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SEPTEMBER 3, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DOCTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A GARMENT FACTORY WORKER
A Sri Lankan court sentenced a medical doctor to death for the rape and murder of a young garment
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2014LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled that Eric Dale Mickelson is entitled to a new trial
USA - Louisiana. Louisiana's Supreme Court has ruled that Eric Dale Mickelson is entitled to a new trial
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
Two prisoners were hanged in public in two different towns in the Mazanderan province, reported the
Two prisoners were hanged in public in two different towns in the Mazanderan province, reported the
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 4 FOREIGN NATIONALS BEHEADED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
four drug traffickers from Syria and Iran were executed by beheading in northern and eastern Saudi Arabia, the government said.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY HANDED DOWN BY LAY JUDGES FOR FIRST TIME
The Supreme Court of Japan upheld the death sentence handed down by lay judges for the first time since
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: REVIEW PLEA OF DEATH ROW CONVICTS TO BE HEARD IN OPEN COURT BY THREE-JUDGE BENCH
The Supreme Court of India ruled that review petitions against verdicts upholding death sentences will now
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST KILLER ARSONIST
The Supreme Court of Taiwan upheld the death sentence against a man who was convicted of killing five
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NYAHURURU
In Kenya, a Nyahururu court handed four young men a death penalty for robbery with violence.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN PATUAKHALI
In Bangladesh, a Patuakhali district court sentenced a man to death for killing his wife in Galachipa upazila
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014KiribatiDEATH PENALTYKIRIBATI PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY
The Kiribati parliament has passed the first reading of the amendment to the penal code to adopt the death
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT MUKHERJEE REJECTED 97% OF MERCY PETITIONS, BUT HE FAILED TO CURB CRIME
President Pranab Mukherjee of India has rejected 97% of the mercy petitions in his two-year tenure, as of
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 15 EXECUTED ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2014
The clerical regime of Iran hanged 15 prisoners, reports regarding executions revealed.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: FOUR MORE MEN EXECUTED BY BEHEADING
Saudi authorities have executed four citizens in the last days, after they were convicted of murder in separate
- AUGUST 31, 2014BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: COP KILLER GETS DEATH SENTENCE
The High Criminal Appeals Court upheld the death sentence given to a Bahraini man convicted in
AUGUST 30, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: BADIE DEATH SENTENCE REDUCED TO LIFE
Egypt's Grand Mufti has commuted the death sentence handed to the Muslim Brotherhood's spiritual leader,
AUGUST 29, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: TWO DEATH-ROW INMATES EXECUTED IN SENDAI AND TOKYO
Japan executed two multiple killers, bringing to 11 the total number of death sentences carried out since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe took power in 2012.
- AUGUST 28, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Texas to Censor Its Autopsy Report in Botched Oklahoma Execution.
USA - Oklahoma. Texas to Censor Its Autopsy Report in Botched Oklahoma Execution.
- AUGUST 28, 2014ColoradoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Colorado. Gov. Hickenlooper says he could decide to grant "full clemency" to Dunlap.
USA - Colorado. Gov. Hickenlooper says he could decide to grant "full clemency" to Dunlap.
- AUGUST 28, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA: LAWSUIT FILED TO ALLOW MEDIA TO WITNESS ENTIRE EXECUTIONS IN OKLAHOMA, AUTOPSY REVEALS CLAYTON LOCKETT DIED FROM LETHAL INJECTION, NOT HEART ATTACK
AUGUST 28, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT INMATES HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS
the Iranian regime's authorities hanged a group of eight prisoners in the main prison of Bandar Abbas,
AUGUST 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: TWO MORSI SUPPORTERS GET DEATH PENALTY, 43 OTHERS LIFE IN JAIL
- AUGUST 28, 2014ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Bryan Hulsey to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Bryan Hulsey to death
AUGUST 28, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FOUR ALLEGED MOSSAD SPIES BEHEADED BY MILITANT GROUP
- AUGUST 27, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded three citizens after they were convicted
Saudi authorities beheaded three citizens after they were convicted
- AUGUST 27, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Lawrence K. Karlton today threw out the death penalty of Larry Junior Webster
USA - California. Judge Lawrence K. Karlton today threw out the death penalty of Larry Junior Webster
AUGUST 27, 2014SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: GOVERNMENT AND ISIS COMMITTING WAR CRIMES, SAYS UN
in a 45-page report issued in Geneva, UN investigators said the Syrian government and Islamic State (ISIS) insurgents were both committing war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- AUGUST 26, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the eastern Qatif region after he was convicted
Saudi authorities beheaded a citizen in the eastern Qatif region after he was convicted
AUGUST 26, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES A JOURNALIST’S KILLER TO DEATH
- AUGUST 26, 2014IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN BANDAR ABBAS INCLUDING A PAKISTANI CITIZEN
- AUGUST 26, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 12 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH ON TERRORIST CHARGES
between 23 and 26 August 2014, twelve people were sentenced to death on terrorism-related charges in two separate cases.