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- MAY 15, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER
in Sahiwal, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Owais Ashraf Gilani sentenced Munzoor Ahmad to death for murder and fined him Rs 200,000.
- MAY 15, 2010North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA EXECUTES 3 HOUSE CHURCH LEADERS
North Korea executed three Christian church leaders, Asianews reported.
MAY 15, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR OPPOSITION ACTIVISTS
The death sentence for six opposition activists arrested in protests after last year's
- MAY 14, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MANS DEATH PENALTY APPEAL DISMISSED
Chief Justice Keong and Justices Phang and Rajah of Singapore's Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal of Malaysian national Yong Vui Kong, 21, against his November 2009 death sentence for trafficking 47 grammes of heroin in June 2008.
- MAY 14, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE MAN FACING EXECUTION IN SAUDI ARABIA OVER 'SORCERY' CHARGES
Amnesty International urged Saudi Arabia to halt the possibly imminent execution of a Sudanese man who was sentenced to death for "sorcery".
- MAY 14, 2010BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: 2 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
at a court in Grodno, Belarus, judge Pyotr Bandyk sentenced Aleg Gryshkautsou (29) and Andrei Burdyka (28), to death for the October murder of two women and a man during an armed robbery.
MAY 14, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TOMB ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Four tomb robbers were sentenced to death for stealing more than 200 relics, including 11 items listed for the state's top level of protection, from ancient tombs in central China's Hunan Province.
- MAY 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: CONVICTED EX-TOP COP ASKS FOR LENIENCY
Wen Qiang, 54, former deputy police chief in Chongqing, China, appealed against his death sentence for protecting gangs, bribery, rape and property scamming during his second trial and asked for a lenient sentence.
- MAY 13, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR KOLI
judge A K Singh from a special CBI court in Ghaziabad, India,,,
- MAY 13, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER JUDICIAL OFFICIAL APPEALS DEATH SENTENCE
former high-ranking judicial official Wen Qiang, 54, appealed his death sentence in southwest China's Chongqing Higher People's Court.
- MAY 13, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Michael Beuke was executed
USA - Ohio. Michael Beuke was executed
- MAY 13, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Billy Galloway was executed.
USA - Texas. Billy Galloway was executed.
- MAY 13, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal Judge Asks U.S. Attorney General to Re-consider Death Penalty Over Costs
USA - Federal Judge Asks U.S. Attorney General to Re-consider Death Penalty Over Costs
- MAY 12, 2010Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: ACCUSED GETS DEATH SENTENCE
in Sri Lanka, Panadura Provincial High Court Judge Malanee Gunaratne sentenced Asithaodabedda, alias Chutta, to death for murdering Madonakondage Saumya Priyadarshanee of Panadura on March 27, 2001 by forcing her to drink poison.
- MAY 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Pune, India, Additional Sessions judge U S Thakare sentenced Sandesh, alias Sainath Kailash Abhang...
- MAY 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 14 YEARS AFTER MASSACRE, 3 GET DEATH
in Bihar, India, Additional district and sessions judge A K Shrivastava sentenced Ajay Singh...
- MAY 12, 2010PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Joseph Augello has ruled that George Banks is incompetent and therefore cannot be executed
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Joseph Augello has ruled that George Banks is incompetent and therefore cannot be executed
MAY 12, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: TIME NOT RIPE FOR DEATH PENALTY REFERENDUM, SAYS JUSTICE MINISTER
Taiwan’s Minister of Justice Tseng Yung-fu said there was no need to hold a
MAY 12, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Two drug traffickers have been sentenced to death for dealing large amounts of crystal methamphetamine, or "ice", in east China's Zhejiang Province, sources with the local court said.
- MAY 12, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the death sentence of Ernest Eugene Phillips
USA - Oklahoma. The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed the death sentence of Ernest Eugene Phillips
- MAY 12, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Kevin Varga was executed.
USA - Texas. Kevin Varga was executed.
MAY 12, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: CONTRACTOR TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Malaysian High Court judge Datuk Syed Ahmad Helmy sentenced freelance contractor Cheah
- MAY 12, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Aaron Dunn
USA - California. A jury has recommended the death penalty for Aaron Dunn
MAY 12, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR 1998 KILLING
The state of Texas executed by lethal injection a 41-year-old man convicted in
MAY 12, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYEU: IRAN URGED TO DROP DEATH SENTENCE ON TWO 'MOHAREBS'
European Union foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton pleaded with Iran to drop death sentences
- MAY 11, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a tribunal in Chittagong, Bangladesh, sentenced Abdur Rahim, a resident of Kashinathpur village in Comilla Sadar Upazila, to death in absentia in a double murder case
- MAY 11, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
a Shari’ah court in Alkaleri, Bauchi State in northern Nigeria...
a Shari’ah court in Alkaleri, Bauchi State in northern Nigeria...
- MAY 11, 2010MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. Pool. Maryland voters remain divided on death penalty
USA - Maryland. Pool. Maryland voters remain divided on death penalty
- MAY 11, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury has sentenced Charles Cunningham to death
USA - Ohio. A jury has sentenced Charles Cunningham to death
- MAY 11, 2010IdahoDEATH PENALTY
USA - Idaho. Judge Deborah Bail reinstated the death penalty for Michael Jauhola
USA - Idaho. Judge Deborah Bail reinstated the death penalty for Michael Jauhola