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JUNE 25, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 10 PRISONERS HANGED IN URUMIEH PRISON
Ten prisoners were hanged in the city of Urumieh, in northwestern Iran.
JUNE 25, 2014DEATH PENALTYNONVIOLENT RADICAL PARTY: PROHIBITION ON DRUGS ENHANCES DEATH PENALTY
Policies and ideology of the prohibition on drugs have made and continue to make a significant contribution to the application of the death penalty in 2013 and the first six months of 2014.
JUNE 24, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NTV EMPLOYEE MURDER CASE
The Dhaka Speedy Trial Tribunal 2 sentenced to death one Shakil Shikder for killing ntv video editor Atiqul
- JUNE 24, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COP GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 3 BIHAR STUDENTS IN FAKE ENCOUNTER
Finally delivering justice for the three teenage students who were killed in a fake gun-battle 12 years ago in
JUNE 23, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CHANGING FAITH
The Court of Cassation ordered the release of a 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan
JUNE 23, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 8 TO DIE FOR RAMNA KILLING
A Dhaka court has sentenced to death eight accused including Huji chief Mufti Hannan in the sensational
JUNE 23, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SEVEN PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG-RELATED CHARGES
Seven prisoners were hanged in the prison of Rasht (Northern Iran) reported the official website of the
JUNE 23, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BANK ROBBERY 'TERROR' PLAN
Three men were sentenced to death for attempting to establish an Al Qaeda cell in Saudi Arabia and
JUNE 23, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: EIGHT PRISONERS HANGED
Eight people were executed between 16 and 19 June in the first executions recorded in Egypt since October 2011.
- JUNE 21, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Drug challenges are failing to halt executions, according to Time Magazine
USA - Drug challenges are failing to halt executions, according to Time Magazine
JUNE 21, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: DEATH SENTENCES OF 183 CONFIRMED
An Egyptian court confirmed the death sentences of 183 supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi,
- JUNE 20, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Number of States Carrying Out Executions Declining.
USA - Number of States Carrying Out Executions Declining.
- JUNE 20, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Op-ed: A Turn-Around in Texas's Use of Death Penalty.
USA - Texas. Op-ed: A Turn-Around in Texas's Use of Death Penalty.
- JUNE 19, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
The Al Masry Al Youm newspaper reported that three men, convicted of murder, were executed
The Al Masry Al Youm newspaper reported that three men, convicted of murder, were executed
- JUNE 19, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT CONFIRMS 29 DEATH SENTENCES
The Supreme People's Court in the northern province of Quang Ninh refused to revoke death sentences
- JUNE 19, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: COURT HANDS 14 ISLAMIST LEADERS PRELIMINARY DEATH SENTENCES
Giza Criminal Court handed preliminary death penalties to Supreme Guide of the Muslim Brotherhood
JUNE 19, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT MORE PRISONERS HANGED IN BIRJAND AND YAZD
Eight prisoners were executed in two Iranian prisons. Five of them were executed on charge of drug
- JUNE 18, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. John E. Winfield, 46, Black, was executed
USA - Missouri. John E. Winfield, 46, Black, was executed
- JUNE 18, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. John Henry, 63, Black, was executed.
USA - Florida. John Henry, 63, Black, was executed.
- JUNE 18, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 12 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING OFFICER
An Egyptian judge convicted 12 Islamists of murdering one of the most senior police officers to be killed in
JUNE 18, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 26 DISSIDENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Saudi Arabia has sentenced twenty-six people to death on such charges as giving speeches critical of the Al
JUNE 18, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: ECOWAS COURT UPHOLDS RIGHTS OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS ON DEATH ROW
in a landmark verdict, the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS
JUNE 18, 2014DEATH PENALTYMISSOURI (USA): JOHN E. WINFIELD EXECUTED
John E. Winfield, 46, Black, was executed. Winfield was executed by lethal injection at 12:01 a.m. and was pronounced dead at 12:10 a.m., a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Public Safety said.
JUNE 18, 2014DEATH PENALTYFLORIDA (USA): JOHN HENRY EXECUTED
John Henry, 63, Black, was executed in Florida. He was convicted in the December 22, 1985 stabbing deaths of his wife, Suzanne Henry and her 5-year-old son, Eugene Christian.
JUNE 17, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
A court in east China's Shandong Province sentenced seven people in three cases to death for drug
- JUNE 17, 2014GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. Marcus A. Wellons, 59, Black, was executed
USA - Georgia. Marcus A. Wellons, 59, Black, was executed
JUNE 17, 2014DEATH PENALTYGEORGIA (USA): MARCUS A. WELLONS EXECUTED
Marcus A. Wellons, 59, Black, was executed in the nation's first execution conducted since the botched
- JUNE 16, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTY
three men and one woman, convicted of murder and robbery, were executed in the prison
three men and one woman, convicted of murder and robbery, were executed in the prison
- JUNE 16, 2014TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Sedrick Clayton to death
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Sedrick Clayton to death
JUNE 16, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SEVEN PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A district Court in Bangladesh awarded death penalty to seven people and jailed two others for life in over