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JULY 20, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR DEATHS OF 2 HOUSTON OPERA SINGERS
Texas executed a man convicted of killing two Houston opera singers nearly 22 years ago.
- JULY 19, 2010PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
PHILIPPINES: 102 ACTIVE OFW DEATH PENALTY CASES
as of July 2010, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs is monitoring 102 active death penalty cases around the world.
- JULY 19, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Anjum Raza Syed sentenced Saad Ullah to death for murdering Nadeem over a property dispute on October 31, 2008.
- JULY 19, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: NIGHT MARKET TRADER GETS DEATH FOR MAID'S MURDER
Justice Mohd Yazid Mustafa of the High Court in Shah Alam, Malaysia, sentenced night market trader A. Murugan, 36, to death.
JULY 19, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA REPORTEDLY EXECUTES FORMER OFFICIAL
North Korea executed a former Cabinet official over policy failures. Kwon Ho Ung
- JULY 18, 2010IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THREE INDONESIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Justice Datuk Zamani A. Rahim of the High Court in Alor Setar, Malaysia...
JULY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: FOUR MEN EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
four people were hanged in Iran for drug trafficking, in two different cases.
JULY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
One person was hanged in the prison of Shirvan, northeast of Iran, reported the state run Iranian news agency Fars.
- JULY 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
in Lahore, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Waseem sentenced Muhammad Aslam to death for killing his wife with a sickle on August 17, 2005.
JULY 17, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Phan Minh Man, a 20 year-old student, was sentenced to death by the People’s
- JULY 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE
in Nowshera, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Babar Ali sentenced Fayyaz, alias Fayyazay, and Abdur Razzaq to death for killing Nizampur resident Rambeel Bibi and his two sons for not paying extortion money. The pair were also fined Rs2 million each.
- JULY 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC RESERVES JUDGMENT IN RAPE, MURDER CASE
a division bench of the Sindh High Court (SHC) in Pakistan headed by Justice Shahid Anwar Bajwa reserved its judgment on appeals of ex-policemen Noor Mohammad.
- JULY 16, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Judge Sharon Keller reprimanded
USA - Texas. Judge Sharon Keller reprimanded
- JULY 16, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury has recommend the death penalty for a woman, Brooke Marie Rottiers
USA - California. A jury has recommend the death penalty for a woman, Brooke Marie Rottiers
JULY 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE TWO TRIBESMEN
the Taliban in northwest Pakistan publicly executed two unidentified tribesmen accused of spying
- JULY 16, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
According to the Kurdish news agency "Mokarian" five men were hanged in the
JULY 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR GUN TRADING
Wu Zhiqiao was executed in eastern China for illegally making and selling firearms
- JULY 16, 2010IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Majority of Voters Supports Alternatives to the Death Penalty
USA - Illinois. Majority of Voters Supports Alternatives to the Death Penalty
- JULY 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: WOMAN, PARAMOUR GET DEATH PENALTY
a court in Uttar Pradesh's Amroha district in India sentenced a woman and her paramour, identified as Shabnam and Saleem, to death for killing members of her family in Bawankheri village on April 14, 2008, over property.
- JULY 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian court sentenced a pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh...
an Iranian court sentenced a pregnant woman, Maryam Ghorbanzadeh...
JULY 15, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
a Moroccan court sentenced Tareq H., 26, to death for murdering and robbing an
JULY 15, 2010GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA COURT HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO COUP PLOTTERS
at a Gambian court, Judge Emmanuel Amadi sentenced eight people to death for
- JULY 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BILLIONAIRE
in China, the Heilongjiang Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence of Wang Wenxiang, founder and chairman of Xinheng Group, for hiring two people to murder former business partner Zhong Yishi on May 18, 2009.
- JULY 14, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
BOMBAY HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF 6 CONVICTS TO LIFE TERM
in India, Justices A P Lawande and R C Chauhan of the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court commuted the death sentences of 6 people to life imprisonment.
- JULY 14, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: CASE OF 17 INDIANS ON DEATH ROW IN UAE ADJOURNED TO SEPT 1
the hearing in the appeals for 17 Indians sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates for killing a Pakistani man was adjourned for the third time by a Sharjah Court of Appeals, saying that it wanted an official interpreter for the convicts.
- JULY 14, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended life imprisonment rather than capital punishment for Omar Loureiro
USA - Florida. A jury recommended life imprisonment rather than capital punishment for Omar Loureiro
- JULY 14, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Former Judge Lester A. Garringer, Jr., appointed as executive director of the Innocence Commission
USA - Florida. Former Judge Lester A. Garringer, Jr., appointed as executive director of the Innocence Commission
JULY 14, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: US HANDS OVER TARIQ AZIZ, OTHER DETAINEES
the U.S. this week handed over nearly 30 former members of Saddam Hussein's inner circle, including
- JULY 14, 2010MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. A jury decided that Michael Tisius be sentenced to death
USA - Missouri. A jury decided that Michael Tisius be sentenced to death
JULY 14, 2010DEATH PENALTYTENNESSEE (USA): GOVERNOR COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF WOMAN
Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen has commuted the death sentence of a woman convicted