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- MARCH 26, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria - Ndubuisi Obiora, 26, sentenced to death for robbery
Nigeria - Ndubuisi Obiora, 26, sentenced to death for robbery
- MARCH 26, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed.
USA - Missouri. Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed.
MARCH 26, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: INTERIOR MINISTER ANNOUNCED THE SUSPENSION OF THE DEATH PENALTY
Pakistan has suspended the implementation of the death sentence for an indefinite period, the country's Interior Minister Chaudry Nisar Ali told the Parliament.
- MARCH 26, 2014PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DRUG SMUGGLING CASES, 70% OF DEATH SENTENCES QUASHED BY HIGHER COURTS
Seventy per cent of the death sentences awarded by the country’s lower judiciary on drug smuggling
MARCH 26, 2014Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTYTRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING BOY
The death sentence was read to a Chaguanas man at the Hall of Justice in Port of Spain after he was found
MARCH 26, 2014DEATH PENALTYMISSOURI (USA): JEFFREY FERGUSON EXECUTED
Jeffrey Ferguson, 59, White, was executed in Missouri.
- MARCH 25, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights received with shock and deep sadness news that
the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights received with shock and deep sadness news that
MARCH 25, 2014TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: MARZOUKI CONDEMNS EGYPT DEATH SENTENCES, CALLS FOR ABOLISHING CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
The President of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, implicitly condemned the 529 death sentences handed down
MARCH 25, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING A SCHOOLBOY
A Dhaka court sentenced two kidnappers to death in absentia for killing a six years schoolboy after
- MARCH 24, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The US Supreme Court agreed to consider the case of Robert Jennings
USA - Texas. The US Supreme Court agreed to consider the case of Robert Jennings
- MARCH 24, 2014QatarDEATH PENALTY
a man has been sentenced to death in Qatar and a fine of QR500,000 (10.000 €) for smuggling some
a man has been sentenced to death in Qatar and a fine of QR500,000 (10.000 €) for smuggling some
MARCH 24, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 529 MORSI BACKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Egypt sentenced 529 supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi to death after a
MARCH 24, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MADRAS HC UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE IN KIDNAP AND MURDER CASE
Madras High Court upheld the death sentence awarded by a Mahila Court in Coimbatore in 2012 to a 27-
- MARCH 24, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SLASHER ROBBER
A 21-year-old man who led a machete-armed gang that hacked off a woman's hand and violently robbed at
- MARCH 24, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pharmacists urged not to assist US executions.
USA - Pharmacists urged not to assist US executions.
MARCH 23, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI BEHEADS ANOTHER MAN FOR MURDER
A Saudi man convicted of shooting dead a compatriot in a dispute was beheaded by the sword, the interior ministry said.
MARCH 23, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR JANITOR CONVICTED OF SCHOOLGIRL RAPE
A janitor sentenced to death for raping a seven-year-old schoolgirl had his sentence upheld by the Appeals
- MARCH 21, 2014North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. A jury recommended that Juan Carlos Rodriguez, 38, from El Salvador, be put to death.
USA - North Carolina. A jury recommended that Juan Carlos Rodriguez, 38, from El Salvador, be put to death.
MARCH 21, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: SAIGON WOMAN WANTS TO MARRY A DEATH ROW PRISONER
The Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City recently received the application of a 26-year-old
- MARCH 21, 2014OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Ohio rejects request of Ronald Phillips to donate organs to family members
USA - Ohio. Ohio rejects request of Ronald Phillips to donate organs to family members
- MARCH 21, 2014IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Indiana aids states with execution drug shortages
USA - Indiana. Indiana aids states with execution drug shortages
- MARCH 20, 2014FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Robert Lavern Henry, 55, Black, was executed
USA - Florida. Robert Lavern Henry, 55, Black, was executed
MARCH 20, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES THREE MEN TO DEATH FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING INFANT
An Akure High Court sentenced three men to death by hanging over the alleged kidnapping and murder of
MARCH 20, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR WOMAN
The Matsue branch of the Hiroshima High Court upheld capital punishment for a woman convicted of killing
MARCH 20, 2014DEATH PENALTYFLORIDA (USA): ROBERT LAVERN HENRY EXECUTED
Robert Lavern Henry was put to death at Florida State Prison.
MARCH 19, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: GRAND MUFTI RATIFIES 26 DEATH SENTENCES FOR TERRORISM
Egypt's Grand Mufti, the country's top Islamic jurist, ratified a Cairo criminal court ruling sentencing 26
- MARCH 19, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Ray Jasper, 43, black, has been executed
USA - Texas. Ray Jasper, 43, black, has been executed
- MARCH 19, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. House panel backs expansion of death penalty.
USA - Louisiana. House panel backs expansion of death penalty.
- MARCH 19, 2014LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas obtains new supply of execution drugs from source kept secret.
USA - Texas. Texas obtains new supply of execution drugs from source kept secret.
- MARCH 19, 2014AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved HB 379, a secrecy law
USA - Alabama. The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved HB 379, a secrecy law