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NOVEMBER 25, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: CONVICTED RAPIST HANGED
An Iranian man convicted of rape was hanged in a prison in the city of Karaj on the western outskirts of Tehran, the ISNA news agency reported.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Fabian Hernandez to death
USA - Texas. A jury sentenced Fabian Hernandez to death
NOVEMBER 25, 2009North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: EXECUTION LEGAL FOR MINOR OFFENCES
according to a set of addendums to the “DPRK Penal Code” adopted in 2007 that leaked out of North
- NOVEMBER 25, 2009KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky may not execute anyone, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled today.
USA - Kentucky. Kentucky may not execute anyone, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled today.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
GUNMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, ROBBERY IN SOUTHWEST CHINA
a man was sentenced to death in southwest China's Sichuan Province for murder and committing armed robberies with a gang.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEPUTY POLICE CHIEF GETS DEATH WITH REPRIEVE
a former police chief in Tonghua City was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve in northeast China's Jilin Province.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH SENTENCE IN MURDER CASE
in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Abdul Rehman Awan awarded the death sentence to Mukhtar Ahmed for killing Zafar Mehmood on November 24, 2004, with three other men.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FIVE TO DIE FOR KILLING N'GANJ BUSINESSMAN
a court in Narayanganj, Bangladesh...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Shah Alam, Malaysia, High Court judicial commissioner Datuk Umi Khaltum Abdul Majid sentenced workshop operator Jasri Sarip Ahmad, 30, to death for drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN BHOLA
at a court in Bhola, Bangladesh, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mahabub-Ul-Alam sentenced Abu Taher, 35, to death in absentia.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HAWKER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR TRAFFICKING CANNABIS
at the High Court in Alor Setar, Malaysia, Judge Datuk Mohd Sofian Abd Razak imposed the mandatory death sentence on Jaafar Sidek Darus, 47, for drug trafficking.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA FOR KILLING WIFE
in Sri Lanka, Kalmunai High Court Judge Chandramathi Visvalingan sentenced Mohamed Ismail Nizardeen of Akkaraipattu to death in absentia.
NOVEMBER 24, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: TWO EXECUTED OVER TAINTED MILK SCANDAL
two people were executed in China for their involvement in the country's contaminated milk scandal, in which at least six infants died and more than 300,000 became ill.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani upheld Santiago Martinez Jr.’s death sentence
USA - California. Judge Joan Comparet-Cassani upheld Santiago Martinez Jr.’s death sentence
- NOVEMBER 24, 2009PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced John Lewis to death
USA - Pennsylvania. A jury sentenced John Lewis to death
NOVEMBER 24, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTYLIBYA TO ALLOW NGOS, LIMIT DEATH PENALTY: MAGISTRATE
Abdelrahman Boutouta, the head of a legal committee tasked with amending Libya's penal code, told
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Manshera, Pakistan, Additional and Sessions Judge Kamal Shah awarded capital punishment to Mohammad Iftikhar and Gulfam for killing Amir Shazad, 18, in January 2004.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: THREE MEN SPARED DEATH PENALTY, GET LIFE TERM
in Karachi, Pakistan, a full bench of the Supreme Court commuted the death sentences of three men to life imprisonment.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS NOOSE FOR KILLING 12-YR-OLD BOY
in Thrissur, India, District and Sessions Judge B Kemal Pasha awarded capital punishment to Hamsu, 29, for murder.
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: GOVT COMMUTED DEATH SENTENCE OF GOVINDASAMY
the death sentence of R. Govindasamy was commuted to life imprisonment under Article 72 of the Constitution of India in November, Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram revealed.
NOVEMBER 23, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: KILLER OF FATHER, HUSBAND SENTENCED TO DEATH
the criminal court in Karbala, Iraq, sentenced a woman to death for killing her father and husband with the
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Frank Fasel sentenced Billy Joe Johnson to death
USA - California. Judge Frank Fasel sentenced Billy Joe Johnson to death
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Christopher Evans
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Christopher Evans
- NOVEMBER 23, 2009IndianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Indiana. Christopher M. Stevens, whose murder of a 10-year-old boy led to the creation of Indiana's sex offender registry, has been resentenced to life in prison without parole.
USA - Indiana. Christopher M. Stevens, whose murder of a 10-year-old boy led to the creation of Indiana's sex offender registry, has been resentenced to life in prison without parole.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: SIX CHILDREN SENTENCED TO DIE OVER REBEL RAID
Sudan sentenced six children to death for taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum but has since
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: AI URGES BANGLADESH TO COMMUTE DEATH SENTENCES
Amnesty International (AI) urged Bangladesh not to execute five former army officers sentenced to death for the assassination of Bangladesh's founder Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: MAN TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN JESSORE
in Jessore, Bangladesh, District Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal Judge Shamsur Rahman sentenced Ismail Hossain, 40, of Agrobhulot village in Sharsha upazila to death.
NOVEMBER 22, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: PRESIDENT TALABANI IN IRAN SEEKING KURD EXECUTION HALT
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani flew to Tehran to appeal for the lives of Iranian Kurds sentenced to death, a
- NOVEMBER 21, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
in Sargodha, Pakistan, Additional Sessions Judge Ghaffar Jalil sentenced Faisal Abbas to death for
- NOVEMBER 21, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - New York. Poll finds broad support among New Yorkers for death penalty in Khalid Shaikh Mohammed terror case
USA - New York. Poll finds broad support among New Yorkers for death penalty in Khalid Shaikh Mohammed terror case