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- APRIL 17, 2011Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man
Saudi Arabia beheaded in public a man
APRIL 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN HANGED IN FARS PROVINCE
Iran hanged three inmates all convicted of killing two policemen, armed robbery and kidnapping and a fourth person convicted of serial killings.
- APRIL 15, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: COURT ALLOWS APPEAL
Justices Chao Hick Tin, Andrew Phang and V. K. Rajah of the Singaporean Court of Appeal allowed Malaysian national Khor Soon Lee's appeal against his death sentence for drug trafficking because he did not know heroin was among the drugs he carried.
- APRIL 15, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SINGAPORE
in Singapore, Justice Chan Seng Onn sentenced Malaysian national Dinesh Pillai Reja Retnam...
- APRIL 15, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Supreme Court overturned Brandon Washington's death sentence
USA - Alabama. The Alabama Supreme Court overturned Brandon Washington's death sentence
APRIL 15, 2011NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FARMER CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BROTHER
a Katsina State High Court, sitting in Malumfashi, Nigeria, sentenced farmer Nura Malam
- APRIL 14, 2011TajikistanDEATH PENALTY
TAJIK PARLIAMENT PASSES PRISON REFORM LAW
Tajikstan's lower chamber of parliament voted to improve prison conditions for convicts
- APRIL 14, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: FISHERMAN GETS DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING 148GM OF DRUGS
fisherman Beh Boon Kim, 32, from Perak, was sentenced to death by Justice Ghazali Cha of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking 125.5gm of heroin and 23.2gm of monocetylmorphine in orange boxes in the boot of a car at Jln Medan Imbi on January 22, 2010.
- APRIL 14, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
USA - British government plans to ban export of 3 more lethal injection drugs for US executions.
USA - British government plans to ban export of 3 more lethal injection drugs for US executions.
- APRIL 14, 2011GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR COUP PLOTTERS
president of the three member Gambian Court of Appeal...
- APRIL 14, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: 14 DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED IN THE PAST 10 YEARS: CRIMINAL COURT
the Maldivian Criminal Court said that 14 death sentences were passed in the last decade.
- APRIL 14, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Cecil King, 41, black, to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Cecil King, 41, black, to death
- APRIL 14, 2011NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. The Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations has abandoned a plan to impose a two-year moratorium
USA - Nevada. The Assembly Committee on Legislative Operations has abandoned a plan to impose a two-year moratorium
- APRIL 14, 2011DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. A jury recommended that Leslie Small, 52, black, be sentenced to death
USA - Delaware. A jury recommended that Leslie Small, 52, black, be sentenced to death
- APRIL 14, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge William A. Parsons sentenced William Gregory, 28, white, to death
USA - Florida. Judge William A. Parsons sentenced William Gregory, 28, white, to death
APRIL 14, 2011United KingdomDEATH PENALTYBRITAIN BANS EXPORT TO US OF EXECUTION DRUGS
Britain is to ban the export to the US of three pharmaceutical drugs that are used to execute prisoners on death row, business secretary Vince Cable has said.
APRIL 14, 2011MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO FREES 92 POLITICAL PRISONERS AFTER PROTESTS
Morocco freed 92 political prisoners under a pardon issued by the king following street protests
APRIL 14, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTYPACE URGES BELARUS TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) called on
- APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH UPHELD FOR BROTHERS IN E CHINA
the Shandong Higher Court in China confirmed the death penalty of Liu Jianjun, 51, for killing four policemen in a shootout in Shandong on January 4, 2011.
- APRIL 13, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN EXPECTED TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
it is apparent that Jordan is moving towards abolishing the death penalty
APRIL 13, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 26-YEAR-OLD FEMALE EXECUTED IN XIAMEN FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Mao Ran, 26, was executed in Xiamen, China, for ordering others to conduct
APRIL 13, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED IN ARAK
Two people were hanged in the prison of Arak, in central Iran.
- APRIL 13, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. State's sodium thiopental passes lab tests
USA - California. State's sodium thiopental passes lab tests
- APRIL 12, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN ESCAPES GALLOWS
seafood-stall boss Eu Lim Hoklai, 57, escaped the gallows when Justice V. K. Rajah of the Singaporean Court of Appeal overturned his mandatory death sentence.
- APRIL 12, 2011DenmarkDEATH PENALTY
USA - Denmark's foreign minister says she will urge U.S. states not to use Danish Pentobarbital
USA - Denmark's foreign minister says she will urge U.S. states not to use Danish Pentobarbital
APRIL 12, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: TAXI DRIVER TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
taxi driver Shahrul Nizam Hamid, 40, of Kubang Rotan, was sentenced to death in
- APRIL 12, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio - execution. Clarence Carter, 49, black, was executed
USA - Ohio - execution. Clarence Carter, 49, black, was executed
- APRIL 12, 2011ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The legislature's Judiciary Committee today approved 26-17 a bill that would abolish the death penalty
USA - Connecticut. The legislature's Judiciary Committee today approved 26-17 a bill that would abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 12, 2011MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Gregory Bowman, 59, white
USA - Missouri. The Missouri Supreme Court has reversed the death sentence of Gregory Bowman, 59, white
APRIL 12, 2011DEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING FELLOW INMATE
Ohio executed a man for beating a fellow inmate to death over changing a television channel, prison officials said. Clarence Carter, 49, was the second inmate to be killed in Ohio using the surgical sedative pentobarbital alone rather than the usual conc