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- MARCH 8, 2019IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Deal instead of a third death-penalty trial for Wayne Kubsch.
USA - Indiana. Deal instead of a third death-penalty trial for Wayne Kubsch.
- MARCH 7, 2019New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. House passed HB 455 to repeal the death penalty
USA - New Hampshire. House passed HB 455 to repeal the death penalty
MARCH 7, 2019TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: TEACHER SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER PUPIL DIED OF BEATING
A Tanzanian court sentenced a teacher to death on 6 March 2019 after a 13-year-old pupil died from a beating meted out by him in a case that sparked a national debate on corporal punishment in schools.
MARCH 7, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE TO PUNJAB MAN FOR KILLING SIX
The Supreme Court on 5 March 2019 confirmed capital punishment for a man from Punjab, who killed six people by drowning them in a canal.
MARCH 7, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC ACQUITS TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS
The Supreme Court on 5 March 2019 acquitted two death-row convicts who were sentenced to the gallows by the Chhattisgarh High Court for allegedly committing robbery and killing five women members of a family in 2012.
- MARCH 7, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 1494 prohibiting the death penalty for severe mental illness.
USA - Arkansas. House Judiciary Committee defeated HB 1494 prohibiting the death penalty for severe mental illness.
- MARCH 7, 2019IowaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Iowa. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SF 296 to expand the death penalty
USA - Iowa. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed SF 296 to expand the death penalty
- MARCH 6, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ALFRED DEWAYNE BROWN DECLARED ACTUALLY INNOCENT
Death-row exoneree Alfred Dewayne Brown was declared “actually innocent” by Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg on March 1, 2019, making Brown eligible for state compensation for the time he spent wrongfully imprisoned on Texas’ death row.
- MARCH 6, 2019ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Senate Judiciary Committee expands execution drug secrecy law.
USA - Arkansas. Senate Judiciary Committee expands execution drug secrecy law.
MARCH 6, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SURENDRA KOLI SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 10TH CASE OF NITHARI KILLINGS
Surendra Koli, who has been convicted and sentenced to death in nine cases of rape and murder of women in Noida’s Nithari village, was on 2 March 2019 handed down capital punishment in the 10th case of rape and murder against him.
MARCH 6, 2019MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: BAR URGES PAKATAN GOVT TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY ‘ONCE AND FOR ALL’
The Malaysian Bar on 5 March 2019 called upon the Pakatan Harapan government to keep its promise and abolish the death penalty at the upcoming Parliament sitting.
- MARCH 6, 2019ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. SB 19-182 to repeal the death penalty passed Senate Judiciary Committee
USA - Colorado. SB 19-182 to repeal the death penalty passed Senate Judiciary Committee
- MARCH 6, 2019ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 1314, which would eliminate several aggravating circumstances.
USA - Arizona. The House Judiciary Committee passed SB 1314, which would eliminate several aggravating circumstances.
MARCH 5, 2019IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: KURDISH PRISONER HANGED AT CHOOBIDAR PRISON IN QAZVIN
Ali Shakouri, a resident of the Tarzilloo village in Orumiyeh, was executed at Choobidar prison in Qazvin on 11 February 2019.
MARCH 5, 2019GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: POMEROON MINER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PENSIONER
Kenrick Lyte of Good Intent, Lower Pomeroon River, Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) was found guilty of murder on 27 February 2019 by a 12-member jury at the Suddie, Essequibo Coast, High Court.
MARCH 5, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES DEFENDANT IN 'OCTOBER TERRORIST CELL' TO DEATH
The Cairo Criminal Court on 3 March 2019 sentenced one man to death and four others to life imprisonment in the case known as “the October Terrorist cell” case.
- MARCH 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the $28 million compensation for “the Beatrice Six”
USA - Nebraska. The U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the $28 million compensation for “the Beatrice Six”
- MARCH 4, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Juan Corona, California’s most prolific serial killer, dies of natural causes.
USA - California. Juan Corona, California’s most prolific serial killer, dies of natural causes.
- MARCH 4, 2019North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Jury sentenced Seaga Gillard, 30, Black, to death.
USA - North Carolina. Jury sentenced Seaga Gillard, 30, Black, to death.
- MARCH 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): BILLIE WAYNE COBLE EXECUTED
Billie Wayne Coble, 70, White, was executed on 28 February 2019.
- MARCH 4, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE TERM CITING MAN'S REFORMATIVE POEMS
The Supreme Court has commuted the death penalty awarded to a man for murdering a child into life imprisonment after his poems indicated that he realised his mistake and wanted to reform himself, PTI reported on 3 March 2019.
MARCH 4, 2019South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: BISHOPS CALL FOR AN END TO THE DEATH PENALTY
The South Korean bishops’ conference has called for an end to the death penalty, and asked the nation’s Constitutional Court to consider whether capital punishment violates South Korea’s constitution, CAN reported on 14 February 2019.
MARCH 4, 2019Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: FATHER OF THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Colombo High Court judge Shashi Mahendran on 11 February 2019 sentenced a man to death over a murder committed in 2000.
- MARCH 4, 2019NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned the death sentence of Christopher Spreitz
USA - Arizona. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overturned the death sentence of Christopher Spreitz
- MARCH 3, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE AND 3 SONS
Kafr al-Sheikh Criminal Court on 2 March 2019 sentenced a man who murdered his wife and three sons to the death penalty.
MARCH 3, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG SMUGGLERS
The First High Criminal Court on 27 February 2019 sentenced two defendants to death after finding them guilty of smuggling 68 kilograms of hashish from Iran through the sea
MARCH 3, 2019South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: SEVEN MEN INCLUDING MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY HANGED
South Sudan authorities executed at least seven people in February 2019 alone, three of whom were from the same family.
- MARCH 3, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nour Eddin Salami was hanged at Zanjan Prison on March 3.
IRAN - Nour Eddin Salami was hanged at Zanjan Prison on March 3.
- MARCH 1, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown Declared Actually Innocent.
USA - Texas. Alfred Dewayne Brown Declared Actually Innocent.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2019TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Billie Wayne Coble, 70, White, was executed today.
USA - Texas. Billie Wayne Coble, 70, White, was executed today.