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- MARCH 19, 2015PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Supreme Court upholds state's lethal-injection law.
USA - Arkansas. Supreme Court upholds state's lethal-injection law.
- MARCH 19, 2015ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. 'Stop trying to execute Terry Williams,' says widow of man he murdered.
USA - Pennsylvania. 'Stop trying to execute Terry Williams,' says widow of man he murdered.
MARCH 19, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MORE HANGED IN PUBLIC IN JIROFT
two men were hanged in public in the city of Jiroft, reported the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
MARCH 19, 2015PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYPENNSYLVANIA: 'STOP TRYING TO EXECUTE TERRY WILLIAMS,' SAYS WIDOW OF MAN HE MURDERED
Mamie Norwood, widow of a man death row inmate Terrence Williams was convicted of murdering, criticizes politicians who are using that case to challenge Gov. Tom Wolf's moratorium on the death penalty.
MARCH 18, 2015BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RECHYTSA
the Rechytsa District Court sentenced Siarhei Ivanou, 21, to death on charges of murdering and raping a 19-year-old girl on 29 August 2013.
- MARCH 18, 2015AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Akorn asks Alabama to return lethal injection drugs.
USA - Alabama. Akorn asks Alabama to return lethal injection drugs.
MARCH 18, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: NINE MORE CONVICTS HANGED IN PUNJAB JAILS
nine more murder convicts were hanged in six prisons of Pakistan, a day after 12 convicts were sent to gallows, the largest number of people executed on the same day since an unofficial moratorium on capital punishment was lifted in December.
MARCH 18, 2015TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: KARAGWE MAN TO HANG OVER FRIEND'S MURDER
A resident of Karagwe District in Kagera Region, Mulokozi Anatory, is to be hanged for killing his friend
MARCH 18, 2015EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 22 MORSI SUPPORTERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
An Egyptian court sentenced 22 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death for an attack on a police station in which one officer was killed.
- MARCH 17, 2015MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Missouri executes Cecil Clayton
USA - Missouri. Missouri executes Cecil Clayton
MARCH 17, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: A PAKISTANI AND TWO SAUDIS BEHEADED
Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani and two Saudis, bringing to 48 the number of death sentences carried out this year. That is more than half of the 87 people executed during all of 2014.
MARCH 17, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWELVE MURDER CONVICTS EXECUTED IN VARIOUS JAILS
Pakistan hanged at least twelve convicted murderers at seven different jails across the country, the highest number in a single day after the government lifted a six-year-old moratorium on capital punishment.
- MARCH 17, 2015NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A Senate subcommittee advances bill to shield execution-drug sellers
USA - South Carolina. A Senate subcommittee advances bill to shield execution-drug sellers
- MARCH 17, 2015KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Nebraska's 3 Catholic bishops are calling for repeal of the death penalty
USA - Nebraska. Nebraska's 3 Catholic bishops are calling for repeal of the death penalty
- MARCH 17, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Most death penalty sentences are overturned.
USA - Most death penalty sentences are overturned.
- MARCH 17, 2015ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Supreme Court upholds Debra Milke's exoneration from death row.
USA - Arizona. Supreme Court upholds Debra Milke's exoneration from death row.
- MARCH 17, 2015KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. Conservatives speak out in support for House Bill 2129, which would abolish the death penalty
USA - Kansas. Conservatives speak out in support for House Bill 2129, which would abolish the death penalty
MARCH 17, 2015DEATH PENALTYMISSOURI (USA): BRAIN-DAMAGED COP-KILLER EXECUTED
Cecil Clayton, 74, White, was executed by lethal injection beginning at 9:13 p.m. at a prison in Bonne Terre. He was pronounced dead at 9:21 p.m.
MARCH 17, 2015United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: MOST DEATH PENALTY SENTENCES ARE OVERTURNED
“If a person is given a death sentence, what is his or her chance of actually being executed? Based on a
- MARCH 16, 2015FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Unanimous death sentences bill clears 1st Senate committee
USA - Florida. Unanimous death sentences bill clears 1st Senate committee
- MARCH 16, 2015TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped the scheduled execution of Randall Wayne Mays
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stopped the scheduled execution of Randall Wayne Mays
MARCH 16, 2015IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: IN TWO YEARS 236 CONVICTS HANGED
Despite the pressure by the international human right organizations, the Iraqi government continues to execute and hang convicts.
MARCH 16, 2015SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT EXECUTES 3 ALLEGED AL-SHABAAB MEMBERS
a military court in Somalia’s north eastern state of Puntland executed three alleged Al-Shabaab members in the city of Bossaso, Garowe Online reported.
MARCH 16, 2015Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED IN RIYADH FOR MURDER
A man convicted of murder was beheaded in the Saudi capital Riyadh amid a steep rise in the number of executions in the ultra-conservative Gulf kingdom this year.
MARCH 16, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: BASHIR PARDONS FIVE DARFUR REBEL FIGURES SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir issued a decree pardoning five convicts from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) who belong to the faction which signed a peace agreement with Khartoum led by Bakheit Abdul-Karim Dabago.
MARCH 15, 2015IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: PRESIDENT WIDODO COMMUTES CONVICTED KILLER'S DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE
President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has granted the clemency request filed by Dwi Trisna Firmansyah, 28, an inmate convicted of premeditated murder, and changed his sentence from death to life imprisonment.
MARCH 15, 2015IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE PRISONERS INCLUDING 3 AFGHANS HANGED IN ZAHEDAN AND SHIRAZ
At least five men, including three Afghani citizens, were hanged between March 14 and 15 in two Iranian prisons, said the National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI).
MARCH 13, 2015ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MINISTER EMMERSON MNANGAGWA, 'REMOVE DEATH PENALTY TOTALLY'
Zimbabwe’s acting President and Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Emmerson Mnangagwa, reiterated he wanted the death penalty “totally” abolished by the Constitution.
MARCH 13, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO DEATH ROW PRISONERS HANGED IN FAISALABAD JAIL
Prison authorities in Faisalabad hanged two death row prisoners convicted of murder and rape, bringing to 27 the number of executions in Pakistan since it resumed capital punishment in December.
MARCH 12, 2015PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FIRST PERSON EXECUTED AFTER MORATORIUM ON THE DEATH PENALTY COMPLETELY ENDED
A man convicted of a triple murder – Mohammad Siddique – was hanged at the District Jail in the city of Toba Tek Singh in the Pakistani province of Punjab.