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- JUNE 29, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
brothers Dissanayake Mudiyanselage Karunaratne and Dissanayake Mudiyanseslage Piyasena were sentenced to death by Badulla High Court judge Paiyaseeli Wickramasinghe in Sri Lanka for murdering Aththanayake Mudiyanselage Appuhamy at Madugastalawa, Passara,
- JUNE 29, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: 3 MEN TO HANG FOR MURDER
Supreme Court Judge Gregory Phiri, sitting at the Lusaka High Court in Zambia, sentenced Fredy Lungu, Shadreck Musonda and Aaron Kanyanga from Chazanga Township to death by hanging for raping and murdering Katongo, 17, of the same township between Februar
- JUNE 29, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTY
Tunisia ratified the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
Tunisia ratified the First Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on
- JUNE 29, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Judge Ramona Emmanuel sentenced Lamondre Tucker, 21, black, to death
USA - Louisiana. Judge Ramona Emmanuel sentenced Lamondre Tucker, 21, black, to death
- JUNE 28, 2011PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Richard Poplawski, 24, white, to death
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced Richard Poplawski, 24, white, to death
- JUNE 28, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE TO HANG FOR KIDNAP
Judge Kamardin Hashim of the Malaysian High Court sentenced
- JUNE 28, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EDO PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS
kidnappers may face the death penalty in Edo State
- JUNE 28, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Kasur Additional district & sessions Judge Syed Khursheed
- JUNE 28, 2011MexicoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Mexico appeals to Supreme Court to spare Leal from death penalty
USA - Texas. Mexico appeals to Supreme Court to spare Leal from death penalty
JUNE 28, 2011TunisiaDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENCY RATIFIES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST TUNISIAN
Iraq’s Presidency ratified the death sentence against Tunisian citizen Yusri Fadhil al-Tureiqi
JUNE 28, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: 'TWENTY-SIX ALLEGED DRUG TRAFFICKERS HANGED'
the International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran (ICHRI) said local sources in Mashad told the ICHRI that 26 more alleged drug traffickers were hanged at Vakilabad Prison on June 15, 2011.
JUNE 28, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: CLERIC APPROVES COP'S DEATH SENTENCE
in Egypt, Islamic cleric Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa affirmed the death sentence handed
- JUNE 28, 2011New HampshireDEATH PENALTY
USA - New Hampshire. Gov. John Lynch signed HB 147 expanding the state's death penalty to cover burglaries.
USA - New Hampshire. Gov. John Lynch signed HB 147 expanding the state's death penalty to cover burglaries.
- JUNE 28, 2011LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Sanchez Brumfield, 26, black, had the death penalty changed in life
USA - Louisiana. Sanchez Brumfield, 26, black, had the death penalty changed in life
- JUNE 28, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced John Hummel, 35, white, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced John Hummel, 35, white, to death
- JUNE 28, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Mark Anthony Poole, 48, black, to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Mark Anthony Poole, 48, black, to death
- JUNE 27, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 10
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, ATC No.1 Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad
- JUNE 27, 2011Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKAN WOMAN FACES 'DEATH BY BEHEADING' IN SAUDI ARABIA
Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek is poised to be executed in Saudi Arabia by beheading in front of a crowd of people for allegedly killing a four-month-old baby in her care in May 2005.
- JUNE 27, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: DEATH ROW FILIPINO MAY BE SAVED BY BLOOD MONEY
the Saudi Arabian Reconciliation Committee (SRC) announced
- JUNE 27, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: JUDICIARY CHIEF INSISTS ON USE OF PUBLIC HANGINGS
the head of Iran's judiciary, Ayatollah Larijani, announced that "hoodlums and
JUNE 27, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: RESOLUTION OVER MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
A resolution calling for an immediate moratorium on the mandatory death penalty in Malaysia
- JUNE 27, 2011KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. David Eugene Matthews, 62, white, on death row for 29 years has been granted a new trial
USA - Kentucky. David Eugene Matthews, 62, white, on death row for 29 years has been granted a new trial
- JUNE 26, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: EDEN STUDENT MENOKA KILLER TO HANG
Judge Rezaul Karim of Dhaka's Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 in Bangladesh
- JUNE 26, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: YOUTH GETS DEATH FOR MURDER OF FISH BREEDER
Mohd Faizal Juhari, 24, from Kampung Gong Beris, Pulau Kerengga, Marang, was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Datuk Abdul Rahim Uda for murdering fish breeder Tan Hai Peng in the village on November 30, 2007.
JUNE 26, 2011IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: ‘BLOOD MONEY’ PAYMENT SPARES INDONESIAN MAID FROM EXECUTION
An Indonesian maid convicted of murder in Saudi Arabia has been spared execution by beheading after the Indonesian government paid Rp 4.6 billion ($534,000) in “blood money."
- JUNE 26, 2011EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING PROTESTERS DURING UPRISING
A Cairo court sentenced in absentia a policeman to death for the murder of protesters during
- JUNE 25, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
140 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN SOUTHERN KHORASAN PROVINCE
the Iranian regime executed 140 people it accused of drug smuggling in the province of South Khorasan over the past year, according to the province’s judiciary.
- JUNE 25, 2011Hong Kong SAR ChinaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HK GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a businesswoman from Hong Kong, Lam Chun Wing Joe
- JUNE 25, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR MOLESTING, KILLING BOY
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mohammad Asghar Khan sentenced Mohammad Yaqub, a resident of Dera Ghazi Khan
- JUNE 24, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the Intermediate People's Court in Changzhou in east China's Jiangsu Province