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- SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
a Division Bench the Karnataka High Court in India comprising Justices Rao and Pinto upheld the death sentences of Madhurnath, Rafiq and Jayanna of Anandpuram in Sagar taluk for robbing and murdering ginger merchant Madhusudan in Sagar on August 8, 2005.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR LAKARA MURDER
Chuba Lochieng, 20, was sentenced to death in Uganda by court chairman Lt. Col. Eugene
SEPTEMBER 8, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: STONING SENTENCE ON HOLD, SAYS FOREIGN MINISTRY
Iran’s foreign ministry said the stoning death sentence given to a woman convicted of adultery and murder was now on hold.
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: BOMBAY HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF MURDERER TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
the division bench of justices Ranjana Desai and VK Tahilramani of the Bombay high court in India commuted the death sentence issued by the Sessions Court to Kamlakar Shinde, 25, for murdering and robbing his aunt Draupadi Shinde, 55, in July 2007, to lif
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO SUDANESE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 4 CHINESE
A Sudanese court sentenced two men to death for killing four kidnapped Chinese oil workers
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: PRESIDENT PARDONS TWENTY DEATH ROW CONVICTS
Bangladesh has granted clemency to 20 death row inmates under a presidential
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC STAYS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO AKSHARDHAM TERROR ATTACK CONVICTS
Justices Reddy and Nijjar of the Indian Supreme Court stayed the death penalty awarded to Adambhai Sulemanbhai Ajmeri and Abdul Kayum in the 2002 Akshardham temple terror attack case.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Islamabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Iqbal sentenced Wahid Gul to death for killing Shaheen Akhtar and wounding six others over a petty dispute on August 4, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR WOMAN'S MURDER
Justices Rao and Pinto of the Karnataka High Court in India upheld the March 28, 2009...
SEPTEMBER 6, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: PRISONERS AWAIT EXECUTION IN JOS
over 123 prison inmates including 39 indigenes of Benue State who are sentenced to death
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judicial commissioner Mohd Zaki Abdul Wahab of the High Court in Alor Star, Ma
SEPTEMBER 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NORTHWEST FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
four unidentified major importers of precursors of opiates were sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: WOMAN FACING DEATH BY STONING IS 'LASHED 99 MORE TIMES'
an Iranian widow sentenced to death by stoning for adultery has been lashed 99 times for ''spreading corruption and indecency'' after a newspaper published an alleged picture of her without a headscarf, her son said.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: TWO SPARED DEATH PENALTY
two of three Singaporeans found guilty of killing a lorry driver during a May 2006 robbery attempt
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Philip H. Hikok sentenced Mila Johnson to death.
USA - California. Judge Philip H. Hikok sentenced Mila Johnson to death.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING LOVER
Malaysian High Court judge Datuk Abd Halim Aman sentenced furniture shop assistant Hoo Eu Hee, 44, to death for murdering his lover, Wong Nyik Yon, 46, after a fight in Jalan Datuk Keramat on November 29, 2007. She was stabbed eight times on her chest and
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Kevin Keith
USA - Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Kevin Keith
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. Johnny Depp appeals for release of Damien Echols
USA - Arkansas. Johnny Depp appeals for release of Damien Echols
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Ronald Coen sentenced Antonio Rodriguez to death
USA - California. Judge Ronald Coen sentenced Antonio Rodriguez to death
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended a death sentence for Justin Tyler Hosch
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended a death sentence for Justin Tyler Hosch
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: APPEALS ARE ENSURED FOR DEATH CASES
China has taken a new move to prevent wrongful convictions in death sentence
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010DEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA): GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND GRANTS CLEMENCY TO KEVIN KEITH
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland granted clemency to Kevin Keith, 46, commuting his
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW SAY THEY WERE TORTURED FOR CONFESSION
seventeen Indian workers on death row in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for the murder of a Pakistani man told an appeals court that the police extracted their confession after torturing them.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: JUDGES UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
three judges of the Ugandan Court of Appeal, led by Justice George Engwau, upheld
SEPTEMBER 1, 2010NigerDEATH PENALTYNIGER URGED BY RIGHTS GROUP TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY IN NEW CONSTITUTION
Niger has a “historic opportunity” to abolish the death penalty in a new constitution that will be voted
- AUGUST 31, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE TO 3 ADMK WORKERS UPHELD
Justices Singhvi and Chauhan the Indian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence awarded to AIADMK workers C Muniappan, Ravindran and Nedunchezhian.
- AUGUST 31, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SAKINEH MOHAMMADI ASHTIANI SUBJECTED TO MOCK EXECUTION
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani the Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning, was told on August 28 that she was to be hanged at dawn the day after, but the sentence was not carried out, it emerged tonight.
- AUGUST 31, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Verna Adams extends ban on state executions
USA - California. Judge Verna Adams extends ban on state executions
- AUGUST 30, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DEATH ROW USA Winter 2010 Now Available
USA - DEATH ROW USA Winter 2010 Now Available
AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MINISTER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
A senior Malaysian minister reportedly urged the government to abolish the death