Archive
Death penalty
We update every day. No advertising, no trackers, no algorithm. The news that power does not want to see — and the news that power does everything to hide.
- JUNE 27, 2019OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Court reinstates death penalty for James Pavatt.
USA - Oklahoma. Court reinstates death penalty for James Pavatt.
- JUNE 26, 2019DEATH PENALTY
A SNAPSHOT IN TIME: THE U.S. REACHES 1500 EXECUTIONS
When Georgia executed Marion Wilson, Jr., on June 20, 2019, it marked the 1500th execution in the United States since the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all death-penalty statutes in Furman v. Georgia in 1972.
JUNE 26, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN HANOI FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
The Hanoi People’s Court sentenced three Vietnamese to death on 25 June 2019 on drugs charges.
- JUNE 26, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166th Death-Row Exoneree
USA - North Carolina. Charles Ray Finch Becomes 166th Death-Row Exoneree
JUNE 26, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 7 AWARDED LIFETIME IMPRISONMENT
A Kishoreganj court on 19 June 2019 awarded death sentence to three convict and lifetime imprisonment to seven in a murder case.
- JUNE 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on June 26.
IRAN - Five men were hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison on June 26.
- JUNE 26, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The state has denied compensation to Alfred Dewayne Brown
USA - Texas. The state has denied compensation to Alfred Dewayne Brown
- JUNE 26, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Gary David Green to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Gary David Green to death
- JUNE 26, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - One of the persons hanged at Raja’i Shahr prison on June 26 could be a woman, Hoda Burbur.
IRAN - One of the persons hanged at Raja’i Shahr prison on June 26 could be a woman, Hoda Burbur.
JUNE 25, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: 2 HEROIN TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Vietnamese court on 19 June 2019 sentenced two local men to death for transporting and trading illicit drug, Vietnam News Agency reported.
JUNE 25, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 28 YEAR OLD MURDER
Colombo High Court Judge Sampath Wijeratne issued the death penalty for three defendants who were accused of several cases including the murder of an individual with the use of sharp objects
JUNE 25, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SENTENCED TO DEATH TWICE, MAN COMPENSATED AFTER 46 YEARS
A 82-year-old Vietnamese man has been compensated with VND6.7 billion ($287,500) for being wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death.
JUNE 24, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: EX-DEFENSE MINISTRY STAFFER HANGED FOR SPYING
Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed in an unknown place in Tehran, reported a close source.
JUNE 24, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: 3 MUSLIMS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A court in Tanzania on 19 June 2019 sentenced three Muslims to be hanged for decapitating four Christians in 2015 during an outbreak of violence fuelled by religion, a legal source said.
JUNE 24, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC TURNS DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT IN TERRORISM CASE
The Supreme Court on 21 June 2019 overturned the death sentence awarded to a murder convict by a trial court in 2007, converting the sentence into life imprisonment.
- JUNE 24, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - A Snapshot in Time: The U.S. Reaches 1500 Executions.
USA - A Snapshot in Time: The U.S. Reaches 1500 Executions.
- JUNE 24, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury sentenced Charles Merritt to death
USA - California. A jury sentenced Charles Merritt to death
- JUNE 24, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court cancelled the October execution of Angelo Fears
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court cancelled the October execution of Angelo Fears
JUNE 21, 2019DEATH PENALTYUSA: 1500 PRISONERS EXECUTED FROM THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE DEATH PENALTY IN 1976
Marion Wilson, 42, Black, was executed in Georgia on 20 June 2019.
JUNE 21, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: FATEMEH NASSIRI EXECUTED IN GOHARDASHT PRISON IN KARAJ
A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison (aka Gohardasht Prison) in Karaj on 19 June 2019.
JUNE 21, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FATHER OF THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER POSSESSION OF HEROIN
A father of three has been sentenced to death over the possession of heroin, as per the order of the Colombo High Court.
- JUNE 21, 2019MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. The United States Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of Curtis Giovanni Flowers
USA - Mississippi. The United States Supreme Court has overturned the conviction of Curtis Giovanni Flowers
- JUNE 21, 2019NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. U.S. District Judge James Mahan reversed Avram Nika’s death sentence.
USA - Nevada. U.S. District Judge James Mahan reversed Avram Nika’s death sentence.
- JUNE 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MURDERER OF THREE WOMEN HANGED AT KOT LAKHPAT JAIL
Ashraf Noor, convicted of murdering three women, was hanged to death on 19 June 2019 in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Central Jail.
- JUNE 20, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Marion Wilson was executed. His execution was the 1,500th since the death penalty was reintroduced in the United States in 1976.
USA - Georgia. Marion Wilson was executed. His execution was the 1,500th since the death penalty was reintroduced in the United States in 1976.
JUNE 20, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT HANGED IN CENTRAL JAIL HARIPUR
A 45-year-old child rapist, Muhammad Jahanzeb, a resident of Charkha Khel, was hanged in Central Jail Haripur on 19 June 2019.
JUNE 20, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH 2 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS IN BEHEIRA
Damanhour Criminal Court of Beheira Governorate has sentenced to death two members of the Muslim Brotherhood group and imprisoned three members on 10-year sentences and two members for three years.
- JUNE 20, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed
IRAN - Jamal Haji-Zavareh was executed
- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
IRAN - A woman, Fatemeh Nassiri, was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
JUNE 19, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING GIRL IN SANGHAR
Three men were handed death sentences on 24 May 2019 by an additional sessions court in Sanghar for the gang rape of a student of class nine.