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- FEBRUARY 18, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF CHILD IN JAMSHEDPUR
in Jamshedpur, India, Additional district and sessions judge BK Sinha sentenced Sanjay...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DELAYS EXECUTION OF PHILIPPINE DRUG MULES
China postponed the execution of three Filipinos found guilty of drug smuggling.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MUMBWA MAN TO HANG
Supreme Court Judge Munyinda Wanki, sitting as a High Court Judge at the Lusaka High Court in Zambia...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT AWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
in Kot Momin, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Zia Ullah Khan Niazi sentenced Ghulam Abbas to death and fined him Rs 100,000 for murdering rival Shaukat on March 12, 2008, under Jhal Chakian police station.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR PEOPLE HANGED IN KERMAN
Four men were hanged in the prison of Kerman, south east of Iran.
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Judge Orlando Hudson commuted Isaac Jackson Stroud's death sentence, replacing it with a life sentence
USA - North Carolina. Judge Orlando Hudson commuted Isaac Jackson Stroud's death sentence, replacing it with a life sentence
- FEBRUARY 18, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Polk County jury recommended death for Leon Davis, 33.
USA - Florida. Polk County jury recommended death for Leon Davis, 33.
FEBRUARY 18, 2011LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
a Lebanese military court convicted a man of spying for Israel and sentenced
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. The Senate passed bill HB202 that would speed the process for appealing death sentences
USA - Utah. The Senate passed bill HB202 that would speed the process for appealing death sentences
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR CORRUPT OFFICIAL
a former director of the land resources bureau in Guiyang City...
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011MozambiqueDEATH PENALTY
MOZAMBIQUE: COMMUNITY COURT REINTRODUCES DEATH PENALTY
although the death penalty was abolished in Mozambique in 1990, a Community Court in Chirere, in the Manica district of Mossurize, sentenced a man to be beaten to death for the alleged theft of an ox-cart.
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Frank Spisak, 59, white, was executed
USA - Ohio. Frank Spisak, 59, white, was executed
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Robert James Acremant 's death sentence was reduced to life in prison
USA - California. Robert James Acremant 's death sentence was reduced to life in prison
FEBRUARY 17, 2011JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN GETS REDUCED SENTENCE FOR 'HONOUR' KILLING
a Jordanian court commuted the death sentence of a 43-year-old man for killing
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Rusty Johnston today sentenced Michael Woolf, 32, white, to death
USA - Alabama. Judge Rusty Johnston today sentenced Michael Woolf, 32, white, to death
- FEBRUARY 17, 2011FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Nickolas Geeker sentenced Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr., 36, to death twice
USA - Florida. Judge Nickolas Geeker sentenced Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr., 36, to death twice
- FEBRUARY 16, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC RELIEF FOR 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING MLA
the Indian Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of Sheo Shankar Singh and Umesh Singh to life imprisonment.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2011TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Judge Claudia Bonnyman upheld the state's injection protocol
USA - Tennessee. Judge Claudia Bonnyman upheld the state's injection protocol
FEBRUARY 16, 2011DEATH PENALTYTENNESSEE (USA): JUDGE BONNYMAN UPHELD THE STATE'S INJECTION PROTOCOL
Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman upheld the Tennessee's revised execution
FEBRUARY 16, 2011ChinaDEATH PENALTYCANADA DEPORTS CHINESE BUSINESSMAN DESPITE CONCERNS ABOUT DEATH PENALTY
a multimillionaire Chinese refugee claimant accused of fraud in his homeland was deported
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN SERVANT TO HANG FOR 'HOUSE OF HORRORS' MURDER
India's Supreme Court ordered domestic servant Surinder Koli...
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR AUM'S TSUCHIYA TO BE FINALISED
Presiding Justice Kohei Nasu of the Japanese Supreme Court turned down an appeal from Masami Tsuchiya...
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH FOR KILLING CHILD
an anti-terrorism court in Lahore, Pakistan, sentenced Shaiban Akhter and Ihsan Akhter to death and 14-year vigorous imprisonment and fined them Rs 50,000 each.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Jameel Ahmed Ch sentenced Muhammad Ashraf and Nasir Mehmood to death and fined them rupees one lakh each for murdering taxi driver Waheed Ahmed by electrocution
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: EXECUTIONS REQUESTED
in Zahedan, Iran, the prosecutor in Sistan-va-Balouchestan, Ebrahim Hamidi...
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING HIS STEPDAUGHTER, 6
Judge Gregory Phiri sentenced Joseph Mbewe to death by hanging for murdering by strangulation his six year-old step daughter Leticia Moyo on August 15, 2004, in Lusaka, Zambia. His motive was jealousy as the girl was not his biological daughter.
FEBRUARY 15, 2011IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO PEOPLE HANGED IN KURDISTAN
Two people were hanged in the prison of Sanandaj, the capital of the Iranian Kurdistan
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Michael Wayne Hall, 31, white, has been executed
USA - Texas. Michael Wayne Hall, 31, white, has been executed
- FEBRUARY 15, 2011ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: RITUAL MURDERER TO HANG
Justice Tendai Uchena of High Court in Zimbabwe sentenced a Karoi man,
FEBRUARY 15, 2011BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS: SUPREME COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE
“I am deeply disappointed and concerned by the decision taken on Friday (February