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- JUNE 24, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentences imposed on Khalid Ali Pasha
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentences imposed on Khalid Ali Pasha
- JUNE 24, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Victor Caraballo
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has ordered a new sentencing hearing for Victor Caraballo
JUNE 24, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: THE SUPREME COURT OVERTURNED THE DEATH SENTENCE OF BILLY JOE MAGWOOD
The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the death sentence of Billy Joe Magwood, ruling that Magwood can argue that Alabama retroactively changed its laws to make his crime qualify for the death penalty.
- JUNE 23, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CONVICTED OF CAPITAL OFFENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahrukh...
JUNE 23, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTYBAHAMAS: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in the Bahamas, Justice Neville Adderley sentenced Renaldo Bonaby to death for murder.
- JUNE 23, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Elinore Stormer sentenced Ashford Thompson to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Elinore Stormer sentenced Ashford Thompson to death
JUNE 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: PAIR EXECUTED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
two men convicted of selling and trafficking 12,242 grams of heroin to Taiwan were executed
JUNE 23, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT COURT SENTENCES MILITANT LEADER TO DEATH
top Egyptian Al-Gama'a Al-Islamiya leader Abdel Hamid Musa Abu Aqrab was sentenced
- JUNE 23, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
the Sharjah Appeal Court in the United Arab Emirates upheld the death sentence of Bangladeshi nationals
JUNE 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTES DEALERS AHEAD OF INT'L ANTI-DRUG DAY
six men were executed in southeast China's Fujian Province ahead of the International
JUNE 22, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN PUBLIC LAND FRAUD CASE
in Vietnam, a Ho Chin Minh City court commuted the death sentence handed to property
JUNE 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: 14 DEATH-ROW PRISONERS GET PARDON
fourteen prisoners who received the death sentence in Malaysia were pardoned
JUNE 22, 2010MauritaniaDEATH PENALTYMAURITANIA HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCES IN CRIME CRACKDOWN
a court in Nouakchott, Mauritania, handed down ten death sentences for
- JUNE 21, 2010TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Howard Hawk Willis to death
USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Howard Hawk Willis to death
- JUNE 21, 2010IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. George Junior Porter, a former death row inmate, entered an Alford plea today to 2nd-degree murder
USA - Idaho. George Junior Porter, a former death row inmate, entered an Alford plea today to 2nd-degree murder
JUNE 21, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: MOTHER, SON TO BE HANGED FOR MURDER
Justice John Bosco Katutsihe of the Ugandan High Court, sitting in Rukungiri district,
JUNE 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS AND NAILS MAN'S BODY TO CROSS
Saudi Arabia executed two men, the interior ministry said in a statement cited by the official
- JUNE 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN HANGED FOR RAPE
a man identified as Jamshid, 48, was hanged in Iran's southeastern city of Zahedan for raping a
JUNE 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ABDOLMALEK RIGI HANGED IN TEHRAN
According to the official Iranian news agency IRNA, Abdolmalek Rigi, the former leader of the armed Baluchi group Jondollah, was hanged.
- JUNE 19, 2010MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. A jury sentenced Curtis Giovanni Flowers to death
USA - Mississippi. A jury sentenced Curtis Giovanni Flowers to death
- JUNE 18, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: VAN DRIVER TO HANG FOR TRAFFICKING DRUGS
in Malaysia, 33-year-old van driver Mohd Zamri Abdul Khamis from Johor was sentenced to death by High Court Justice Zamani A. Rahim for trafficking in 95kg of cannabis on June 13, 2005, at the Bukit Kayu Hitam Customs, Immigration and Quarantine border c
- JUNE 18, 2010GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that Georgia's standards for mental retardation is unconstitutional.
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit found that Georgia's standards for mental retardation is unconstitutional.
- JUNE 18, 2010UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by a firing squad
USA - Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by a firing squad
JUNE 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad
JUNE 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorist Court Special Judge Mian Anwar Nazir sentenced
- JUNE 18, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Donald Andrew Bess to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Donald Andrew Bess to death
- JUNE 17, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: ON DEATH ROW IN DUBAI FOR 23 YRS, INDIAN’S MERCY PLEA
64-year-old carpenter Paul George Nadar from Tamil Nadu in India, who has been on death row in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, for the past 23 years is seeking his own quick execution.
- JUNE 17, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL POSTPONED FOR INDIANS
the hearing on an appeal in the United Arab Emirates against a death sentence given to 17 Indians who were found guilty of killing a Pakistani man and injuring another four was adjourned by the Sharjah Court of Appeal to July 14, Gulf News has learnt.
- JUNE 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
FEAR FOR IRANIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH BY STONING
women's rights activist Soheila Vahdati told Radio Farda that Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's execution may be imminent.
- JUNE 17, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky Supreme Court throws out death sentence for Phillip Brown
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky Supreme Court throws out death sentence for Phillip Brown