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- OCTOBER 25, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Coalition Including Victims' Families and Law Enforcement Officials Launches Death Penalty Repeal Initiative.
USA - California. Coalition Including Victims' Families and Law Enforcement Officials Launches Death Penalty Repeal Initiative.
OCTOBER 25, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL REINTRODUCED TO PARLIAMENT
Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality bill was reintroduced to parliament.
- OCTOBER 25, 2011OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. Judge Frank Bearden has overturned the death sentence of Jeffrey Dale Tiner, 53, white
USA - Oregon. Judge Frank Bearden has overturned the death sentence of Jeffrey Dale Tiner, 53, white
OCTOBER 25, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN ORUMIEH PRISON
Selah Abedini was executed in Orumieh prison early in the morning, Kurdish website
OCTOBER 25, 2011LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA: APPARENT EXECUTION OF 53 GADDAFI SUPPORTERS
Fifty-three people, apparent Gaddafi supporters, seem to have been executed at a hotel
- OCTOBER 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, one unidentified prisoner was hanged in the prison of
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, one unidentified prisoner was hanged in the prison of
- OCTOBER 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
two prisoners were hanged in two different prisons in Iran early this morning, reported the Iranian
two prisoners were hanged in two different prisons in Iran early this morning, reported the Iranian
OCTOBER 24, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS EXECUTED
Three prisoners were hanged in three different prisons in Iran early this morning
- OCTOBER 23, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN MAN TO HANG FOR RAPING NINE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
a Jordanian man was sentenced to death for raping a seven-year-old girl while she was on her way to school in 2010.
- OCTOBER 21, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: JUDGE SENDS TWO TO THE GALLOWS
in Zimbabwe, Bulawayo Justice Nicholas Mathonsi sentenced Vusumuzi Moyo, 29, and Khulekani Dumisani Nkomo, 28, to death by hanging.
OCTOBER 21, 2011VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH SENTENCE CONFIRMED AT APPEAL COURT
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City appeal court confirmed the death penalty of
- OCTOBER 21, 2011DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Two men sentenced to death for a fatal beating have received new prison terms
USA - Delaware. Two men sentenced to death for a fatal beating have received new prison terms
- OCTOBER 21, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Travis Mullis, 24, white, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Travis Mullis, 24, white, to death
- OCTOBER 20, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A Duval county jury recommended the death penalty for Michael Mulugetta Yacob, 26, black
USA - Florida. A Duval county jury recommended the death penalty for Michael Mulugetta Yacob, 26, black
- OCTOBER 20, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Datin Paduka Zaleha Zahari, Datuk Sulaiman Daud and Datuk Clement Allan Skinner of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death sentence of graduate student Irawadi Mohammad, 30.
- OCTOBER 20, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Christopher Johnson, 38,white, was executed
USA - Alabama. Christopher Johnson, 38,white, was executed
- OCTOBER 20, 2011New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. The Criminal Justice Committee voted to expand death penalty
USA - New Hampshire. The Criminal Justice Committee voted to expand death penalty
OCTOBER 20, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE YOUNG MEN HANGED IN QAZVIN
Three prisoners were hanged in the prison of Qazvin (west of tehran) early this
- OCTOBER 20, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf threw out the federal death penalty against Gary Sampson, 52, white
USA - Federal. U.S. District Judge Mark Wolf threw out the federal death penalty against Gary Sampson, 52, white
OCTOBER 20, 2011UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: THREE CONVICTS ON DEATH ROW SURVIVE HANGMAN
in Uganda, Enoch Tumuwine, Abdu Maliyamungu and Walker Muhairwe had their death sentences
- OCTOBER 20, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. A jury issued a death sentence for Joshua Kevin Drucker, 33, white
USA - Georgia. A jury issued a death sentence for Joshua Kevin Drucker, 33, white
OCTOBER 20, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTYBONINO: GADDAFI DEATH DENIES JUSTICE
“Gaddafi did not deserve a "beautiful death" in battle, but a "beautiful trial": a fair trial by
OCTOBER 20, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ OKAYS EXECUTIONS OF 53, INCLUDING FIVE FOREIGNERS
Iraq's presidency approved the executions of 53 people, including five foreigners, according to the
OCTOBER 20, 2011ItalyDEATH PENALTYPANNELLA ON THE DEATH/ASSASSINATION OF GADDAFI: HE CANNOT BE TAKEN TO THE HAGUE TO TESTIFY ABOUT THE GREATEST CRIME IN THE WORLD IN THE LAST TWENTY YEARS
regarding the death of Gaddafi, Marco Pannella, the leader of the Non Violent Radical Party, Transnational and Transparty (PRNTT) and Hands Off Cain President, said:
- OCTOBER 19, 2011United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH PENALTY IN REFRIGERATOR TRUCK MURDER
MS, 23, a driver from Bangladesh, was sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for locking an acquaintance in a refrigerated truck, then killing him over a financial disagreement in February 2011.
- OCTOBER 19, 2011PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. The Senate has approved SB 397 to determin whether a defendant in a death penalty case has an intellectual disability.
USA - Pennsylvania. The Senate has approved SB 397 to determine whether a defendant in a death penalty case has an intellectual disability.
OCTOBER 19, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: WOMAN EXECUTED FOR BURNING HUSBAND TO DEATH
A Saudi woman convicted of burning her husband to death was beheaded today, the
OCTOBER 19, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN PUBLIC FOR MURDER
One man was hanged publicly in the city of Shiraz (southern Iran) reported the official
- OCTOBER 18, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT UPHOLDS GALLOWS FOR MURDER
in India, the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court, comprising justices Hardas and Deshmukh, upheld the death sentence of Anil alias Anthony Arick Swamy Joseph, 35.
- OCTOBER 18, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE SENT TO GALLOWS FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
Malaysian national Ong Kok Soo, 60, and Singaporeans Lau Ching Hong...