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JULY 8, 2015DEATH PENALTYILLINOIS (USA): GEORGE RYAN CREATES DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION GROUP
Former Gov. George Ryan, whose moratorium laid the groundwork for ending the death penalty in Illinois during Gov. Pat Quinn's administration, has formed a not-for-profit organization called “Abolition Now” to battle executions nationwide.
JULY 7, 2015North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: FARM MANAGER EXECUTED FOR DEATHS OF DOZEN BABY TURTLES
Daily NK, an online newspaper focusing on issues relating to North Korea, said the manager of a terrapin farm had been executed after Kim Jong-un made his field guidance tour in May to the farm near Taedong River in Pyongyang.
JULY 7, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: MUSLIM CONVERT TO HANG FOR MASS MURDER
A former Mungiki member who converted to Islam and trained with Al Shabaab has been sentenced to
JULY 7, 2015GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN, 59, SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR KILLING GIRLFRIEND
A 59-year-old man who, out of jealousy, murdered his girlfriend at Atwima Techiman was sentenced to
- JULY 7, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 94.5% of Elected Prosecutors in Death Penalty States Are White.
USA - 94.5% of Elected Prosecutors in Death Penalty States Are White.
JULY 6, 2015South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: LAWMAKERS PUSH TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
Lawmakers submitted a bipartisan bill to the National Assembly proposing to abolish the death penalty,
JULY 6, 2015AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: HELMAND MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
A primary urban court in southern Helmand province sentenced a man to death for killing his wife.
JULY 5, 2015GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: PRESIDENT GRANTS AMNESTY TO CONVICTED COUP PLOTTER
Gambia's president granted amnesty to 85 prisoners including a former police official accused of participating in a coup attempt in 2009, state media said.
JULY 5, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH PARDONED BY PLAINTIFFS
During a recent meeting of “peace and reconciliation” between prisoners in Isfahan’s central prison and a
JULY 4, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ‘TERRORIST CELL’ MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH, LIFE BY GIZA CRIMINAL COURT
The Giza Criminal Court sentenced one defendant to death and another to life in prison, for forming a
JULY 4, 2015United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: RAK COURT UPHOLDS MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
The RAK (Ras al-Khaima) Court of Cassation has upheld an earlier death sentence passed against a
- JULY 3, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A report showing that homicides and other violent crimes continued to drop statewide in 2014
USA - California. A report showing that homicides and other violent crimes continued to drop statewide in 2014
JULY 2, 2015Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JAFFNA
Jaffna High Court has sentenced three individuals to death, Police Media Unit said.
- JULY 2, 2015AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: APPEALS COURT QUASHES FARKHUNDA MOB KILLING DEATH SENTENCES
In what is set to evoke a worldwide condemnation, a court in Afghanistan has quashed the death sentences
- JULY 2, 2015ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MUMBWA POLYGAMIST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING SECOND WIFE
In Zambia, the Kabwe High Court sentenced to death a 34-year-old polygamist of Mumbwa who strangled
- JULY 2, 2015KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: VIOLENT ROBBERS GET THE DEATH SENTENCE
Two men were sentenced to death in Kenya for robbery with violence.
JULY 2, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYEUROPEAN STATES CONTINUE TO FUND DRUG HANGINGS AS IRAN EXECUTIONS SPIKE
New analysis released today by NGO Iran Human Rights shows that over two thirds of the 570 people so far executed in Iran this year were sentenced to death on drugs charges.
JULY 1, 2015TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ALBINO TEENAGER
Four men, including a witchdoctor, were sentenced to death by Tanzania's High Court after being found
- JUNE 30, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 462 people shot dead by police this year.
USA - 462 people shot dead by police this year.
- JUNE 30, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court may vote against death penalty in a near future
USA - Supreme Court may vote against death penalty in a near future
- JUNE 30, 2015Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
In June 2015, the Central African Republic’s transitional government promulgated
In June 2015, the Central African Republic’s transitional government promulgated
JUNE 30, 2015GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: PRESIDENT MAHAMA FREES 900 PRISONERS
President John Mahama has freed some 900 prisoners ahead of tomorrow’s Republic Day holiday.
JUNE 30, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: ISLAMIC STATE BEHEADS FOUR FOR SORCERY, INCLUDING TWO WOMEN
Islamic State (IS) has beheaded two women in eastern Syria, the first time the jihadist group has
JUNE 30, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: 462 PEOPLE SHOT DEAD BY POLICE THIS YEAR
Nationwide, police have shot and killed 462 people in the first six months of 2015, according to Washington Post data.
- JUNE 29, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds Use of Lethal Injection Drug.
USA - Supreme Court Narrowly Upholds Use of Lethal Injection Drug.
JUNE 29, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED FOR 10 INDIVIDUALS IN SOUTHEASTERN PRISON
10 prisoners that have been detained in Zahedan Central Prison (southeastern Iran) for three years in a
- JUNE 29, 2015OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Tom Parker sentenced Shawn Ford to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Tom Parker sentenced Shawn Ford to death
JUNE 29, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE MOHAMMAD ALI TAHERI SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Iranian regime has sentenced prisoner of conscience Mohammad Ali Taheri to execution. He is the
JUNE 29, 2015SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: HEROIN TRAFFICKER FAILS IN ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
Kester Ng Wei Ren, a heroin trafficker who has been on death row for more than four years, failed in his
JUNE 29, 2015DEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN, U.S. SUPREME COURT SHOULD EVALUATE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF DEATH PENALTY ITSELF
About the news of the rejection 5/4 by the US Supreme Court of the appeals on the constitutionality of one