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- OCTOBER 6, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
a juvenile offender, Samad Zahabi, was secretly hanged for a murder he allegedly committed at 17,
a juvenile offender, Samad Zahabi, was secretly hanged for a murder he allegedly committed at 17,
- OCTOBER 6, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Juan Martin Garcia, 35, hispanic, was executed
USA - Texas. Juan Martin Garcia, 35, hispanic, was executed
OCTOBER 6, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN LAHORE
Death row convict Muhammad Idrees was sent to the gallows at the Kot Lakhpat Jail in Lahore for killing a man in 1997.
- OCTOBER 6, 2015MontanaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. Judge Jeffrey Sherlock Prohibits State From Using Pentobarbital
USA - Montana. Judge Jeffrey Sherlock Prohibits State From Using Pentobarbital
OCTOBER 6, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED
The mullahs hanged four men in northern and southern Iran.
OCTOBER 6, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SECOND JUVENILE TO FACE ‘BEHEADING’ FOR PROTESTS
A second juvenile is facing beheading in Saudi Arabia after a court upheld his conviction for a role in
OCTOBER 6, 2015Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA WILL NOT IMPLEMENT DEATH PENALTY FOR NOW - JUSTICE MINISTER
Sri Lanka will not implement the death penalty temporarily as the country has decided to vote in favor of a UN resolution for moratorium on death penalty in 2015, Minister of Justice Wijeyadasa Rajapaksha said in parliament.
OCTOBER 6, 2015DEATH PENALTYMONTANA (USA): JUDGE PROHIBITS STATE FROM USING PENTOBARBITAL
Judge Jeffrey Sherlock Prohibits State From Using Execution Drug. A state judge ruled today that the
OCTOBER 6, 2015DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): JUAN MARTIN GARCIA EXECUTED
Juan Martin Garcia, 35, hispanic, was executed for the September 17, 1998 killing and robbery of Hugo Solano, 36, in Houston.
- OCTOBER 5, 2015IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were hanged for murder in the Vakilabad prison of Mashhad, reported the daily newspaper
two men were hanged for murder in the Vakilabad prison of Mashhad, reported the daily newspaper
- OCTOBER 5, 2015FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Henry Davis threw out the death sentence of Raymond Morrison
USA - Florida. Judge Henry Davis threw out the death sentence of Raymond Morrison
- OCTOBER 5, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - The Supreme Court is starting a new term that will discuss also 3 death penalty cases.
USA - The Supreme Court is starting a new term that will discuss also 3 death penalty cases.
- OCTOBER 5, 2015VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. EU Sharply Critical Of Prieto Execution In Virginia.
USA - Virginia. EU Sharply Critical Of Prieto Execution In Virginia.
OCTOBER 5, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: SUPREME COURT IS STARTING A NEW TERM
The Supreme Court is starting a new term. The 9 justices are meeting in public Monday for the first hearing
OCTOBER 4, 2015JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: PRISONER DIES AFTER 46 YEARS ON DEATH ROW
Masaru Okunishi, a death-row inmate who was seeking a retrial over a 1961 wine poisoning case, died at the Hachioji medical prison in western Tokyo. He was 89.
OCTOBER 4, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED, 9 OTHERS AT IMMINENT RISK OF EXECUTION
Iran's fundamentalist regime hanged a prisoner in southern Iran and transferred at least nine other death-row
OCTOBER 3, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ANOTHER MURDER CONVICT EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL
A triple murder convict named Muhammad Akram was executed in the Sahiwal Central Jail. He had killed his wife, brother-in-law and sister-in-law over a domestic feud in 2002.
OCTOBER 3, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH PENALTY, LIFE IN PRISON FOR 4 OVER ARSON
Two were sentenced to death, two others to life in prison and a minor to a 10-year jail term for sabotage.
- OCTOBER 2, 2015DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS HALTS 3 EXECUTIONS
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals halted 3 executions.
- OCTOBER 2, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards
USA - Missouri. Gov. Jay Nixon commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards
- OCTOBER 2, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals halts executions.
USA - Oklahoma. The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals halts executions.
OCTOBER 2, 2015DEATH PENALTYMISSOURI (USA): GOVERNOR NIXON COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR CONVICTED MURDERER KIMBER EDWARDS
Gov. Jay Nixon commuted the death sentence of Kimber Edwards to life without parole.
- OCTOBER 1, 2015DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): AG PRUITT ASKS COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS TO STAY SCHEDULED EXECUTIONS
Attorney General Scott Pruitt filed a petition with the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals seeking an indefinite stay of all scheduled executions.
- OCTOBER 1, 2015VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Alfredo Prieto was executed today after a series of last-minute appeals, including Pope Francis’s, failed.
USA - Virginia. Alfredo Prieto was executed today after a series of last-minute appeals, including Pope Francis’s, failed.
OCTOBER 1, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 16 JIHADISTS CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICE
An Egyptian court sentenced 16 jihadists to death in a retrial on charges of killing 25 policemen in the Sinai
- OCTOBER 1, 2015OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. AG Pruitt Asks Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to Stay Scheduled Executions.
USA - Oklahoma. AG Pruitt Asks Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to Stay Scheduled Executions.
OCTOBER 1, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED IN FAISALABAD
Two death row convicts were hanged in the Central Jail of Faisalabad. Shoukat and Ikhlaq had killed two
- OCTOBER 1, 2015OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the death sentence of Bennie Adams is invalid
USA - Ohio. The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that the death sentence of Bennie Adams is invalid
OCTOBER 1, 2015DEATH PENALTYVIRGINIA (USA): ALFREDO PRIETO EXECUTED AFTER LAST-MINUTE APPEALS, INCLUDING POPE FRANCIS’S, FAILED
Alfredo Prieto was executed today after a series of last-minute appeals failed.
- SEPTEMBER 30, 2015DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA (USA): CITING QUESTION OVER NEW DRUG, GOVERNOR HALTS GLOSSIP'S EXECUTION
4 p.m. Gov. Mary Fallin has granted a last-minute stay for Glossip who was set to be executed Wednesday afternoon.