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APRIL 26, 2010SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAB MILITANTS EXECUTE MAN ON MURDER CHARGES, CUT OFF THIEF'S HAND
witnesses say militants from Somalia's al-Shabab Militia executed a man they convicted
APRIL 26, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWO EXECUTIONS IN MASHAD
According to the Iranian daily newspaper Quds, two men
- APRIL 26, 2010TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Judge R. Jerry Beck has vacated the death sentence of Steven James Rollins.
USA - Tennessee. Judge R. Jerry Beck has vacated the death sentence of Steven James Rollins.
- APRIL 25, 2010QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: APPEALS COURT DEATH SENTENCE FOR THREE TAXI DRIVERS
the Qatar Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence awarded to three foreign taxi drivers.
- APRIL 25, 2010AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
ONLY SIX AFGHANS EXECUTED IN IRAN, ENVOY TELLS AFGHAN SPEAKER
Iran's deputy ambassador met with Afghani Senate Speaker Prof Hazrat Sebghatollah Mojaddedi and allegedly dismissed the rumour that 45 Afghans had been executed and 3,000 others were in jail in Iran.
- APRIL 25, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: MAN TO HANG FOR KILLING MOTHER
the Ugandan Court of Appeal sentenced Francis Murungi to death for murdering his mother Edrayi Kenyegano in Bushenyi on February 7, 2000, using a machete.
APRIL 25, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN DECAPITATED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man was decapitated by the sword in the eastern city of Dammam, in Saudi
- APRIL 24, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. William Josef Berkley, 31, white, was executed
USA - Texas. William Josef Berkley, 31, white, was executed
- APRIL 24, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ACQUITS MAN OF MURDER
in India, the Bombay high court quashed the 2008 death sentence of Pappu Salve from Nashik as being "unfounded and unfair'' and acquitted him.
- APRIL 24, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANS ON DEATH ROW A MOCKERY OF JUSTICE: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL TO UAE
Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty International's Deputy Director for the Middle East and North Africa, said in a statement that the death sentence awarded to 17 Indians in UAE was "a mockery of justice.
- APRIL 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: 20YO MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR ROBBING AND KILLING PROSTITUTE IN XIAMEN
a 20-year-old Jiangxi migrant worker at a construction site, surnamed Yu, was sentenced to death by the Xiamen Intermediate People's Court in China for robbing and murdering prostitute Ah Zhu.
- APRIL 23, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG LORDS USING AIDS PATIENTS
two leaders of a gang in north China's Henan Province were sentenced to death for drug smuggling using AIDS patients.
- APRIL 23, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Vernon Nakahara sentenced Christopher Evans to death.
USA - California. Judge Vernon Nakahara sentenced Christopher Evans to death.
- APRIL 23, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Frank F. Fasel imposed the death sentence on Tanya Nelson
USA - California. Judge Frank F. Fasel imposed the death sentence on Tanya Nelson
- APRIL 23, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Christian Thierbach sentenced Jeffree Jay Buettner to death.
USA - California. Judge Christian Thierbach sentenced Jeffree Jay Buettner to death.
APRIL 23, 2010UtahDEATH PENALTYUTAH (USA): GARDNER CHOOSES DEATH BY FIRING SQUAD
USA - Utah. Judge Robin Reese has signed the death warrant for Ronnie Lee Gardner, who choose to die by firing squad.
APRIL 23, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN SENTENCES ETHNIC KURDISH CITIZEN TO DEATH
a Kurdish citizen was sentenced to death by a revolutionary court
- APRIL 22, 2010DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE, MURDER
William Berkley, convicted of the 2000 rape and murder of an 18-year-old woman, was executed in Texas by lethal injection, the state's sixth execution this year, prison officials said.
- APRIL 22, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: DEATH FOR THREE IN LAJPAT NAGAR BLAST CASE
in India, District and Sessions Judge SP Garg sentenced Mohammed Naushad, Mirza Nissar Hussain and Mohammed Ali Bhatt to death for the Lajpat Nagar market bombing that killed 13 people in New Dehli in 1996. The three were also fined Rs 37,000 each.
- APRIL 22, 2010Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR PAVEMENT HAWKER MURDER
in Sri Lanka, Badulla High Court Judge P Wickremesighe sentenced Ahangama Vidanelage Jayasinha, alias Hitchchiputha, to death for murdering pavement hawker H.M. Sudath on December 30, 1999.
- APRIL 22, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN'S CATHOLIC BISHOPS CALL FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
Catholic bishops in Taiwan urged the government to abolish the death penalty in a statement published in Catholic Weekly.
- APRIL 22, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: COURT CONVICTS TWO FOR MURDER
in Gujranawala, Pakistan, Anti-Terrorism Court No.II Judge Rana Nisar Ahmad Khan sentenced Shahwaz to death for fatally shooting Nazir Ahmad and his three sons in Shadiwal village on June 20, 2004, over a property dispute in Gujrat.
- APRIL 22, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO AWARDED DEATH SENTENCES FOR MURDER
in Sahiwal, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Haji Ahmed sentenced Mohy-ud-din to death and fined him Rs. one-Lac for killing co-student Muhammad Rasheed with a bat during a cricket match at Government High School September 7, 2007.
APRIL 22, 2010Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTYDR CONGO COURT OVERTURNS DEATH SENTENCE FOR NORWEGIANS
the Democratic Republic of Congo's military high court overturned the death sentences
- APRIL 21, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
SAUDIS NOT TO BEHEAD LEBANESE PYSCHIC
a Lebanese TV psychic condemned to death for witchcraft by a Saudi Arabian court while visiting the country will not be beheaded, his lawyer said.
APRIL 21, 2010SyriaDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: DEATH SENTENCES FOR TWO PALESTINIANS AND SYRIAN
in Lebanon, military investigation judge Fadi Sawan Sentenced two Palestinians
APRIL 21, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE IN ROW OVER PHONE VOLUME
in the United Arab Emirates, the Sharjah Sharia Court of First Instance sentenced
- APRIL 20, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE OVERTURNED
in the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Federal Supreme Court overturned the 2007 death sentence against American national Shahid King Poliss for murdering German businessman Martin Herbert Steiner, 48, in June 2006.
- APRIL 20, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD FOR CHILD MURDERS
the provincial high court in China's Fujian province upheld the death sentence against former doctor Zheng Minsheng for stabbing eight children to death outside their school on March 23, 2010, in a fit of rage after splitting up with his girlfriend.
- APRIL 20, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Darryl Durr, 46, black, was executed
USA - Ohio. Darryl Durr, 46, black, was executed