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- JULY 23, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Forensic Science Commission: insufficient evidence that Willingham was innocently executed il 2004
USA - Texas. Forensic Science Commission: insufficient evidence that Willingham was innocently executed il 2004
JULY 23, 2010DEATH PENALTYAWARD PRESENTATION FOR ‘THE ABOLITIONIST OF THE YEAR 2010’ AND PRESENTATION OF HANDS OFF CAIN’S 2010 REPORT ‘THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE’
Saturday, July 31, 2010 – 10:30 A.M., Via di Torre Argentina 76, Rome.
JULY 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA 'MAY REVIEW EXECUTION POLICY CHANGES'
China is considering reviewing the number of crimes which attract the death penalty, a report
- JULY 22, 2010MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. Joseph Daniel Burns, 42, white, has been executed
USA - Mississippi. Joseph Daniel Burns, 42, white, has been executed
- JULY 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE
Judicial Commissioner Dr Badariah Sahamid of the Malaysian High Court sentenced Gan Thean Lim...
- JULY 22, 2010North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Study of Death Penalty Shows That 'Race Matters'.
USA - North Carolina. Study of Death Penalty Shows That 'Race Matters'.
JULY 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HANDS OF FIVE PEOPLE AMPUTATED
Iranian authorities amputated the hands of five people inside a prison in the western
- JULY 22, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge William Wilkes sentenced Michael Renard Jackson to death
USA - Florida. Judge William Wilkes sentenced Michael Renard Jackson to death
- JULY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
EXECUTION OF JUVENILE OFFENDER OVERTURNED IN IRAN
Ali Mahitorabi, an Iranian juvenile offender accused of murder, was released after the court commuted the charge to manslaughter and blood money was paid.
- JULY 21, 2010Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE ON MUM, SONS
a mother S. Umma, 45, and her two sons M. Faizal, 26, and I. Rishan, 24, were sentenced to death by the Kalmunai High Court in Sri Lanka for murdering a Civil Defence Officer in Oluvil in 2004 over a dispute
- JULY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COURTROOM STABBINGS
the Tongren Intermediate People's Court sentenced He Shengkai, 30, to death for a murder, in southwestern China's Guizhou Province.
- JULY 21, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Execution Delayed Following State Department Request
USA - Texas. Execution Delayed Following State Department Request
JULY 21, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ONE MAN HANGED IN AHVAZ
a man was hanged in the Karoun prison of Ahvaz (south west of Iran), reported the state run Iranian
JULY 21, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SPYING FOR ISRAEL
a Lebanese military court sentenced former school principal Hassan Ahmed al-Hussein
JULY 21, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: RISK OF DEATH SENTENCE AFTER REPATRIATION FROM ITALY
a Nigerian girl risks being sentenced to death in her country after being repatriated
- JULY 20, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Derrick Jackson, 42, black, was executed
USA - Texas. Derrick Jackson, 42, black, was executed
- JULY 20, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR MURDER OF ACTRESS
Justices Lah, Maarop and Daud of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death sentences of unemployed man Mohd Fazli Ismail, 28, and make-up artist Esma Faizul Zainul Nor, 39.
- JULY 20, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man was beheaded by sword in the Western city of Taif after being convicted of
JULY 20, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCES UPHELD FOR MURDER OF ACTRESS
Justices Lah, Maarop and Daud of the Malaysian Court of Appeal upheld the death
JULY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ANOTHER HANGED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
according to Iskanews, a person identified as A.A was hanged in Ahvaz, Iran
JULY 20, 2010TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ALBINO KILLING
a Tanzanian court sentenced a 50-year-old man to death by hanging for the ritual murder
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.