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MARCH 25, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAN WHO MURDERED PREGNANT WIFE HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
A man sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for murdering his wife had his sentence
MARCH 25, 2013YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: SECURITY COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE OF IRANIAN SPIES
A Yemeni security court overturned the death penalty against two Shiite rebels who were
MARCH 25, 2013DEATH PENALTYHANDS OFF CAIN TO MINISTER SEVERINO: MIGUEL TORRES SHOULD NOT TO BE DEPORTED TO THE UNITED STATES
Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of Hands off Cain, and Elisabetta Zamparutti, Treasurer, wrote a letter to the Italian Minister of Justice Paola Severino to ask that Miguel Torres not be expelled to the U.S. where he risks the death penalty.
MARCH 24, 2013Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
Gaza’s Hamas rulers have sentenced a man to death for collaborating with Israel.
MARCH 23, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYDUBAI: COURT OVERTURNS DRIVER’S DEATH PENALTY
A court in Dubai overturned a driver’s death penalty and acquitted him of killing
MARCH 23, 2013Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTYPUERTO RICO: JURY SPARES KILLER FROM DEATH PENALTY
A Puerto Rico man previously convicted of masterminding one of the island's biggest
- MARCH 22, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
fast track court in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district sentenced a man to capital punishment
fast track court in Odisha’s Jharsuguda district sentenced a man to capital punishment
- MARCH 22, 2013United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Italy. Teva, a top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs.
USA - Italy. Teva, a top pharmaceutical company moves to stop flow of execution drugs.
- MARCH 22, 2013United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Italy. Italy could hasten Torres' return to U.S., source says.
USA - Italy. Italy could hasten Torres' return to U.S., source says.
MARCH 22, 2013ItalyDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ITALIAN MARINES WON'T GET DEATH SENTENCE
Indian External affairs minister Salman Khurshid laid a statement on Italian marines in Lok
- MARCH 22, 2013United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA: ITALY MAY EXTRADITE MIGUEL TORRES
Italy could hasten Miguel Torres' return to U.S. to face trial, source says.
- MARCH 21, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ORPHANAGE FOUNDER GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN GIRLS' GANG RAPE CASE
Observing that the convict "was a menace to the society," a court in Mumbai awarded death sentence
MARCH 21, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OVER 1993 MUMBAI BLASTS
India's top court upheld the death penalty for a mastermind of a series of bombings which killed
- MARCH 21, 2013MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE OF MAN AFTER FOUR YEARS
High Court in Maldives overturned the death sentence of a man on death row for the past
MARCH 20, 2013United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: MAID, LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The UAE’s top court sentenced a Bangladeshi housemaid and her lover to death after they
- MARCH 20, 2013CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Waymon Livingston, 29, black
USA - California. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Waymon Livingston, 29, black
- MARCH 20, 2013OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury recommended the death penalty for Richard Beasley, 53, white
USA - Ohio. A jury recommended the death penalty for Richard Beasley, 53, white
- MARCH 19, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
seven people were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal
seven people were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal
- MARCH 19, 2013NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Bill to end death penalty advances out of Judiciary Committee
USA - Nebraska. Bill to end death penalty advances out of Judiciary Committee
- MARCH 19, 2013FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Richard Howard sentenced John William Campbell, 39, white, to death
USA - Florida. Judge Richard Howard sentenced John William Campbell, 39, white, to death
MARCH 19, 2013DEATH PENALTYNEBRASKA (USA): BILL TO END DEATH PENALTY ADVANCES OUT OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Nebraska lawmakers will once again debate the death penalty after a proposal to repeal capital
MARCH 19, 2013TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN'S CAPITAL PUNISHMENT POLICY REMAINS UNCHANGED: PREMIER
Taiwan's Premier Jiang Yi-huah said that the government is cautiously assessing the scrapping
MARCH 18, 2013DEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY: LAST CALL FOR ANTHONY FARINA AGAINST HIS EXECUTION IN FLORIDA
Anthony Farina, the Italian-born American citizen, for which associations Reprieve, Hands Off Cain and the Community of Sant'Egidio have campaigned for the recognition of Italian citizenship (obtained on 2nd November) and against his death sentence, on Ma
- MARCH 15, 2013MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. The House passed the bill to abolish the death penalty
USA - Maryland. The House passed the bill to abolish the death penalty
MARCH 15, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: GARDENER GETS DEATH FOR MURDER
A gardener was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for murdering an Indian national
MARCH 15, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA RESUMES EXECUTIONS AFTER HIATUS
Indonesia put to death a Malawian drug trafficker, the government said, in the country's first execution for several years.
MARCH 15, 2013DEATH PENALTYMARYLAND (USA): HOUSE, LIKE SENATE, VOTES TO REPEAL DEATH PENALTY
The House of Delegates passed (82-56) a bill (HB 295) to abolish the death penalty in Maryland for future crimes. The same bill passed the Maryland Senate on March 6.
MARCH 14, 2013QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: DRUG TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
In Qatar, a bench of the Doha Criminal Court has unanimously sentenced a drug trafficker to death
MARCH 14, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING, KILLING MINOR GIRL
In a fast-track trial, a man was sentenced to death by a court in India for raping and killing an
- MARCH 14, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 1999 MURDER
in Sri Lanka, the Monaragala High Court sentenced to death 5 people over a shooting incident