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JUNE 19, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRANSPORTING, MANUFACTURING DRUGS
A court in central China's Hunan Province on June 18 2019 sentenced five people to death for transporting and manufacturing drugs.
JUNE 19, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADHYA PRADESH HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 5-YEAR-OLD'S RAPIST IN JABALPUR
A division bench of MP high court on 17 June 2019 commuted the death sentence awarded to a 19-year-old boy, who had raped and killed his five-year-old cousin at a village under Katangi police station in Jabalpur district. The court commuted the death pena
- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
IRAN - An unidentified man was hanged in Raja’i Shahr Prison on June 19.
- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Three prisoners (not identified) hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas
IRAN - Three prisoners (not identified) hanged at Tohid Prison in Bandar Abbas
- JUNE 19, 2019OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. The House passed HB 3268 to limit future application of the death penalty
USA - Oregon. The House passed HB 3268 to limit future application of the death penalty
- JUNE 19, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Fariba, would have been hanged on June 19 in Raja'i Shahr's prison.
IRAN - A woman, identified only as Fariba, would have been hanged on June 19 in Raja'i Shahr's prison. A woman, identified only as Fariba, would have been hanged on June 19 along with Fatemeh Nassiri. Fatemeh Nassiri was hanged in Raja'i Shahr's priso
JUNE 18, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FORMER PRESIDENT MORSI DIES AFTER FALLING ILL IN COURT
Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist who was ousted after one year of divisive rule, died after falling ill during a court hearing on 17 June 2019, the attorney general said. He was 67.
JUNE 18, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TEENAGER ARRESTED AT 13 IS SAVED FROM THE DEATH PENALTY, ACCORDING TO A SOURCE
Murtaja Qureiris, an 18-year-old man who had been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, was saved from execution and sentenced to 12 years in prison, according to a source familiar with the matter.
JUNE 18, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN WRONGLY SENTENCED TO DEATH REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER 16 YEARS IN JAIL
Mr. Oyenye Obasi, a 33-year-old man who was convicted at the age of 17 in Ibadan, regained freedom through the prerogative of mercy granted by former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi at the tail end of his administration.
- JUNE 18, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. ACLU Study: Los Angeles Death Penalty Discriminates Against Defendants of Color and the Poor.
USA - California. ACLU Study: Los Angeles Death Penalty Discriminates Against Defendants of Color and the Poor.
- JUNE 18, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Federal judge William Lawrence vacated the federal death sentence of Bruce Carneil Webster
USA - Federal. Federal judge William Lawrence vacated the federal death sentence of Bruce Carneil Webster
JUNE 17, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Lang Son Province in northern Vietnam on 13 June 2019 gave death sentences to two men and a woman for smuggling heroin and synthetic drugs.
- JUNE 17, 2019GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF STEPMOTHER HE ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT
A 38-year-old man who murdered his stepmother on the accusation of witchcraft in 2010 has been sentenced to death by the Tamale High Court, ghanawebonline reported on 16 June 2019.
JUNE 17, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BEIJING KNIFE-ATTACKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man who killed one person and wounded 14 more with a knife at a Beijing mall in 2018 has been sentenced to death for “intentional murder,” a local intermediate court ruled on 13 June 2019.
- JUNE 17, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Poll finds Californians support the death penalty and moratorium on executions.
USA - California. Poll finds Californians support the death penalty and moratorium on executions.
- JUNE 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shekaf hanged at Ahvaz’s central prison.
IRAN - Mohammad Shekaf hanged at Ahvaz’s central prison.
- JUNE 14, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
83 EGYPTIANS COULD BE EXECUTED AT ANY TIME
The sentence of Ahmed Saddouma, who was 17 when he was arrested and accused of terror offences and the attempted murder of a federal judge, on 8 June 2019 was reduced from the death sentence to 15 years in prison.
JUNE 14, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 12 June 2019 three prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison in the Iranian city of Karaj.
JUNE 14, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: PRISONER EXECUTED FOR MURDER
Alexander Zhilnikov was executed in Belarus for the murder of three people.
JUNE 13, 2019AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: THREE MEMBERS OF FORMER INTELLIGENCE SERVICE SENTENCED TO DEATH
A military court in Blida, 45 km South-west of Algiers, has pressed death sentence against three members of the former Security and Intelligence Directorate (DRS) for providing intelligence to foreign countries.
JUNE 13, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A central Vietnam court has sentenced two men to death for trafficking meth and heroin from Laos to Vietnam.
- JUNE 13, 2019South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Tim Jones, 37, White, to death for killing his 5 children
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Tim Jones, 37, White, to death for killing his 5 children
- JUNE 12, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): COMPLAINT AGAINST FORMER ASSISTANT DISTRICT ATTORNEY DANIEL RIZZO
A special prosecutor in Harris County, John Raley, on 5 June 2019 filed a complaint with the Texas State Bar Office of Chief Disciplinary Counsel against former Assistant District Attorney Daniel Rizzo, alleging that Rizzo intentionally concealed exculpat
- JUNE 12, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND IN YOBE
A Yobe High Court on 11 June 2019 sentenced one Muhammed Adamu to death by hanging for killing his girlfriend, Hauwa Muhammad, 24.
- JUNE 12, 2019BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA DECRIMINALISES HOMOSEXUALITY
Botswana's High Court on 11 June 2019 overturned a law criminalizing consensual same-sex relations in a landmark victory for Africa's LGBTQ movements.
- JUNE 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Tahmaseb, Samad Basideh and 1 other man hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
IRAN - Amir Tahmaseb, Samad Basideh and 1 other man hanged at Rajai-Shahr prison.
- JUNE 12, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - One prisoner (not identified) executed at Ardabil’s prison.
IRAN - One prisoner (not identified) executed at Ardabil’s prison.
- JUNE 11, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO TOP RANKING ARMY OFFICERS AND A CIVILIAN SENTENCED ON ESPIONAGE CHARGES AND LEAKING SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Pakistan Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa has endorsed the death sentence to a retired army officer and a civilian and rigorous imprisonment to one army officer on charges of "espionage/leakage of sensitive information to foreign agencies pre
- JUNE 11, 2019IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA: MEDAN DRUG KINGPIN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SMUGGLING METHAMPHETAMINES FROM MALAYSIA
The Medan District Court on 11 June 2019 sentenced Junaidi Siagian to death for smuggling 53.3 kilograms of methamphetamines from Malaysia.
JUNE 11, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT OF CASSATION COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY, UPHOLDS JAIL TERMS IN 2013 STORMING OF KERDASA POLICE STATION
Egypt’s Court of Cassation on 10 June 2019 commuted a death sentence against a defendant convicted in the case of the storming of the Kerdasa police station in Giza in July 2013, and has upheld life imprisonment terms against three other men in the same c