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FEBRUARY 23, 2016DEATH PENALTYUTAH (USA): SENATE COMMITTEE PASSES BILL TO END THE DEATH PENALTY
The Utah Senate Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee, led by Republicans, voted
FEBRUARY 21, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OFFICERS
The State Security Court (SSC) sentenced three men to the death penalty for murdering two police officers and a gendarme lieutenant in two separate cases in Irbid and Maan.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2016Vatican CityDEATH PENALTY
POPE CALLS FOR WORLDWIDE ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Pope Francis called for the worldwide abolition of the death penalty, saying the commandment "You shall not kill" was absolute and equally valid for the guilty as for the innocent. Using some of his strongest words ever against capital punishment, he als
- FEBRUARY 20, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THE SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS THE DEATH SENTENCE OF A JUVENILE OFFENDER
The death sentence of Himan Ouraminejad who was charged with murder as a juvenile, has been confirmed in the Supreme Court and is waiting for the permission of head of judiciary to be executed.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Victim's mother urges State Attorney to take death penalty off the table
USA - Florida. Victim's mother urges State Attorney to take death penalty off the table
- FEBRUARY 18, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The House passed a bill requiring a 10-2 vote for a death sentence
USA - Florida. The House passed a bill requiring a 10-2 vote for a death sentence
- FEBRUARY 18, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The state Supreme Court tossed out the murder conviction and death sentence for Ana Maria Cardona
USA - Florida. The state Supreme Court tossed out the murder conviction and death sentence for Ana Maria Cardona
FEBRUARY 18, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS EXECUTE A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY BY BEHEADING AFTER HE IS CAUGHT LISTENING TO WESTERN MUSIC
A teenage boy has been beheaded by ISIS for simply listening to Western music.
FEBRUARY 18, 2016IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 40 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2014 TIKRIT MASSACRE
An Iraqi court sentenced 40 men to hang over the June 2014 massacre by Sunni jihadists and allied militants of hundreds of military recruits in Tikrit, the judiciary said.
FEBRUARY 18, 2016BurundiDEATH PENALTYBURUNDI: DEFENSE MINISTER REQUESTS REINTRODUCTION OF DEATH PENALTY
Burundian Defense Minister Emmanuel Ntahomvukiye requested the reintroduction of the death penalty to
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for an Army sergeant for killing five fellow soldiers in a shooting rampage near the border with North Korea.
the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for an Army sergeant for killing five fellow soldiers in a shooting rampage near the border with North Korea.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Orthodox Jewish Organization Calls for an End to Capital Punishment
USA - Orthodox Jewish Organization Calls for an End to Capital Punishment
FEBRUARY 17, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE CONVICTED DRUG TRAFFICKERS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded one of its citizens and two Yemeni nationals on charges of drug trafficking, bringing to 63 the number of decapitations in the kingdom since the start of year.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed.
USA - Georgia. Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2016JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: NEW SENTENCES TO DEATH WILL BE EXECUTED
Ammon News informed that new sentences to death will be executed, including 13 people who are
FEBRUARY 17, 2016DEATH PENALTYGEORGIA (USA): TRAVIS HITTSON EXECUTED
Travis Hittson, 45, White, was executed. Hittson, a former Navy crewman, was convicted by a Houston
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Senate passes Execution Secrecy Bill.
USA - Mississippi. Senate passes Execution Secrecy Bill.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH ROW INMATE FOUND PREGNANT, 4 OFFICERS SUSPENDED
Four corrections officers were suspended in northern Vietnam after a death-row inmate became pregnant in an apparent attempt to avoid the death penalty, news reports said.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: TRIPLE MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH
Belarus sentenced to death a man convicted of killing three people, the day after the European Union (EU)
- FEBRUARY 16, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Texas. Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS
A Chittagong court convicted a man and sentenced him to death for killing his two younger brothers in 2013
FEBRUARY 16, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SC TURNS CONVICT'S DEATH SENTENCE INTO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Supreme Court of Pakistan (SC) changed the decision of convict s execution into life imprisonment.
FEBRUARY 16, 2016DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): GUSTAVO GARCIA EXECUTED
Gustavo Garcia, 43, Hispanic, was executed. Garcia was sentenced to death after confessing to the murders of two clerks during separate robberies.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Justice Antonin Scalia has died today at age 79.
USA - Justice Antonin Scalia has died today at age 79.
- FEBRUARY 14, 2016United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR JOINING DAESH
Four men were sentenced in absentia to death for joining Daesh and fighting with the terrorist group in Syria, the Federal Supreme Court ruled.
FEBRUARY 13, 2016United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT JUSTICE ANTONIN SCALIA DIES AT 79
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1986 by President
- FEBRUARY 12, 2016UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Bill Expanding Death Penalty Passes House.
USA - Utah. Bill Expanding Death Penalty Passes House.
FEBRUARY 12, 2016LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: DAESH EXECUTES THREE PRISONERS IN SIRTE
An armed group attributed to Daesh executed three Libyans in Sirte city.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2016UkraineDEATH PENALTY
UKRAINE: DONETSK PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC COURT HANDS DOWN FIRST DEATH SENTENCE
One person has been sentenced to death in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic (DPR),
FEBRUARY 11, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: IRAQI EXECUTED FOR MURDER
An Iraqi national was put to death in Saudi Arabia for murdering a man from the United Arab Emirates, the