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- MARCH 22, 2011North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Tony Savalis Summers, 36, black, to death
USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Tony Savalis Summers, 36, black, to death
- MARCH 22, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Chicago professor who probed death penalty is sidelined
USA - Illinois. Chicago professor who probed death penalty is sidelined
- MARCH 21, 2011BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 4 TO WALK GALLOWS FOR KILLING JUBO LEAGUE LEADER
in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Judge Md Rezaul Islam of the Speedy Trial Tribunal-4 sentenced Pallab Bepari...
- MARCH 21, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY
unemployed man R. Ravindran, 36, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Mohd Yassin of the Penang High Court in Malaysia for robbing Gayathrii Tangga Maligai Jewellers at Lebuh Pasar on January 14, 2007.
- MARCH 21, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Travis James Mullis, 24, white, to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Travis James Mullis, 24, white, to death
MARCH 21, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: GALMUDUG COURT CARRIES OUT DEATH PENALTY
a court in the Galmudug administration of Southern Galkayo, Somalia, carried out a death
MARCH 21, 2011SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL SHABAAB DECAPITATES TWO TEENAGERS
Somalia’s al Qaeda-inspired group al Shabaab decapitated two Somali teenagers
MARCH 21, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTYMALDIVES: MP WITHDRAWS DEATH PENALTY AMENDMENT
The Maldivian MP, who proposed an amendment to the Clemency Act requiring a death penalty
MARCH 21, 2011MaldivesDEATH PENALTYMALDIVES: NABEEL’S EXECUTION ORDER APPEALED IN HIGH COURT
The death penalty issued in Maldives by the Criminal Court to Mohamed Nabeel, 21,
MARCH 20, 2011MauritaniaDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA: FOUR MAURITANIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ATTACK AGAINST ARMY
four Mauritanian Islamists who were convicted of terrorism were sentenced to death by the criminal
- MARCH 19, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: PUNE COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO LABOURER FOR KILLING WIFE
in Pune, India, district principal and session judge PD Desai sentenced construction labourer Ramesh Mahipati Randive...
MARCH 19, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TRAFFICKING SYABU
a court interpreter was sent to the gallows by the High Court in Miri, Malaysia, after he
- MARCH 18, 2011PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FILIPINO DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD
China's Supreme People's Court upheld the death sentences of Filipino nationals Ramon Credo...
- MARCH 18, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE YOUTHS TO HANG FOR MURDER
Judicial Commissioner Datuk Akhtar Tahir of the Malaysian High Court sentenced former welder K.Yogeswaran, 25, car possessor P.Murugan, 23, and tow truck call man R.Sureshvarman, 27, to death for murdering J.Parkas, 26, on July 28, 2009, in Hulu Selangor,
- MARCH 18, 2011SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR SINGAPOREAN SINGLE MOTHER FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Noor Azian Shaari of the Shah Alam High Court in Malaysia sentenced legal assistant and single mother Noor Atiqah M. Lasim, 27, of Singapore, to death for trafficking 342.1gs of heroin and 30.3gs of monoacethyl morphine in a bag at the Low Cost Carr
- MARCH 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Kasur District & Sessions judge Nazeer Ahmed Gajan...
- MARCH 18, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WOMAN
in Barabanki, India, Additional Sessions Judge Rajendra Chandra sentenced Narendra...
- MARCH 18, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Montana. A proposal to abolish death penalty has failed.
USA - Montana. A proposal to abolish death penalty has failed.
- MARCH 18, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of David Aaron Perkins
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of David Aaron Perkins
- MARCH 18, 2011GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Nicholas Jason Bryant
USA - Georgia. The Georgia Supreme Court reversed the death sentence of Nicholas Jason Bryant
- MARCH 18, 2011IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Abolition of death penalty means job cuts
USA - Illinois. Abolition of death penalty means job cuts
- MARCH 17, 2011MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: VEGETABLE FARMER GETS DEATH FOR CANNABIS TRAFFICKING
vegetable farmer Ahmad Roslan Mat, 46, from Selama, Perak, was sentenced to death by Judge Datuk Zakiah Kassim of the Malaysian High Court for trafficking in 26.35 kgs of cannabis on May 1, 2009 at Kampung Tebing Tinggi in Baling.
- MARCH 17, 2011KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING EXPATRIATE
a Kuwaiti court sentenced a unnamed local man to death for murdering an Asian expatriate after robbing him, a newspaper said.
- MARCH 17, 2011Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: BRIGADIER SERVED ‘CAPITAL PUNISHMENT’: GPRN/NSCN
Brig. Khungwang, alias Chipu Menon, was sentenced to death for treason “as per the National Yehzabo” by the Government of People’s Republic of Nagaland/National Socialist Council of Nagaland, in Myanmar
- MARCH 17, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Lesly Jean-Philippe, 24, black, to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Lesly Jean-Philippe, 24, black, to death
- MARCH 16, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MASS MURDER
in Bihar's Banka district, India, Additional district and session court judge S.C.Jha sentenced Md. Sabbir Mian to death for robbing and murdering seven people in Badua on July 7, 1997.
- MARCH 16, 2011IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: AL-QAIDA LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Iraqi Supreme Criminal Court sentenced al-Qaida leader Munaf al-Rawi and five
MARCH 16, 2011United StatesDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: BLOOD MONEY – CIA CONTRACTOR ACQUITTED OF MURDERS
Raymond Davis, a CIA contractor, who was alleged to have shot and killed two men
- MARCH 16, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced today that it will switch to pentobarbital for the upcoming execution of Cleve Foster on April 5
USA - Texas. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice announced today that it will switch to pentobarbital for the upcoming execution of Cleve Foster on April 5
MARCH 16, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN BEHBEHAN
One man was hanged in the southwestern Iranian town of Behbehan, reported