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- AUGUST 21, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg sentenced Carlos Martinez, 34, to death
USA - California. Superior Court Judge William R. Froeberg sentenced Carlos Martinez, 34, to death
AUGUST 21, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-MAYOR SENTENCED TO DEATH
the former mayor of Chifeng, in northern China, was sentenced to death and fined 100,000 yuan for taking bribes from developers.
AUGUST 21, 2009VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING CREDITOR
in Vietnam, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court sentenced Chau Hung Son, 49, to death for killing his
- AUGUST 21, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Eric Rodriguez to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Eric Rodriguez to death
- AUGUST 21, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. In El Cajon, a judge has sentenced Jean Pierre Rices to death
USA - California. In El Cajon, a judge has sentenced Jean Pierre Rices to death
- AUGUST 20, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded in the southwestern town of Abha by the sword for shooting dead a compatriot and stealing his car, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency
- AUGUST 20, 2009ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury today sentenced Rodney Hardy twice to death
USA - Arizona. A Maricopa County Superior Court jury today sentenced Rodney Hardy twice to death
- AUGUST 19, 2009Solomon IslandsDEATH PENALTY
SOLOMONS MP TALKS DEATH PENALTY AS CRIME PERSISTS
a Member of Parliament in the Solomon Islands warned he will move to reintroduce the death penalty if people in his province of Malaita continue to kill each other.
- AUGUST 19, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HANGING OF MAN WHO RAPED, KILLED DAUGHTER STAYED
Justices DK Jain and 19/08 HL Dattu of the Indian Supreme Court stayed the execution of a man convicted of raping and killing his four-year-old daughter on June 28, 2007
- AUGUST 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS 2 MEN ON MURDER CHARGE
two men, were hanged in Tehran’s Evin prison, the Iranian state run news agency Iscanews reported.
- AUGUST 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HALTS EXECUTION OF SEVEN PEOPLE
Iran's stayed the executions of seven people, including a man who was sentenced for a murder committed when he was a minor.
- AUGUST 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ONE EXECUTION FOR DRUG
a man, identified as Mansour (51) was hanged in the prison of Isfahan (central Iran), the government newspaper Iran reported. He was convicted of drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 19, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN CONVICTED FOR MURDER
a man, identified Meysam (24) was hanged in the prison of Isfahan (central Iran), the government newspaper Iran reported. He was convicted of murder.
- AUGUST 19, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. John Richard Marek was executed tonight
USA - Florida. John Richard Marek was executed tonight
- AUGUST 18, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FOUR MEN EXECUTED FOR DEADLY ROBBERY OF POLICE FINES CASH
four men were executed for murder, a court in east China's Anhui Province said.
- AUGUST 18, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: AWARDING DEATH PENALTY TO BE MADE TOUGHER: SC
the Supreme Court said judges, while awarding death penalty in mechanical consonance with the 1980 ‘Bachan Singh’ judgment, appear to have lost sight of vital ingredients – “the lesser alternative (life imprisonment) is unquestionably foreclosed” and “obj
- AUGUST 18, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: THAI WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
the High Court in Kota Baharu, Malaysia, passed the mandatory death sentence on a Thai woman after she was found guilty of trafficking in cannabis.
- AUGUST 18, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: 2 BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A WOMAN OVER KARI ALLEGATIONS
the court of Second Sessions Judge Aijaz Ali Khaskheli sentenced two brothers to death for killing a woman over fake allegations of Kari or casuing the family disgrace.
- AUGUST 18, 2009BelarusDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHES ANOTHER CAMPAIGN AGAINST DEATH PENALTY IN BELARUS
Amnesty International launched another campaign against the death penalty in Belarus.
- AUGUST 18, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR MURDER COMMITTED AS MINOR
an Iranian man, convicted of murder at the age of 16, is expected to be executed in Tehran, according to the Iran Human Rights group.
- AUGUST 18, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Jason Getsy was executed
USA - Ohio. Jason Getsy was executed
- AUGUST 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA : MAN'S DEATH SENTENCE FOR FRAUD UPHELD
a court in eastern China upheld the death sentence handed to an entrepreneur convicted of embezzling 970 million yuan (S$206 million) in a deer-breeding scam, state media said.
- AUGUST 17, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: DEATH, JAIL TERMS FOR PONZI 'CAB' SWINDLERS
a gang leader who swindled people in a Ponzi scheme linked to nonexistent taxicab investments was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by Shanghai No. 1 Intermediate People's Court in China.
- AUGUST 17, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man was beheaded by the sword for shooting dead a Yemeni man in a fight over the sale of hashish, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
- AUGUST 17, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI BEHEADED FOR DOUBLE MURDER
a Saudi Arabian man who shot dead two compatriots was beheaded by the sword in the holy city of Mecca, the official SPA news agency reported. It quoted the interior ministry as saying the man, named as Ali Assiri, shot the two others dead in a dispute.
- AUGUST 17, 2009GambiaDEATH PENALTY
GUINEAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING GAMBIAN WOMAN: COURT
a court in Banjul, Gambia, sentenced a Guinean shopkeeper to death for murdering a housewife.
- AUGUST 17, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
GROUP SEEKS REPRIEVE FOR NIGERIANS ON LIBYAN DEATH ROW
Nigerian rights group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) appealed to the African Union (AU) to prevail on Libya not to execute 14 Nigerians said to be on death row in the North African nation.
- AUGUST 17, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
TORTURE AND EXECUTION OF IRAQI GAYS ON RISE: HRW
Iraqi militias are increasingly torturing and executing men suspected of homosexuality, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said.
- AUGUST 17, 2009EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
ETHIOPIAN WOMAN GETS DEATH IN THE KILLING OF SPONSOR
Judge Abdurrahman Al-Darmi of the Kuwaiti Criminal Court sentenced an Ethiopian housemaid, identified only as Amakeel, to death for the premeditated murder of her sponsor, a Lebanese woman.
- AUGUST 17, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: THREE WOMEN PRISONERS IN GOHARDASHT JAIL OF KARAJ ON THE VERGE OF EXECUTION
three women prisoners in Gohardasht jail in Karaj, Iran, are on the verge of execution.