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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
- JULY 13, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER OF KENYA HIV RESEARCHER
Simon Ndungu Wainaina and Paul Ndungu Kariuki were sentenced to death by Nairobi Chief Magistrate Gilbert Mutembei for robbing and killing Kenya's leading HIV researcher, Professor Job Bwayo, on February 4, 2007.
JULY 13, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: PALESTINIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN
in Sudan, Khartoum's criminal court sentenced Palestinian citizen Iyad Hani Mahmud
- JULY 13, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. William L. Garner was executed
USA - Ohio. William L. Garner was executed
JULY 13, 2010DEATH PENALTYOHIO (USA): ARSONIST EXECUTED FOR KILLING 5 CHILDREN
William L. Garner was executed. Garner, 37, black, was convicted of 5 counts of aggravated murder after confessing he had set an apartment on fire on January 26, 1992.
JULY 13, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: ANOTHER ISRAELI SPY SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Lebanese military court sentenced a man to death for spying for Israel’s Mossad intelligence
- JULY 12, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE FOR STEALING N1,750
in Abuja, Nigeria, Supreme Court Justice Mahmud Mohammed upheld the death sentence of Olayinka Afolalu for robbing a woman of N1,750 at gun point in Ekiti State on April 27, 2002.
- JULY 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: THREE GET DEATH IN UAE FOR KILLING NRI FROM KERALA
three men from Kerala, India, M Sakkaria, K T Basheer and T K Anvar, were sentenced to death by a Sharia court in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates, for murder.
- JULY 12, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: SHARJAH WORKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced Indian worker S.S. to death for beating an unidentified man to death who tried to rob him, a judicial official said.
JULY 12, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CABINET OKAYS BORDER GUARD BANGLADESH ACT
the Bangladeshi cabinet approved the draft of the Border Guard Bangladesh Act