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- APRIL 30, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death sentence for Michael Renard Jackson
USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death sentence for Michael Renard Jackson
- APRIL 30, 2010UtahDEATH PENALTY
USA - Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner, facing firing squad, denied access to media.
USA - Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner, facing firing squad, denied access to media.
APRIL 30, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN SENTENCES TWO TO DEATH
in Iran, Tehran lawyer Nasim Ghanavi told the International Campaign for Human
APRIL 30, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: DEATH PENALTY RETURNS, 4 EXECUTED
Taiwan executed four people, the justice ministry said, in the island's first cases of capital punishment since 2005 when the sentence became a sensitive political issue.
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MURDER CASE
in Pakistan, Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-Terrorism Court sentenced Kamran Yousuf and Farhan Hashmi to death for murdering policeman Mohammad Ashraf on June 30, 2006, in the limits of the Shara-e-Faisal police station
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan acquitted three brothers convicted of murder.
the Lahore High Court in Pakistan acquitted three brothers convicted of murder.
- APRIL 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN TO HANG FOR CHILD'S MURDER
in Malaysia, High Court Judge Datuk Mohd Zaki Mohd Yassin sentenced wireman Tan Chin Lee, 37, to death for murdering his ex-girlfriend's 3-year-old son Khor Wei Hong in Gat Lebuh Macallum on November 25, 2004.
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMAN
Judge Syed Hasan Shah Bukhari of the Anti-terrorism court 1 in Karachi, Pakistan...
- APRIL 29, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN, SONS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, an additional district and sessions judge sentenced Mauladad and his sons Mohammad Imran and Mohammad Mutahir to death for killing a union council nazim Raja Riasat and his son Hamid Mehmood on October 13, 2009, over a property is
APRIL 29, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: MAN HANGED IN ARDEBIL
One person was hanged in the prison of Ardebil, in northwestern Iran.
- APRIL 28, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES MAN FOR MURDERING EIGHT CHILDREN
former community doctor Zheng Minsheng, 42, was executed by shooting in Nanping, China, for stabbing eight young children to death at a primary school in the same city.
- APRIL 28, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Sajjad Hussain Sundhar sentenced Muhammad Rasib to death for killing Muhammad Aqeel in 2006.
- APRIL 28, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
in Gujranwala, Pakistan, Special Court No 2 Judge Rana Nisar Ahmad sentenced Shahwez to death for killing four people in Kunjah. According to a handout issued here Tuesday, two accused have already been sentenced to death five times in the same case.
- APRIL 28, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: BROTHERS GET DEATH FOR MURDER
in Seremban, Malaysia, High Court Judicial Commissioner Datuk Ahmad Nasfy Yasin sentenced two brothers Ramesh, 30, and Suthar Batumalai, 28, to death for killing mechanic Krishnan Raman, whose wife was allegedly a former lover, in Mambau on February 4, 20
- APRIL 28, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Roman Gabriel Aldana
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Roman Gabriel Aldana
APRIL 28, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi Arabian national Hussein al-Darwish was beheaded by the sword in Qatif
- APRIL 28, 2010PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Lawrence O'Toole has ruled Connie Williams should not be on death row because he is mentally disabled.
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Lawrence O'Toole has ruled Connie Williams should not be on death row because he is mentally disabled.
- APRIL 28, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Court of Criminal Appeals threw out the death sentence of Roy Gene Smith
USA - Texas. The Court of Criminal Appeals threw out the death sentence of Roy Gene Smith
- APRIL 27, 2010ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. Judge George Thim granted lawyers for Richard Roszkowski a year's delay for retrial
USA - Connecticut. Judge George Thim granted lawyers for Richard Roszkowski a year's delay for retrial
- APRIL 27, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Faisalabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Shaukat Kamal Dar sentenced Muhammad Faisal of Fauji Chowk Peoples Colony to death for killing his friend Muhammad Siddique over a monetary dispute on July 24, 2009.
- APRIL 27, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: TOP COURT NULLIFIES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERES, ARSON
the Japanese Supreme Court nullified the death sentence of Takemitsu Mori, 52, for murdering his daughter-in-law and her son on April 14, 2002.
- APRIL 27, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Samuel Bustamante was executed
USA - Texas. Samuel Bustamante was executed
APRIL 27, 2010ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG DEALING
Thailand’s Court of Appeal upheld a lower court death sentence against Jirasak Chatworanit
APRIL 27, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Saudi authorities executed a man by beheading after he was sentenced to death
APRIL 27, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: TWO GET DEATH FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINORS
in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, two men were sentenced to death
APRIL 27, 2010DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): SAMUEL BUSTAMANTE EXECUTED
Samuel Bustamante was executed in Texas. Bustamante, 40, hispanic, was convicted in 2001 of the January 18, 1998 robbing and slaying of Rafael Alvarado, 27, an illegal immigranta from Mexico.
- APRIL 26, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH PENALTY FOR BUSINESSMAN'S MURDER UPHELD
in Malaysia, Low Kian Boon was sentenced to death after losing his appeal in the Federal Court.
- APRIL 26, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: 2 GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING STUDENT
in Port Harcourt, Nigeria, Justice Boma Diepreyi sentenced police corporal Wafal Aminu and taxi driver Victor Fabiyi to death for killing student Nnamdi Ajikere, 20.
- APRIL 26, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SHC UPHOLDS CONVICT’S DEATH SENTENCE
Justices Amir Hani Muslim and Justice Syed Zakir Hussain of the Sindh High Court in Pakistan upheld the death sentence awarded in 2007 by the Karachi Anti-Terrorism Court V to Saleem Ahmed Bablu for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl.
- APRIL 26, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING NEIGHBOUR
in Nigeria, Gboko high court Justice James Okume sentenced a middle age man to death by hanging for murdering his neigbour, Aoundona Gaji, over an alleged land dispute at Tse-Agbu village in Vandeikya LGA of Benue State.