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- NOVEMBER 20, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
SUNNI LEADER IN IRAQ SENTENCED TO DEATH
Sunni leader Adil al-Mashhadani was sentenced to death, in Iraq, for terrorism according to Justice Ministry spokesman Abdul-Sattar Bayrkdar.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Michael Johnson sentenced Kai Harris to death.
USA - California. Judge Michael Johnson sentenced Kai Harris to death.
- NOVEMBER 20, 2009ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. James Wallace has been sentenced to die
USA - Arizona. James Wallace has been sentenced to die
NOVEMBER 20, 2009KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTYKYRGYZ YOUTH DEMONSTRATE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Kyrgyzstan's youth human rights organisation staged a protest near Government House in Bishkek. Young
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: 2 GET DEATH FOR MURDERS
in Rohtak, India, Additional Sessions Judge Puneesh Jindia sentenced Sangeet and Narender to death and fined them Rs 7000 each.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA: GOVT ENSURING DEATH PENALTY GONE FOREVER
Australian Attorney-General Robert McClelland told parliament he was introducing legislation that would ensure that the death penalty could not be reintroduced.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: DEATH SENTENCES FOR 1975 KILLING OF BANGLADESHI LEADER
the Bangladeshi Supreme Court rejected final appeals by five former soldiers sentenced to death in the 1975 killing of the country’s independence leader in a military coup
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: TEENAGER GETS DEATH FOR FATHER’S MURDER
in Vietnam’s Hai Duong Province, Nghiem Viet Thanh, 18, was sentenced to death for killing his father before taking his money to clear his debts.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING SISTER
Saudi Arabian man Mourif al-Ribai was executed in the Kharj region of Riyadh after being convicted of murdering his sister, the interior ministry announced in a statement carried by the official SPA agency.
NOVEMBER 19, 2009RussiaDEATH PENALTYRUSSIA: CONSTITUTIONAL COURT EXTENDS MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY
Russia's Constitutional Court prolonged a moratorium on the death penalty, which was due to expire on January 1, until it is banned completely.
NOVEMBER 19, 2009TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: 75 DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED: KIKWETE
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said at a conference in Rome he had commuted 75 death sentences to
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Stephen Stanko to death
USA - South Carolina. A jury sentenced Stephen Stanko to death
- NOVEMBER 19, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Robert Lee Thompson was executed
USA - Texas. Robert Lee Thompson was executed
NOVEMBER 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE HANGED FOR RAPING TEENAGE BOY
three Iranian men were hanged for raping a 17-year-old boy who subsequently committed suicide, the Fars
NOVEMBER 19, 2009DEATH PENALTYKENTUCKY (USA): INMATE DIES WHILE WAITING FOR EXECUTION
A death row inmate who once played a role in a controversial Benetton clothing advertising campaign
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN FOR RAPE
ISNA news agency said an unidentified 23-year-old man convicted of robbery and rape was hanged in Bojnourd city in Iran’s north eastern North Khorasan province. It did not give the date of execution.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY
in Kasur, Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Muhammad Ayub Marth sentenced Mohammad Shahid and Mohammad Amin to death and fined them Rs 600,000 each.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BARGUNA, KUSHTIA
two people in Bangladesh were sentenced to death by separate courts.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended that Robert Thompson's execution be commuted to life in prison
USA - Texas. The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles recommended that Robert Thompson's execution be commuted to life in prison
- NOVEMBER 18, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Danielle Simpson has been executed
USA - Texas. Danielle Simpson has been executed
NOVEMBER 18, 2009JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE, DOUBLE MURDER
Judges Atef Jaradat, Qassem Dughmi and Nahar Ghazo of the Amman Criminal Court in Jordan sentenced
NOVEMBER 18, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ PLANNING TO HANG UP TO 126 WOMEN BY YEAR'S END
Iraq is planning to execute up to 126 women by the end of this year.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: GALLOWS FOR EX-CLERK FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
former Johor council clerk Abd Latif Sakiman lost the appeal against his death sentence for drug trafficking at the Federal Court in Putrajaya, Malaysia.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DEATH FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING
a pirated VCD seller was sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court. Ng Kam Wei, 31, allegedly trafficked 8,529.5g of ganja in Taman Selasih, Kulim, on December 22, 2005.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
KURDISH MPS URGE IRAN TO RECONSIDER DEATH PENALTY
Iran's Kurdish lawmakers asked the country's judiciary to reconsider issuing death sentences on people from the Kurdish minority fearing it was distancing the ethnic group from the regime.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: FIVE CONVICTED FOR MURDER
in Bahawalnagar, Pakistan, Additional district and sessions judge Ch. Nazir Ahmad sentenced five people to death for a dacoity-cum-murder case under Donga Bonga police station.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR TIBETAN FOR SEPARATISM
a Tibetan was handed a suspended death sentence by the intermediate people’s Court of Nyarong (Chinese: Xinlong) County in China, said Dharamsala-based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy.
NOVEMBER 17, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: 6 ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Zambia, Lusaka High Court Judge Tamula Kakusa sentenced six men to death for the armed aggravated
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Pete Van Winkle to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Pete Van Winkle to death
- NOVEMBER 17, 2009VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Larry Bill Elliott was executed by electric chair
USA - Virginia. Larry Bill Elliott was executed by electric chair