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- JANUARY 11, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 12 EXECUTED ON DRUG CHARGES
Twelve imprisoned drug offenders on 6 December 2018 were executed in the Central Prison of Kerman, South-Eastern Iran.
JANUARY 11, 2019IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES PUNE BUS ACCIDENT CONVICT'S DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE SENTENCE
The Supreme Court on 9 January 2019 commuted to life imprisonment the death sentence awarded to bus driver Santosh Mane, convicted for killing nine people in 2012, by mowing them down in Pune.
- JANUARY 11, 2019FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Clemency Board Posthumously Pardons the “Groveland Four”.
USA - Florida. Clemency Board Posthumously Pardons the “Groveland Four”.
- JANUARY 10, 2019DEATH PENALTY
NETFLIX’S THE INNOCENT MAN: THE AMERICAN INJUSTICE SYSTEM
Netflix’s 6-episode documentary, The Innocent Man, is based on bestselling novelist John Grisham’s only non-fiction effort, The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town, published in 2006.
- JANUARY 10, 2019BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS COURT PASSES DEATH SENTENCE ON MURDERER OF TWO GIRLS
Alyaksandr Asipovich, 36-year-old, was sentenced to death on 9 January 2019 for the murder of two girls.
- JANUARY 10, 2019TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
TUNISIA: FIVE JIHADISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER TEEN BEHEADING
A Tunisian court on 8 January 2019 sentenced five jihadists to death over the 2015 murder of a teenage shepherd.
JANUARY 10, 2019QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: TWO ASIAN MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING EMPLOYER
A Doha Criminal Court on 2 January 2019 sentenced two Asian men to death for the premeditated murder of their employer, and a third man to six months in jail for being aware of the crime and not reporting it.
JANUARY 10, 2019BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEGE TEACHER KRISHNA KABERI
A man was sentenced to death for killing a college teacher, Krishna Kaberi Biswas, in the capital’s Mohammadpur area in 2015, Star Online reported on 3 January 2019.
- JANUARY 10, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Court Grants New Trial to Former Death-Row Prisoner Johnny Lee Gates.
USA - Georgia. Court Grants New Trial to Former Death-Row Prisoner Johnny Lee Gates.
- JANUARY 9, 2019MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: SUPREME COURT QUASHES NAIFARU WOMAN’S DEATH SENTENCE
The Supreme Court of the Maldives on 7 January 2019 quashed a magistrate court verdict of death by stoning, passed against a woman for extramarital sex.
- JANUARY 9, 2019BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES TO DUO CONVICTED OF SELLING NARCOTICS
Seven men have been handed down various sentences on drug-related charges, Northern Prosecutor Mohammed Al Maliki announced on 31 December 2018.
JANUARY 9, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ARE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SNATCHING NINE BOYS FROM THEIR NEIGHBOURS BEFORE SELLING THEM ON
Two human traffickers on 27 December 2018 were sentenced to death in China for snatching nine boys from their neighbours before selling them on, according to Chinese media.
- JANUARY 9, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 12 prisoners were hanged at the Rajai Shahr prison on Jan. 9.
IRAN - 12 prisoners were hanged at the Rajai Shahr prison on Jan. 9.
- JANUARY 8, 2019MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: NAIFARU COURT SENTENCES WOMAN IN ABSENTIA TO DEATH BY STONING
Naifaru magistrate court has sentenced a 25-year-old woman from Naifaru island to death by stoning, after she confessed to having extramarital sex, RaajjeMV reported on 7 January 2019.
- JANUARY 8, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA: IN 2018 THE POLICE KILLED 1810 PEOPLE
According to Fatal Encounters, in 2018 the police killed 1810 people.
JANUARY 8, 2019IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: AL-KARKH CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCES TO DEATH A TERRORIST WHO WAS ARRESTED IN POSSESSION OF AN EXPLOSIVE BELT AND TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT ANOTHER
Al-Karkh Criminal Court issued two sentences to death and to life for two convicted of affiliation to terrorist organizations...
- JANUARY 8, 2019SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: MILITARY EXECUTES TWO AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS IN MOGADISHU
Somali military authorities on 7 January 2019 executed two members of the Al-Shabaab militia group in the capital of Mogadishu, after being convicted for the murder of a traditional elder in Mogadishu.
- JANUARY 7, 2019DEATH PENALTY
STUDY: INTERNATIONAL DATA SHOWS DECLINING MURDER RATES AFTER ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Nations that abolish the death penalty then tend to see their murder rates decline, according to a December 2018 report by the Abdorrahman Boroumand Center, a Washington, DC-based organization that promotes human rights and democracy in Iran.
JANUARY 7, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BANK COMPUTER HACKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
China has sentenced two computer hackers to death to deter the growth of computer crime, Cyware reported on 31 December 2018.
JANUARY 7, 2019KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: DEATH UPHELD FOR MAN IN LITTLE GIRL'S MURDER
The Appeals Court on 30 December 2018 upheld the verdict of the First Instance Court which sentenced a Kuwaiti man to death by hanging for beating and torturing to death a five-year-old girl in Qussor.
JANUARY 7, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: AKEREDOLU COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 3 INMATES TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT, PARDONS 12
Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu on 31 December 2018 commuted the death sentence of three prison inmates to life imprisonment, while he granted pardon to 12 others as part of activities to mark the New Year celebration.
- JANUARY 7, 2019OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Supreme Court rules lower court erred in setting aside death penalty for Hill.
USA - Ohio. Supreme Court rules lower court erred in setting aside death penalty for Hill.
- JANUARY 6, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - According to Fatal Encounters, in 2018 the police killed 1810 people.
USA - According to Fatal Encounters, in 2018 the police killed 1810 people.
- JANUARY 5, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Netflix’s The Innocent Man: The American injustice system.
USA - Netflix’s The Innocent Man: The American injustice system.
- JANUARY 5, 2019NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Scott Dozier, Who Pushed For Execution, Dead of Suicide in Cell.
USA - Nevada. Scott Dozier, Who Pushed For Execution, Dead of Suicide in Cell.
- JANUARY 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IRAQ SENTENCED 616 FOREIGNERS FOR IS LINKS IN 2018
Iraq sentenced more than 600 foreigners including many women and dozens of minors in 2018 for belonging to the Islamic State group, the judiciary said on 31 December 2018.
- JANUARY 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
SAUDI NATIONAL EXECUTED IN MADINAH FOR STABBING MAN TO DEATH
A Saudi national was executed in Madinah on 2 January 2019 for stabbing a man to death, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
- JANUARY 4, 2019DEATH PENALTY
SERIAL KILLER EXECUTED IN NORTHWEST CHINA
A man convicted of killing 11 women was executed on 3 January 2019 in northwest China's Gansu Province, local authorities said.
- JANUARY 4, 2019AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. New trial for Emanuel Aaron Gissendanner
USA - Alabama. New trial for Emanuel Aaron Gissendanner
- JANUARY 3, 2019DEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS YOUNG WOMAN, ANOTHER VICTIM OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE
A 25-year-old woman identified only as Noushin, 25, was hanged in Iran, the state-run Young Journalist Club reported on 22 December 2018.