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- JANUARY 28, 2016MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Missouri Senate committee votes to abolish death penalty.
USA - Missouri. Missouri Senate committee votes to abolish death penalty.
- JANUARY 28, 2016OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio Executions Reveal Vast Racial, Gender, and Geographic Inequities.
USA - Ohio. Ohio Executions Reveal Vast Racial, Gender, and Geographic Inequities.
- JANUARY 28, 2016CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury sentenced Michael Charles Brown to death.
USA - California. A jury sentenced Michael Charles Brown to death.
- JANUARY 28, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. James Freeman, 35, White, was executed.
USA - Texas. James Freeman, 35, White, was executed.
JANUARY 28, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT SENT TO GALLOWS IN MIANWALI
A death row convict was hanged in Mianwali Central Jail. According to details, Mumrez had been
- JANUARY 28, 2016DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Bill to abolish Delaware's death penalty failed to clear the House.
USA - Delaware. Bill to abolish Delaware's death penalty failed to clear the House.
JANUARY 28, 2016TajikistanDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TAJIK NATIONAL EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Tajik Foreign Ministry officials told RFE/RL that Hasan Yusufov, 51, was executed early in the morning.
JANUARY 28, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA EXECUTES ANOTHER PRISONER, BRINGING TO 55 NUMBER OF CONVICTS PUT TO DEATH THIS YEAR
Saudi Arabia executed one of its citizens for murder, bringing to 55 the number of convicts put to death this year.
JANUARY 28, 2016DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): JAMES FREEMAN EXECUTED
James Freeman, 35, White, was executed.
- JANUARY 27, 2016MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Attorney General presents death penalty options.
USA - Mississippi. Attorney General presents death penalty options.
JANUARY 27, 2016LiberiaDEATH PENALTYLIBERIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN BASSA
The second Judicial Circuit Court in Grand Bassa County has sentenced three persons to death by hanging,
JANUARY 27, 2016KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Kenyan woman who strangled her two-year-old daughter to death after an overnight prayer session at a
JANUARY 27, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN NATIONAL BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded an Egyptian national after sentencing him to death on charges related to robbery
- JANUARY 27, 2016FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge: Florida has 'no death penalty'.
USA - Florida. Judge: Florida has 'no death penalty'.
- JANUARY 27, 2016TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Stanley Griffin
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the death sentence of Stanley Griffin
JANUARY 27, 2016IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF SERIAL KILLER, AWARDS LIFE TERM
The Delhi High Court commuted to life capital punishment awarded to serial killer Chandrakant Jha in two
JANUARY 25, 2016Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: EXECUTIONS REACH 53 IN JANUARY
The Saudi Ministry of Interior said in a statement that a capital sentence against a murderer was carried out
- JANUARY 24, 2016IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO HANGED FOR MURDER IN YASUJ AND KERMANSHAH
Two unidentified prisoners were hanged by Iranian authorities.
- JANUARY 24, 2016AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Christopher Brooks, 43, White, was put to death.
USA - Alabama. Christopher Brooks, 43, White, was put to death.
- JANUARY 22, 2016DEATH PENALTY
‘THE SMILING FACE OF THE MULLAHS’ – HOC’S REPORT ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN
The election of Hassan Rouhani in June of 2013 was greeted by everyone (almost) as a turnabout and, from that time, the new President of the Islamic Republic was defined as the “reformer”, the “moderate”, the “happy and smiling face” of the Mullah’s regim
- JANUARY 22, 2016Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
President Thein Sein pardoned another 102 prisoners, including 52 political prisoners. As well as those
President Thein Sein pardoned another 102 prisoners, including 52 political prisoners. As well as those
JANUARY 22, 2016NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SUPREME COURT OKAYS OKEKE FOR EXECUTION
The Supreme Court upheld the judgment of a Lagos High Court sentencing a man, Nonso Okeke to death
- JANUARY 22, 2016KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MINOR’S MURDER
Four people have been sentenced to death for the murder of an eight-year-old girl in Nairobi’s Kariobangi
- JANUARY 21, 2016BeninDEATH PENALTY
the Constitutional Court of Benin ruled that Benin’s 2012 ratification of the Second Option
the Constitutional Court of Benin ruled that Benin’s 2012 ratification of the Second Option
JANUARY 21, 2016LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: THREE EXECUTED FOR STEALING AND FOUR WHIPPED FOR DRINKING ALCOHOL BY ISIS
ISIS militants in the Libyan town of Sirte have executed at least three men and whipped another for drinking
JANUARY 21, 2016PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ONE MORE DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED
One death row convict was executed on the Sahiwal Central Jail in early morning, Dunya News reported.
JANUARY 21, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: CCZ AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
the Council of Churches in Zambia (CCZ) executive director Rev Susan Matale said before the
- JANUARY 21, 2016ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Murder Victim's Daughter Says "Broken Death Penalty Doesn't Bring Closure and is A Waste".
USA - Connecticut. Murder Victim's Daughter Says "Broken Death Penalty Doesn't Bring Closure and is A Waste".
JANUARY 21, 2016ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: POLICE CHIEF SAYS DEATH PENALTY PROVISIONS APPROPRIATE
Kakoma Kanganja Police chief said death penalty provisions were appropriate and should be applied as
JANUARY 21, 2016DEATH PENALTYALABAMA (USA): CHRISTOPHER BROOKS EXECUTED
Christopher Brooks was put to death in Alabama.