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JUNE 27, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Adel Ramos' death sentence formalised
JUNE 27, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Ronnie Walker sentenced to death
- JUNE 26, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM ENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR 8 CRIMES, MAY SPARE REAL ESTATE TYCOON
Vietnam has lifted the death penalty for eight crimes in legal reforms that may spare the life of a real estate tycoon imprisoned in the country’s largest financial fraud case, AP reported on June 26, 2025.
- JUNE 26, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
2025 WORLD DRUG DAY
HoC signs the collective statement
JUNE 26, 2025DelawareDEATH PENALTYUSA - Delaware. Death penalty ban in constitution passes Senate committee
JUNE 26, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. ACLU Joins Calls to Gov. Newsom to Commute All Death Sentences
- JUNE 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 political prisoners executed on charges of espionage for Israel
- JUNE 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Israeli Air Force hit Evin Prison, symbol of political imprisonment
Victims among officers, not among prisoners
JUNE 25, 2025MississippiDEATH PENALTYUSA - Mississippi. Richard Jordan, 79, White, was executed on June 25
By lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman
JUNE 25, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 11-YEAR OLD GIRL
A special Pocso court in Jalpaiguri sentenced 31-year old Haripada Roy to death for the rape and murder of an 11-year old girl, categorising it as a "rarest of rare" case, Times of India reported on June 11, 2025.
JUNE 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Isfahan on June 25
JUNE 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 unidentified men executed in Mashhad on June 25
- JUNE 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Fereydoun Naziri and Hadi Nasri executed in Qom on June 24
JUNE 24, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Judge throws out jury death sentence for Ysrael Granda
JUNE 24, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Thomas Lee Gudinas, 51, White, was executed on June 24
Per lethal injection
- JUNE 24, 2025DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. House Approves Constitutional Amendment to Abolish Death Penalty
JUNE 24, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: DEATH PENALTIES HANDED TO THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS
A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced three drug traffickers to death for smuggling and selling more than 50 kilos of heroin and synthetic drugs, state media reported on June 18, 2025.
JUNE 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Azim Mohammadi executed in Qom un June 24
JUNE 24, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 37 ETHIOPIANS AMONG SCORES OF FOREIGN NATIONALS AT ‘IMMINENT RISK’ OF EXECUTION
At least 37 Ethiopian men are facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia for drug-related offences, according to
- JUNE 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Mohammadi executed in Khorramabad on June 24
JUNE 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Qom on June 24
JUNE 23, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER NATIONAL POLITICAL ADVISER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CORRUPTION
Liu Yuejin, a former national political adviser, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for accepting bribes of more than 121 million yuan ($16.83 million), a court in Fujian province announced on June 23, 2025.
JUNE 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh executed in Ghezel-Hesar on June 23
- JUNE 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Habib Soleimani executed in Arak on June 23
JUNE 23, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Concern for the fate of Ahmadreza Djalali
Doctor accused of spying for Israel
- JUNE 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hedayat Manshari executed in Ardabil on June 22
JUNE 22, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Majid Mosayebi executed on June 22
On charges of Espionage for Israel, hours after strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites
JUNE 22, 2025IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: DEATH AND LIFE SENTENCES ISSUED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A court in Najaf, southern Iraq, on June 22, 2025 handed down death and life sentences to four individuals convicted of drug trafficking.
JUNE 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Report on the first week of the Iran- Israel war
Hengaw special report
JUNE 20, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Michelle Lyons watched nearly 300 executions