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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
JUNE 17, 2010VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM TO REPLACE FIRING SQUADS WITH LETHAL INJECTION
Vietnam's communist-dominated National Assembly voted to replace firing squads
JUNE 17, 2010UtahDEATH PENALTYUTAH: RONNIE LEE GARDNER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in Draper, about 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City.
- JUNE 16, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR MURDER
presiding Justice O.D.Afolabi of the High court in Osogbo, Osun state capital, in Nigeria, sentenced Hammed Owonikoko to death by hanging for his role in the murder of Tunde Ojewale on November 11, 2007, at Oba-Oke, in Olorunda local council of Osun state
- JUNE 16, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN FACES DEATH PENALTY FOR RICH DUO'S MURDER
an Egyptian court sentenced Mahmoud Essawy to death for murdering Heba Ibrahim Al-Akad, 23, and Nadine Khaled Gamal during a robbery and stealing a cellphone and 400 Egyptian pounds.
- JUNE 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: POLICE CONSTABLE GETS DEATH SENTENCE
Judge Raja Muhammad Arshad of the Faisalabad Anti Terrorist Court in Pakistan sentenced police constable Nasir Abbas to death.
- JUNE 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN CARRY OUT ANOTHER PUBLIC EXECUTION
in Datta Khel area in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, the Taliban shot dead local resident Waheed Khan, 28, before a crowd of 200 people for allegedly killing a tribesman on June 12.
- JUNE 16, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court threw out the death penalty against Aaron Brian Gunches
USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court threw out the death penalty against Aaron Brian Gunches
- JUNE 16, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out the death sentence of Adrian Estrada.
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals threw out the death sentence of Adrian Estrada.
JUNE 16, 2010EthiopiaDEATH PENALTYETHIOPIA: OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR SUPPORTING REBELS
the Ethiopian Federal High Court sentenced former regional official Jemua