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- FEBRUARY 17, 2010North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission frees Gregory Taylor
USA - North Carolina. The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission frees Gregory Taylor
FEBRUARY 17, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN REJECTS U.N. CALL TO FREE POLITICAL PRISONERS
Iran rejected calls to release all political prisoners and accept an international inquiry
FEBRUARY 17, 2010United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: NORTH CAROLINA MAN EXONERATED AFTER 17 YEARS
The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission frees Gregory Taylor, 47, white, who was sentenced to
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky has revised its proposed lethal injection protocol.
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky has revised its proposed lethal injection protocol.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING INFANT
Judge K.C. Garg of the Indore Sessions Court in Madhya Pradesh...
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-AUM MEMBER NIIMI FINALISED
the death sentence for former senior AUM Shinrikyo cult member Tomomitsu Niimi...
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: DEATH SENTENCE IN PATTAYA FOR DOUBLE MURDER
in Pattaya, Thailand, Chon-Buri Criminal Court sentenced Mr Yuenyaw to death for robbing and murdering Viphaporn Jaila, 23, and her daughter Tharin, 2.
- FEBRUARY 16, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Martin Grossman, 45, white, Jewish, was executed
USA - Florida. Martin Grossman, 45, white, Jewish, was executed
FEBRUARY 16, 2010IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: EUROPEAN ALLIES CALL FOR HALT TO DEATH PENALTY
Britain, France and Italy called on Iraq to halt use of the death penalty, expressing concern at a growth in the number of executions in the past two years.
FEBRUARY 16, 2010UkraineDEATH PENALTYUKRAINE: PARLIAMENT REFUSES TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY
Ukraine’s parliament refused to make changes to the present legislation that would bring
FEBRUARY 16, 2010DEATH PENALTYFLORIDA (USA): 45-YEAR-OLD INMATE EXECUTED FOR 1984 SLAYING
Martin Grossman was executed at the Florida state prison in Starke.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
in Chandigarh, India, the Punjab and Haryana High Court commuted the death penalty awarded to two Nepalese nationals in a minor's rape and murder case.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: EXTRA-JUDICIAL KILLING: INSPECTOR TO DIE BY HANGING
in Nigeria, Igbosere High Court Justice Olusola Williams sentenced police inspector Muslim Folorunsho, 60, to death by hanging for murdering Perry Samuel with an AK 47 rifle on or about August 2, 2005.
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED FOR MURDER
in Hafizabad, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions judge...
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. The Senate heard testimony against death penalty bills from Jerry Givens, who was Virginia's chief executioner
USA - Virginia. The Senate heard testimony against death penalty bills from Jerry Givens, who was Virginia's chief executioner
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Death penalty expansion bill rejected
USA - Virginia. Death penalty expansion bill rejected
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Senate panel defeats death penalty expansion
USA - Virginia. Senate panel defeats death penalty expansion
- FEBRUARY 15, 2010VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Senate Committee approves one death penalty expansion bill
USA - Virginia. Senate Committee approves one death penalty expansion bill
FEBRUARY 15, 2010ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALY TO UN ON IRAN EXECUTING MINORS
Italy voiced "serious concern" to the United Nations over Iran's "systematic" use of capital
FEBRUARY 14, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 411 PEOPLE EXECUTED SINCE 1971
Bangladesh has executed more than 400 people since the country became independent in 1971
- FEBRUARY 12, 2010ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AND THEN SENTENCE COMMUTED
the Thai Criminal Court sentenced Somkid Phumphuang, 45, from Nakhon Si Thammarat, to death for murdering Sompong Pimpornpisom, 25, a masseuse, at Buri Ram on June 20, 2005. The death sentence was commuted to life due to his confession.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Oldest US death row inmate dead in Arizona
USA - Arizona. Oldest US death row inmate dead in Arizona
FEBRUARY 12, 2010ArizonaDEATH PENALTYARIZONA: OLDEST US DEATH ROW INMATE DIES
Oldest US death row inmate died in Arizona. Viva Leroy Nash, 94, white, died late Friday
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: SIALKOT: DEATH SENTENCE AWARDED
in Sialkot, Pakistan, Additional District & Session Judge Muhammad Sheraz Kiyani awarded the death sentence and a fine of Rs.200, 000 each to Zafar Iqbal, Shams, Muhammad Arshad and Amjad. They allegedly murdered five people over a marriage dispute during
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: GANG LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
mob boss Yue Ning was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for organising criminal gangs and prostitution rackets in southwest China's Chongqing City between 1998 and 2009.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER INCLUSION IN GROUP TRIAL
an Iranian man arrested more than a month before Iran's June election was sentenced to death after being included in a mass trial over postelection protests.
- FEBRUARY 11, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING TRADER
in Georgetown, Malaysia, High Court judicial commissioner Yaakob Md Sam sentenced odd job worker K. Kunalan, 38, to death.
FEBRUARY 11, 2010KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTYKYRGYZSTAN: BISHKEK JOINS INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL ON DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION
The Kyrgyz Parliament approved the Second Option protocol of the International Covenant
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT GET DEATH IN CHONGQING MOB TRIAL
the Chongqing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in China sentenced two people to death and six to death with a two-year reprieve for organised crime.
- FEBRUARY 10, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 7 DEATH PENALTIES FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING CONFIRMED
the Head of the Kerman Revolutionary Court in Iran said that death sentences for seven out of 24 members of a drugs trafficking band were confirmed by the Appeals Court.