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JULY 7, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: AL-QAEDA DUO GET DEATH SENTENCE
Presiding judge Muhssein Alwan of the Yemeni state security court sentenced
JULY 7, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BUTCHER TO HANG FOR KILLING FRIEND OVER N700
presiding judge Abdullahi Sanya Yerima of the Maiduguri High Court in
- JULY 6, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: JIRGA AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO COUPLE
a jirga in Pakistan’s Torghar district, formerly known as Kala Dhaka, sentenced a couple to death for allegedly having illicit relations. Tribesman Zarkat, and a woman, a mother of three, might be stoned to death if verdict of the jirga is implemented.
- JULY 6, 2010Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
the Court of First Instance of Deir al-Balah sentenced 'Atiya Abdul Khaleq Farajallah...
the Court of First Instance of Deir al-Balah sentenced 'Atiya Abdul Khaleq Farajallah...
- JULY 6, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Michael Sweet has ruled Aaron Dunn will die by lethal injection
USA - California. Judge Michael Sweet has ruled Aaron Dunn will die by lethal injection
JULY 6, 2010MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THREE WOMEN
the Tangier court of Appeals in Morocco sentenced an unidentified man to death for murdering
JULY 6, 2010Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Gaza's Central Court handed down a death sentence, following the conviction of
- JULY 5, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN ON DEATH ROW WINS PARDON FROM VICTIM'S FAMILY IN SHARJAH
in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, Indian national M.K., was pardoned after he paid blood money to the parents of a man he allegedly murdered a coworker in Sharjah's Al Saja'a area in a fight over Dh30.
- JULY 5, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: MAN FACES HANGMAN'S NOOSE
in Harare, Zimbabwe, 38 year old Nyanzura man Fanuel Tengende was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Felistus Chatukuta for raping and stranging a nine-year-old girl in Kunyongana Village before dumping her corpse in a well on August 21, 2007.
JULY 5, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER OF GIRL, 4
A Yemeni man was executed by firing squad in prison after being convicted of raping
- JULY 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
four people were hanged in the prison of Isfahan according to the official website
JULY 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MOTHER AND SON HANGED
One woman and one man were hanged in the prison of Orumieh (northwest of Iran),
- JULY 4, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Pasrur, Pakistan, Additional District & Sessions Judge Ali Dastgeer Syed sentenced Jawad Ahmad and Anas Ahmad to death and fined them Rs 200,000 each for killing a youth Asif over an old land dispute in Galleywali-Pasrur village a few years ago
JULY 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO MEN HANGED IN ZAHEDAN
Two men were hanged in the prison of Zahedan, capital of the Baluchestan province, south east of Iran.
JULY 4, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: YOUTH SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONS
an Iranian youth in Tabriz has been sentenced to death by hanging for the charge
- JULY 2, 2010NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. A jury recommended Melecio Camacho-De Jesus be sentenced to death
USA - Nebraska. A jury recommended Melecio Camacho-De Jesus be sentenced to death
- JULY 2, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED TO 3 FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Azhar Abbas, Muhammad Nawaz and Muhammad Sarwar of Haveli Bahadar Shah, Jhang, were sentenced to death for shooting dead Tasawar Abbas and Taj at Head Trimu to avenge an enmity on August 14, 2006.
- JULY 2, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: BUSAN MAN APPEALS AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
in South Korea, Kim Kil-tae appealed his death sentence, court officials said. The Busan District Court found Kil-tae guilty of raping and killing a 13-year-old girl in the southern port city of Busan in late February.
- JULY 2, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Innocence Commission Created in Florida
USA - Florida. Innocence Commission Created in Florida
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FOUR GET DEATH FOR MURDER
in Larkana, Pakistan, a Qambar-Shahdadkot district and session judge sentenced Akhtiar Ali Sanghro, Zulfikar Ali Sanghro, Mohammed Sharif Sanghro and Gulzar Ali Sanghro to death for murdering Abdul Hameed Sanghro.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 3 AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sundhar sentenced Waqas Kiani, Qaiser Mehmood and Sajjad Ahmed to death for murdering Malik Ghulam Khan under Westridge Police Station in 2006.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, an Additional District and Sessions Judge sentenced Qamar resident Ghulam Muhammad Abad to death for murdering his cousin Rabia Majeed over a marriage dispute in 2008.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH AWARDED IN MURDER CASE
in Chakwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sohail Ikram sentenced Nobahar to death for killing his relative Khurshid Begum over land.
- JULY 1, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
in Khanpur, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Malik Munir Ahmed Joya
in Khanpur, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Malik Munir Ahmed Joya
- JULY 1, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRUG REHAB INMATE SENT TO GALLOWS
33-year-old Kajang Drug Rehabilitation Centre inmate D. Muthut was sentenced to death by Malaysian High Court Judge Mohd Yazid Mustafa for murdering inmate Song Chan Seng, 43, in 2006.
- JULY 1, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury sentenced Rodrigo Paniagua Jr. to death
USA - California. A jury sentenced Rodrigo Paniagua Jr. to death
- JULY 1, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Steve Martin sentenced Mark Pickens to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Steve Martin sentenced Mark Pickens to death
- JULY 1, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Michael James Perry was executed
USA - Texas. Michael James Perry was executed
JULY 1, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: CABINET AGREES ON DEATH PENALTY AGAINST ISRAELI SPIES
Lebanese Youth and Sports Minister Ali Abdullah said that ministers had unanimously agreed
JULY 1, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: ISLAMISTS PUBLICLY EXECUTE CHRISTIAN CONVERT
Sheik Adan Yare, the governor of Somalia’s Bakol region, announced that Al-Shabaab members