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- JUNE 26, 2015MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Michelle Byrom was released
USA - Mississippi. Michelle Byrom was released
JUNE 26, 2015DEATH PENALTYALMOST EXECUTED BY MISSISSIPPI, MICHELLE BYROM FREE
Michelle Byrom - who came close to being the 1st woman executed in Mississippi since World War II –
JUNE 25, 2015NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: NINE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY KANO SHARIA COURT FOR BLASPHEMY AGAINST ISLAM
Nine people have been sentenced to death in Kano State by a Sharia Court of Appeal in Rijiyar Lemo for
JUNE 25, 2015JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MURDERER CONVICT EXECUTED, GOVERNMENT ABE’S TWELFTH EXECUTION
Japan executed a man who robbed and killed a woman after plotting the crime with accomplices he met online.
- JUNE 24, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - U.S. District Judge George O'Toole formally sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death
USA - U.S. District Judge George O'Toole formally sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to death
JUNE 24, 2015ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THREE DRUG SMUGGLERS EXECUTED
three people were executed in the largest drug case to be heard in Liaoning Province.
JUNE 24, 2015DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): NO DEATH SENTENCES IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS
The last death sentence in Texas dates back to Dec. 17, 2014.
- JUNE 24, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA: TSARNAEV FORMALLY SENTENCED TO 6 DEATH SENTENCES
U.S. District Judge George O'Toole formally sentenced Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to 6 death sentences for the April 15, 2013, bomb at the Boston Marathon.
JUNE 24, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. No death sentences in the last 6 months
USA - Texas. No death sentences in the last 6 months
- JUNE 23, 2015LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Executions on hold for at least a year
USA - Louisiana. Executions on hold for at least a year
JUNE 23, 2015FranceDEATH PENALTYFRANCE DOING EVERYTHING IT CAN TO SAVE SERGE FROM EXECUTION
JUNE 23, 2015DEATH PENALTYLOUISIANA (USA): EXECUTIONS ON HOLD FOR AT LEAST A YEAR AS STATE SORTS OUT DEATH PENALTY METHOD
Executions in Louisiana are on hold for at least a year because the state doesn't have the drugs needed to put inmates to death, according to a court filing.
JUNE 23, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTIES FOR MURDERS OF 4 FRENCH
Saudi Arabia's Supreme Court has confirmed death sentences for two suspected Saudi Al-Qaeda members
JUNE 22, 2015United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: ISLAMIC STATE COMMITTING ATROCITIES ON 'AN INDUSTRIAL SCALE'
The United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights in counter-terrorism, Ben Emmerson, says people
JUNE 22, 2015KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: PINAY CONVICT RETURNS HOME AFTER 10-YEAR DETENTION
A Filipina who was saved from the death penalty in Kuwait is set to arrive in the Philippines in the afternoon
- JUNE 22, 2015North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Study: "The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina".
USA - North Carolina. Study: "The Hidden Costs of Wrongful Capital Prosecutions in North Carolina".
JUNE 21, 2015ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MAN WHO RIPPED 83 YR OLD' STOMACH AND ROBBED SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Zimbabwe, a High Court judge has sent a man to the gallows for ripping open an 83
JUNE 20, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WRITER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR APOSTASY
A 23-year-old former nuclear physics student, Hesameddin Farzizadeh, was sentenced to death for
- JUNE 20, 2015South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Governor Nikki Haley, asked for Dylann Roof to be given the death penalty
USA - South Carolina. Governor Nikki Haley, asked for Dylann Roof to be given the death penalty
JUNE 20, 2015DEATH PENALTYSOUTH CAROLINA (USA): GOVERNOR NIKKI HALEY CALLS FOR DEATH PENALTY FOR DYLANN ROOF IN CHURCH SHOOTINGS
South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, asked on June 20 for Dylann Roof to be given the death penalty.
- JUNE 19, 2015UgandaDEATH PENALTY
Uganda’s unicameral Parliament adopted the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2015, in order to
Uganda’s unicameral Parliament adopted the Anti-Terrorism (Amendment) Bill, 2015, in order to
- JUNE 19, 2015MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. A Harrison County jury returned the death penalty for Rahim Ambrose
USA - Mississippi. A Harrison County jury returned the death penalty for Rahim Ambrose
- JUNE 18, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Gregory Russeau, 45, Black, was executed
USA - Texas. Gregory Russeau, 45, Black, was executed
- JUNE 18, 2015FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has vacated the conviction and death sentence of Derral Hodgkins
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has vacated the conviction and death sentence of Derral Hodgkins
- JUNE 18, 2015CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction and death sentence of Hector Ayala
USA - California. The U.S. Supreme Court has reinstated the conviction and death sentence of Hector Ayala
- JUNE 18, 2015IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN AWARDED CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR RAPING EIGHT-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A lower court in Ashta Tehsil near Sehore, Madhya Pradesh, awarded capital punishment to a man for raping a minor eight-year-old girl.
JUNE 18, 2015DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): GREGORY RUSSEAU EXECUTED
Gregory Russeau, 45, Black, was executed for the May 2001 fatal beating of James Syvertson, 75, White, while on a crack binge.
- JUNE 17, 2015South SudanDEATH PENALTY
a man was executed at Wau prison without the knowledge of his close family members. Dok Maker Mabor
a man was executed at Wau prison without the knowledge of his close family members. Dok Maker Mabor
JUNE 17, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TEN OTHER CONVICTED OF MURDER HANGED IN VARIOUS CITIES
Another ten murder convicts were executed between 16 and 17 June in five different prisons of the country, raising the total number of executions to at least 181 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014 aft
JUNE 17, 2015YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: AL QAEDA EXECUTES SAUDI MEMBERS FOR 'SPYING'
Al-Qaeda in Yemen executed two Saudi accused of spying for the United States, a day after the jihadist