS TO DEATH FOUR PEOPLE
Al-Shabab militants put to death four people in the southern town of Jamame on 7 July 2019, immediately after the judge in an al-Shabab court declared them guilty.
- JULY 9, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES FIVE MEN OVER SPYING CLAIMS IN JUBBALAND
Al-Shabaab militia group on 3 July 2019 executed five Somali men in Hagar area of Lower Jubba region of Somalia on claims of spying.
JULY 9, 2019YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: REBEL COURT CONDEMNS 30 TO DEATH FOR SPYING
A court run by Yemen's Huthi rebels on 9 July 2019 sentenced 30 academics, trade unionists and preachers to death for allegedly spying for the Saudi-led coalition, a judicial source said.
- JULY 9, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Rigoberto Villanueva
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Rigoberto Villanueva
- JULY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Veis Alipour hanged at Mahabad Prison on July 9.
IRAN - Veis Alipour hanged at Mahabad Prison on July 9.
- JULY 8, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 83-YEAR-OLD FATHER, SON AND COUSIN RELEASED AFTER 14 YEARS ON DEATH ROW FOR MURDER THEY DIDN’T COMMIT
For 14 years, an innocent family of three including an 86-year-old man had to wait in uncertainty and fear as they served a life sentence for a crime they never committed.
JULY 8, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: THREE SOLDIERS EXECUTED BY AL SHABAAB
Three alleged Somali soldiers on 5 July 2019 were hanged in Kurtun Warey town, Lower Shabelle Region, after an Al-Shabaab court sentenced them to death.
- JULY 8, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: SUPREME COURT ISSUES INTERIM INJUNCTION ON IMPLEMENTING DEATH PENALTY UNTIL OCTOBER 30
Sri Lanka's Supreme Court on 5 July 2019 issued an interim order staying the implementation of the death penalty until October 30.
- JULY 8, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mostafa Shiri hanged at Zanjan prison on July 8.
IRAN - Mostafa Shiri hanged at Zanjan prison on July 8.
- JULY 7, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Iran to Sell Organs of Death Row Inmates.
IRAN - Iran to Sell Organs of Death Row Inmates.
- JULY 5, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTED MAN ACCUSED OF BLACK MAGIC
Al-Shabaab militants on 5 July 2019 executed a man, 35-year old Ali Haaney Ahmed Kaytoy, in Buale town of Middle Shabelle Region after accusing him of practising black magic.