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MARCH 11, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES THREE SOLDIERS
the Military High Court of Somalia executed three soldiers who were charged and convicted of killing soldiers and a journalist in Mogadishu in 2013.
- MARCH 11, 2014LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. After 30 years on death row Glenn Ford walked free tonight from the maximum security prison at Angola
USA - Louisiana. After 30 years on death row Glenn Ford walked free tonight from the maximum security prison at Angola
MARCH 11, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: NEW HANGMAN GETS DISTRESSED AFTER SEEING GALLOWS AND QUIT
the Commissioner General of Prisons said Sri Lanka's efforts to shorten the waiting time for death row
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: U.N. ANTI-DRUGS CHIEF PRAISES IRAN FIGHT DESPITE EXECUTIONS
the U.N. anti-drugs chief praised Iran's fight against narcotics trafficking despite a surge in executions in the country, many of people convicted of drug-related offences.
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: BAN KI-MOON, ‘NO SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT UNDER PRESIDENT ROUHANI’
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has failed to fulfil campaign promises to allow greater freedom of expression and there has been a sharp rise in executions since his election.
MARCH 11, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: AN AFGHANI PRISONER EXECUTED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
an Afghani prisoner was executed in Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, reported the Human Rights Activists
MARCH 11, 2014DEATH PENALTYLOUISIANA (USA): DEATH ROW INMATE GLENN FORD RELEASED 30 YEARS AFTER WRONGFUL CONVICTION
After 30 years behind bars - most of them on death row - Glenn Ford, walked free tonight from the
- MARCH 10, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Death penalty states are taking elaborate steps to secure drugs for use in lethal injections, USA Today reports.
USA - Death penalty states are taking elaborate steps to secure drugs for use in lethal injections, USA Today reports.
- MARCH 10, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. In 2010 California launched a “secret mission” to swap some of Arizona’s sodium thiopental
USA - California. In 2010 California launched a “secret mission” to swap some of Arizona’s sodium thiopental
MARCH 10, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 14 SENTENCED TO HANG OVER REVENGE KILLING
a court in Cairo sentenced 14 men to be hanged for the revenge killing of a merchant and his daughter in a
- MARCH 10, 2014OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas will run out of pentobarbital by the end of this month
USA - Texas. Texas will run out of pentobarbital by the end of this month
- MARCH 10, 2014MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Corrections officer Dave Dormire testified that he personally delivered $11,000 to a pharmacy
USA - Missouri. Corrections officer Dave Dormire testified that he personally delivered $11,000 to a pharmacy
- MARCH 10, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma solves the problem of embarrassed pharmacies by buying drugs with cash
USA - Oklahoma. Oklahoma solves the problem of embarrassed pharmacies by buying drugs with cash
MARCH 10, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN MASHHAD
One man was hanged in the central prison of Mashhad (Northern Iran) reported the daily newspaper
MARCH 10, 2014JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR 2011 ROBBERY-MURDERS IN OSAKA
The Osaka District Court sentenced a 52-year-old man to death for killing two people in two separate
- MARCH 10, 2014KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky officers discussed how to mask the purpose of ordered drugs to avoid “ethics or moral concerns.”
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky officers discussed how to mask the purpose of ordered drugs to avoid “ethics or moral concerns.”
- MARCH 10, 2014MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Mississippi officials explored obtaining sedatives from a veterinary school.
USA - Mississippi. Mississippi officials explored obtaining sedatives from a veterinary school.
MARCH 10, 2014KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: EX-POLICEMAN IN NAROK ROBBERY CASE SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Kenya, a Narok court sentenced a former police officer to death after he was found guilty of robbery
- MARCH 9, 2014United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - “Death Row Stories” debuts tomorrow on CNN.
USA - “Death Row Stories” debuts tomorrow on CNN.
MARCH 9, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF FIVE CONVICTED OF 'HONOUR KILLING'
The Delhi high court has commuted the death sentence given to five people involved in the murder of a man,
MARCH 9, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: PAKISTANI MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 30-year-old Pakistani man in Dubai (UAE) was sentenced to death for trafficking four kilogrammes of
MARCH 9, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA MULLS TRIMMING DEATH PENALTY CRIMES
speaking at a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress (NPC) session, Zang
MARCH 8, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MORE PUBLIC EXECUTIONS IN BANDAR ABBAS
four men were hanged in the Shahnaz Street of Bandar Abbas early in the morning, reported the news
MARCH 8, 2014Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: KING ABDULLAH ORDERS 3 MONTHS REPRIEVE FOR ALL DEATH ROW INMATES
Saudi King Abdullah ordered the execution of all qizas or death penalty cases to be deferred for three
- MARCH 7, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
the execution of death-row prisoner P. Chandran scheduled for early in the morning was halted, after a
the execution of death-row prisoner P. Chandran scheduled for early in the morning was halted, after a
MARCH 7, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYWORLD SHOULD THANK IRAN FOR HIGH EXECUTION RATE, SAYS TEHRAN OFFICIAL
The Islamic republic's execution rate, which has soared to ghastly heights since self-described moderate Hassan Rouhani became president last year, should be viewed as a “positive marker of Iranian achievement,” according to the head of Iran’s Judiciary H
- MARCH 6, 2014SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
the former President of Somalia’s northeastern state of Puntland Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Farole for the
the former President of Somalia’s northeastern state of Puntland Dr. Abdirahman Mohamed Farole for the
- MARCH 6, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Exonerated death row inmate Anthony Graves wants prosecutor investigated.
USA - Texas. Exonerated death row inmate Anthony Graves wants prosecutor investigated.
MARCH 6, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: 4 MEN PUBLICLY WHIPPED FOR GAY SEX
Four men were publicly whipped in northern Nigeria after being convicted of having gay sex by an Islamic
MARCH 6, 2014DEATH PENALTYCOLORADO (USA): CONTROVERSIAL CASE ENDS WITH A PLEA AND LIFE SENTENCE
Edward Montour, the defendant accused of killing correctional officer Eric Autobee in a Colorado prison,