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- FEBRUARY 23, 2010PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Former death-row inmate Ernest Simmons will walk free from prison on May 14
USA - Pennsylvania. Former death-row inmate Ernest Simmons will walk free from prison on May 14
- FEBRUARY 23, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Lawson Little sentenced Lameco Turner to death
USA - Alabama. Judge Lawson Little sentenced Lameco Turner to death
FEBRUARY 23, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST NUSAIBA KILLING UPHELD
in Yemen, the Taiz Appeal Court upheld Akram al-Samawi’s death sentence for raping
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Shah Alam, Malaysia, High Court Judge Datuk Wira Mohtarudin Baki sentenced workshop operator Tio Tek Huat, 42, to death for drug trafficking. Police found 2,719 grams of ecstasy pills in Tio's car at Puchong on February 6, 2008.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: EX-SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
the UPDF 5th division court martial, sitting in Laguti sub-county in Pader district, Uganda, sentenced ex-soldier Africano Abono Lino to death.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: INDONESIAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING
Indonesian boat maker Panizan Sunan Achayari...
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010JordanDEATH PENALTY
the Jordan Criminal Court sentenced a man to death...
the Jordan Criminal Court sentenced a man to death for robbing and murdering a store owner in Mahes in January 2007.
FEBRUARY 22, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
A Saudi man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. Judge Mark Braun overturned Phillip Cheatham's death sentence
USA - Kansas. Judge Mark Braun overturned Phillip Cheatham's death sentence
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision that gave a new trial to Anthony Cardell Haynes.
USA - Texas. The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a decision that gave a new trial to Anthony Cardell Haynes.
- FEBRUARY 22, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death sentence for Ronnie Lynn Kirksey
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended the death sentence for Ronnie Lynn Kirksey
FEBRUARY 22, 2010Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYPALESTINE: GAZA COURT ISSUES DEATH SENTENCE
in Gaza, Palestine, the Court of First Instance sentenced A. Gh., 30, to
FEBRUARY 22, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DISSIDENTS - 'GOVERNMENT KILLS TO INSTILL FEAR'
according to the International Network Iran Human Rights 2009 Report there were 402 executions
FEBRUARY 22, 2010BelarusDEATH PENALTYBELARUS ON ITS OWN WAY TOWARDS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BAN
Belarus will seek its own way to ban capital punishment, Nikolai Samoseiko, Chairman
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDERING 13
a Chinese man was sentenced to death for murdering 13 people, robbery and rape between May 1996 and January 2005.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: DEATH TO LIFE FOR IRANIAN
the Kuwaiti Court of Appeals commuted the death sentence of an Iranian man...
- FEBRUARY 21, 2010YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN: YEMEN HANDS DOWN DEATH TO SYRIAN
the Specialised Penal Court in Yemen, chaired by Judge Muhsen Alwan, sentenced Syrian national Omer Ahmed Omer Khanto, 45, to death for amphetamine smuggling.
FEBRUARY 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PEOPLE HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three men were hanged in two different Iranian cities for drug trafficking.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010LebanonDEATH PENALTY
LEBANON: PALESTINIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN LEBANON
a Lebanese military court sentenced Palestinian Hussein Khattab to death in absentia for being involved in the murders of members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010RussiaDEATH PENALTY
TWO-IN-FIVE RUSSIANS SUPPORT DEATH PENALTY
44 per cent of Russians think capital punishment should be fully re-instated and applied...
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010United States Armed ForcesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Military. Marine's death sentence overturned.
USA - Military. Marine's death sentence overturned.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. Senate Bill 375 to abolish the death penalty fails in Kansas Senate
USA - Kansas. Senate Bill 375 to abolish the death penalty fails in Kansas Senate
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. A jury recommended the death penalty for William Eugene Davis
USA - Oklahoma. A jury recommended the death penalty for William Eugene Davis
- FEBRUARY 19, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Richard Luce sentenced John Lee Hampton to death
USA - Florida. Judge Richard Luce sentenced John Lee Hampton to death
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PEJAK TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN IRAN
five people were executed in the Iranian city of Urmia for assisting terrorist organisation PEJAK
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Seremban, Malaysia, High Court Judge Datuk Ahmad Nafsy Yasin sentenced contractor Al Bakhtiar Abd Samad, 32, to death for trafficking in 993.8g of cannabis at Kuala Pilah on July 8, 2006. He was also sentenced to three years jail and three strokes of t
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: SINGAPOREAN TO HANG FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Judge Datuk Mohd Zawawi Salleh of the High Court in Johor Baharu...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Tanvir Akbar sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Dakota. A measure to repeal death penalty failed today after a vote at the House Health Committee
USA - South Dakota. A measure to repeal death penalty failed today after a vote at the House Health Committee
- FEBRUARY 18, 2010South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
- South Carolina. An Anderson County jury has sentenced Raymondeze Rivera to death
USA - South Carolina. An Anderson County jury has sentenced Raymondeze Rivera to death