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- MARCH 20, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a court in Netrakona, Bangladesh, sentenced Badal Mia...
- MARCH 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
CALLS TO CANCEL DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST IRANIAN KURDISH ACTIVIST
Falak al-Din Kaka Yi, a former Iraqi Kurdistan minister...
- MARCH 19, 2010EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING BOY
an Egyptian court in al-Sharqiya in the northern Nile Delta sentenced four men to death
- MARCH 19, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: COURT CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE ON POLICE OFFICER
Justice James Ogebe of the Nigerian Supreme Court upheld the death sentence passed on police officer Olayemi Oludamilola by Justice J. Ottah of the Kogi State High Court.
- MARCH 19, 2010ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
a court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, sentenced Jabulani Nkomo...
a court in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, sentenced Jabulani Nkomo...
- MARCH 19, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Judge C.A. Woodall sentenced Kevin Dunlap to 6 death sentences
USA - Kentucky. Judge C.A. Woodall sentenced Kevin Dunlap to 6 death sentences
MARCH 19, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ANTI-HIJACKING LAW GETS TOUGHER, DEATH SENTENCE INCLUDED AS PUNISHMENT
The UPA government made the anti-hijacking law much tougher by including death sentence as a punishment.
- MARCH 19, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. German on death row in Florida gets sentence commuted
USA - Florida. German on death row in Florida gets sentence commuted
MARCH 19, 2010DEATH PENALTYVIRGINIA (USA): INMATE EXECUTED BY ELECTROCUTION
A Virginia man who killed a 16-year-old girl and then waited in her home to rape and stab her 14-year-old sister in 1999 was executed in the state's electric chair.
- MARCH 18, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA TWO ON DEATH ROW ACQUITTED IN MURDER CASE
Kumaran and Senbagam were acquitted by Justices Chockalingam and Karnan of the Madras High Court in India.
- MARCH 18, 2010TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES TAIWAN TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Taiwan's President to abolish the death penalty.
- MARCH 18, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. TWO EXECUTIONS
two Sudanese men were executed for killing four oil workers, two of them Chinese, and looting their vehicle in 2004 at Heglig in Kordofan state
- MARCH 18, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended that Randall Deviney, 20, white, be executed
USA - Florida. A jury recommended that Randall Deviney, 20, white, be executed
- MARCH 18, 2010MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. The House Judiciary Committee rejected a bill that would have expanded the death penalty.
USA - Maryland. The House Judiciary Committee rejected a bill that would have expanded the death penalty.
MARCH 18, 2010South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA: ASSEMBLY SPEAKER CALLS FOR ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY
The National Assembly speaker demanded the abolition of the death penalty in South
- MARCH 18, 2010VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Paul Warner Powell was electrocuted
USA - Virginia. Paul Warner Powell was electrocuted
MARCH 18, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA 'SORCERY' DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
Amnesty International has called on the King of Saudi Arabia to halt the execution of a Lebanese
- MARCH 17, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: UMI'S DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM
China commuted the death sentence of Malaysian national Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, 26, to life imprisonment.
- MARCH 17, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SC REJECTS REVIEW PLEA, UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER CASE
Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice Chaudhry upheld the death sentences of eight people including Ayyar Jujji, Suleman, Abdul Rahim, Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Yahya, Nawaz alias Nikki, Muhammad Younus and Pervez Iqbal. They were sentenced by a court in
- MARCH 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH PENALTY IN IRAN
a man was sentenced to death six times, 24 months' imprisonment and 74 lashes for killing six women from 2006 to 2009 in the Iranian city of Qazvin, court spokesperson Mazahir Mehralian told Iranian news agency FARS.
- MARCH 17, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO EXECUTED FOR SERIAL KILLINGS
in China, Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court official Yao Lan said two men were sentenced to death and executed.
MARCH 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: ANOTHER ASHURA DAY PROTESTER RECEIVES THE DEATH SENTENCE
Abdolreza Ghanbari, accused of heretics (moharebeh) in Iran for participation in Ashura Day
- MARCH 17, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and the Judiciary OKs HB 2965, a death penalty for child rapists.
USA - Oklahoma. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and the Judiciary OKs HB 2965, a death penalty for child rapists.
- MARCH 17, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scrive overturned the death sentence of for James Guzman.
USA - Florida. U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scrive overturned the death sentence of for James Guzman.
- MARCH 17, 2010LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. A jury recommended that Dacarius Holliday, 32, black, should be put to death
USA - Louisiana. A jury recommended that Dacarius Holliday, 32, black, should be put to death
- MARCH 17, 2010OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury recommended the death sentence for Anthony Kirkland
USA - Ohio. A jury recommended the death sentence for Anthony Kirkland
- MARCH 16, 2010BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
Freeport residents Edwin Bauld Jr. and Wilfred McPhee Jr. were sentenced to death Acting Justice Jethro Miller in the Bahamas for murdering Grand Bahama police officer Eddison Bain.
- MARCH 16, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
an additional district and sessions judge in Peshawar...
- MARCH 16, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WIFE, MUTILATING BODY
Li Jia, 41, from Beijing, was executed in China for murdering his ex-wife Ren Liwen in March 2008.
- MARCH 16, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND CONDEMNED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Judge Md. Mukhlesur Rahman of the Thakurgaon Court of Women and Child Repression Tribunal in Bangladesh sentenced Hossain Ali, 35, to death for murdering his wife Sahera Khatun on June 24, 2003, and fined him taka 50,000.