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JULY 16, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: LIVES OF TWO PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER SPARED BY PLAINTIFFS
According to official reports by state run media Hamshahri Online, two prisoners who were sentenced to
- JULY 16, 2015OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. U.S. District Court Judge James Carr overturned the death sentence of Quisi Bryan
USA - Ohio. U.S. District Court Judge James Carr overturned the death sentence of Quisi Bryan
JULY 16, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CONVICT HAMSA SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAFIYA MURDER CASE
The district sessions court in Kasaragod, state of Kerala, has awarded death sentence to K.C. Hamsa,
- JULY 16, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Study finds racial disparity in Missouri executions.
USA - Missouri. Study finds racial disparity in Missouri executions.
JULY 16, 2015Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD: PRIVY COUNCIL REFUSES TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCE...FIRST TIME IN 22 YEARS
For the first time in 22 years, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC), by a majority ruling,
JULY 16, 2015ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: KILLER FATHER TO HANG
The Lusaka High Court sentenced a man of Chibombo district to death for killing his two children using a pesticide on grounds that he was disturbed by the dissolution of his marriage.
JULY 16, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: PRESIDENT OBAMA VISITS FEDERAL PRISON, EXTENDING HIS CAMPAIGN FOR REFORM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM. HE IS THE FIRST SITTING PRESIDENT TO SEE THE INSIDE A FEDERAL PRISON FIRST HAND
The president visited the El Reno Federal Correctional Institution in Oklahoma, a complex which includes sections of buildings separated by large green yards and barbed wire fences.
JULY 15, 2015ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: LAST WOMAN ON DEATH ROW 'SAVED'
Zimbabwe no longer has female prisoners on death row in compliance with the new constitution.
JULY 15, 2015IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: KNESSET REJECTS BILL ON DEATH PENALTY FOR TERRORISTS
The Knesset voted down a bill proposed by Yisrael Beytenu that would have enabled judges to more easily sentence a terrorist to death.
- JULY 15, 2015NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: KILLER OF EX-OGUN MAGISTRATE SENTENCED TO DEATH
A 22-year-old man, David Idah, was sentenced to death by hanging for killing a retired chief magistrate in Ogun State, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Timeyin.
JULY 15, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC DURING RAMADAN
Official sources in Iran have reported on the public execution of a prisoner in Mahvelat County. The
- JULY 14, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. David Zink, 55, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. David Zink, 55, White, was executed.
JULY 14, 2015BelizeDEATH PENALTYBELIZE: LAST MAN ON DEATH ROW HAS SENTENCE QUASHED
Glenford Baptist, 44, has a new lease on life after being told this morning that his sentence of death by hanging will be commuted.
JULY 14, 2015DEATH PENALTYMISSOURI (USA): DAVID ZINK EXECUTED
David Zink, 55, White, has been executed.
JULY 13, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING AMERICAN TEACHER
The United Arab Emirates executed by firing squad a UAE woman convicted of terrorism early today after
- JULY 13, 2015Governo Federale degli Stati UnitiDEATH PENALTY
OBAMA COMMUTES SENTENCES OF 46 NON-VIOLENT OFFENDERS, INCLUDING PEOPLE SERVING LIFE SENTENCES FOR DRUG
President Barack Obama cut the prison sentences of 46 non-violent offenders, including five serving life sentences, saying “their punishments didn’t fit the crime.”
JULY 12, 2015IsraelDEATH PENALTYISRAEL: NETANYAHU BLOCKS DEATH PENALTY FOR MASS MURDERING TERRORISTS
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has blocked, at least temporarily, a bill which would require judges to
JULY 12, 2015North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: MEDIA CONFIRMS DEFENCE MINISTER EXECUTION
South Korea says North Korea has officially confirmed the purging of its defence chief two months after
JULY 12, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY IS PRIVILEGE OF POOR, SAYS LAW COMMISSION HEAD
Noting that poor and downtrodden usually go to the gallows, Chairman of the Law Commission of India
JULY 11, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 464 DEATH SENTENCES IN FIRST YEAR OF SISI'S RULE
The Egyptian Observatory of Rights and Freedoms has reported that both Egyptian military and civilian courts issued 92,420 sentences against Egyptian citizens during the first year of Abdul-Fatah Al-Sisi's rule, including 464 death sentences.
JULY 11, 2015ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: JUNTA ADDS DEATH PENALTY TO ANTI CORRUPTION LAW
Under the new law published in the Royal Gazette, officials of both Thailand and foreign countries who have
JULY 11, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MPS, LEADERS SEEK REPEAL OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Cutting across the party lines, the members of Parliament (MPs) and political leaders favoured the abolition
- JULY 10, 2015AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Carlos Kennedy
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals overturned the capital murder conviction and death sentence of Carlos Kennedy
JULY 10, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FORMER PRESIDENT A P J ABDUL KALAM FAVOURS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Former president A P J Abdul Kalam has supported abolition of the death penalty, saying that as President
- JULY 9, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge John W. Lua resentenced former death row Constantino Carrera to 2 consecutive terms of 25 years to life
USA - California. Judge John W. Lua resentenced former death row Constantino Carrera to 2 consecutive terms of 25 years to life
JULY 9, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 14 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
14 members of Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood were sentenced to death in two separate terrorism-related cases.
JULY 9, 2015ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND CONDEMNED FOR REPATRIATION OF 109 UIGHURS TO CHINA
Thailand deported more than 100 Uighurs back to China, ignoring concerns that the ethnic minority faces persecution by the Chinese government, while protesters in Turkey, which had accepted an earlier batch of refugees, ransacked the Thai Consulate.
JULY 8, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: 24 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SPEICHER KILLINGS
An Iraqi court sentenced 24 people to death over the killing of hundreds of soldiers at a former U.S. military
- JULY 8, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. George Ryan creates death penalty abolition group.
USA - Illinois. George Ryan creates death penalty abolition group.
- JULY 8, 2015IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Poll Results: 61% Pro Death Penalty.
USA - Poll Results: 61% Pro Death Penalty.