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- FEBRUARY 28, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Arron Lawson, 24, White, sentenced to four death penalties
USA - Ohio. Arron Lawson, 24, White, sentenced to four death penalties
- FEBRUARY 27, 2019IowaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Supreme Court Decides that Executing a Person (Vernon Madison) With Dementia Could Be Unconstitutional.
USA - Alabama. Supreme Court Decides that Executing a Person (Vernon Madison) With Dementia Could Be Unconstitutional.
- FEBRUARY 27, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Iowa. Senate Subcommittee votes to expand the death penalty
USA - Iowa. Senate Subcommittee votes to expand the death penalty
- FEBRUARY 26, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: TWO DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD IN TERROR CASE
The Cassation Court in Bahrain upheld the death penalty for two defendants in the case of establishing and funding an illegal terrorist group, the murder of police officers and the attempted murder of others, Gulf News reported on 25 February 2019.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2019United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
DRUG OFFENCE EXECUTIONS MORE THAN HALVE IN 2018 AFTER IRAN REFORM
Human rights experts have hailed a sharp drop in executions for drug offences in 2018, even as they expressed worries over a large number of people worldwide still facing the death penalty for non-violent drug crimes.
FEBRUARY 26, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY TO MAN WHO RAPED 3-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court on 20 February 2019 awarded death sentence to a person who was found guilty of raping and killing a three-year-old girl in Jharkhand's Gumla district.
- FEBRUARY 26, 2019TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Senate Judiciary Committee passes SB 0400 to cut appeals
USA - Tennessee. Senate Judiciary Committee passes SB 0400 to cut appeals
- FEBRUARY 25, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: TWO MONKS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court on 23 February 2019 handed down a preliminary death sentence against two monks for murdering a clergyman, according to Egypt's official MENA news agency.
- FEBRUARY 25, 2019DEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA (USA): FREDDIE TAYLOR, 58, BLACK, FREED FROM DEATH ROW NEARLY 33 YEARS AFTER CONVICTION
A man who spent nearly 33 years awaiting execution on California’s death row took his first steps as a free man on 20 February 2019, following an appeals court decision that overturned the death sentence and raised questions about his mental state during
- FEBRUARY 25, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR KILLING CIVILIAN
A military tribunal in Mogadishu has sentenced a government soldier to death for killing a civilian in Mahad district in Middle Shabelle region, south of Somalia, radioshabelle.com reported on 25 February 2019.
FEBRUARY 25, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Former Egyptian Vice-President Mohamed ElBaradei on 21 February 2019 decried Egypt’s frequent resort to capital punishment and called for the abolition of the practice.
- FEBRUARY 24, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ghafour Gari was hung in public in the city of Aq Qala on Feb. 24.
IRAN - Ghafour Gari was hung in public in the city of Aq Qala on Feb. 24.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Mirzadeh was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
IRAN - Mojtaba Mirzadeh was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
- FEBRUARY 23, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Soheil Haji was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
IRAN - Soheil Haji was executed at Shirvan Prison on Feb. 23.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2019KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. House Committee defeated HB 2282 to repeal capital punishment
USA - Kansas. House Committee defeated HB 2282 to repeal capital punishment
FEBRUARY 22, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A CHILD IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on 10 February 2019 sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a 10-year-old child in Chattogram’s Hathazari.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Governor Gavin Newsom orders DNA testing for Kevin Cooper.
USA - California. Governor Gavin Newsom orders DNA testing for Kevin Cooper.
FEBRUARY 22, 2019IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: SOUTH SUMATRA COURT DELIVERS DEATH PENALTY TO NINE DRUG DEALERS
The Palembang District Court in South Sumatra sentenced nine people to death on 7 February 2019 after finding them guilty of transporting 80 kilograms of crystal methamphetamine.
FEBRUARY 22, 2019PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED TWO TIMES DEATH SENTENCE
The Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) No-III, Rawalpindi Judge Abdul Raheem on 10 February 2019 awarded two times death sentence and imprisonment of 31 years to Zafar Iqbal for killing a police officer on August 10, 1999.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: DEATH SENTENCE IMPOSED FOR MURDER
Khan Younis Court of First Instance on 29 January 2019 imposed a death sentence against a citizen (Y/A’).
FEBRUARY 21, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GUJARAT HIGH COURT SPARES TWO CHILD KILLERS THE GALLOWS
The Gujarat High Court on 18 February 2019 saved two persons—Akshay Patel and Kuldip Panchal—who had brutally murdered a four-and-a-half-year-old kid for ransom, from the gallows.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 15 EXECUTIONS IN FEBRUARY
15 people have so far been executed in Egypt in February alone (7th, 13th & 20th), all were condemned among many others (present & absent) for terrorism crimes.
FEBRUARY 21, 2019TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR ARSONIST
The Taiwan High Court on 20 February 2019 upheld convicted arsonist Weng Jen-hsien’s death sentence.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. Committee voted against HB 350 abolishing capital punishment.
USA - Montana. Committee voted against HB 350 abolishing capital punishment.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN URGED NOT TO HAND ETHNIC KAZAKH OVER TO CHINA
Human rights activists are urging Uzbekistan to deny a Chinese extradition request for an ethnic Kazakh citizen of China who is now stuck in the Central Asian nation’s main air terminal, Reuters reported on 8 February 2019.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR EGYPT TO END DEATH PENALTY
In a statement released on 11 February 2019, the Egyptian Front for Human Rights, the Committee for Justice, and the Arab Foundation for Civil and Political Rights called for an end to the death penalty in Egypt pending “a broad societal dialogue.”
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019MontanaDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Death penalty repeal (HB 455) clears committee
USA - New Hampshire. Death penalty repeal (HB 455) clears committee
FEBRUARY 20, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: MOSQUE IMAM MURDERER DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
The Court of Cassation upheld on 11 February 2019 the death sentence handed down to the killer of the Imam of Bin Shaddah Mosque.
FEBRUARY 20, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: NINE MEN EXECUTED OVER PROSECUTOR'S DEATH
Egyptian authorities executed nine young men on 20 February 2019 morning despite calls by rights groups to halt the executions over due process violations, a source close to their families told Middle East Eye.
- FEBRUARY 20, 2019CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Freddie Taylor freed from Death Row nearly 33 years
USA - California. Freddie Taylor freed from Death Row nearly 33 years