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- AUGUST 17, 2009TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A Randall County jury sentenced Brent Ray Brewer, 39, to death
USA - Texas. A Randall County jury sentenced Brent Ray Brewer, 39, to death
- AUGUST 17, 2009IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
USA - Illinois. Illinois governor signs reform of state's death-penalty defense fund
USA - Illinois. Illinois governor signs reform of state's death-penalty defense fund
- AUGUST 17, 2009GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court, in an exceptional move, has ordered a U.S. district court in Georgia to hear new testimony in the case of Troy Davis
USA - Georgia. The U.S. Supreme Court, in an exceptional move, has ordered a U.S. district court in Georgia to hear new testimony in the case of Troy Davis
- AUGUST 15, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPING 24 MIDDLE SCHOOL GIRLS
Wu Tianxi, 63, the former vice chairman of the Zhenping county committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was executed in Nanyang, in China’s Henan province.
- AUGUST 15, 2009Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR BYNDOOR YOUTH
Abdul Majeed, 27, of Navunda, near Byndoor in India, was awarded capital punishment by a Saudi Arabian court for transporting narcotic drugs.
- AUGUST 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CENTRAL CHINA COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR CORRUPT OFFICIALS
the Higher People's Court of Hunan Province in China rejected the appeals of two men against their death sentences, local officials said. Li Dalun, 59, former secretary of Communist Party of China (CPC) Chenzhou Municipal Committee, was sentenced to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
RELATIVES REVEAL NIGERIANS EXECUTED IN LIBYA
between 32 and 40 black Africans, mainly Nigerians, were secretly executed in Libya despite a denial by the Libyan presidency, a Nigerian House of Representatives source said.
- AUGUST 14, 2009PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Raymond Johnson, who spent 9 years on death row, has been resentenced to 10 years in prison
USA - Pennsylvania. Raymond Johnson, who spent 9 years on death row, has been resentenced to 10 years in prison
- AUGUST 14, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A Jefferson County jury recommended execution for Steven Petric
USA - Alabama. A Jefferson County jury recommended execution for Steven Petric
- AUGUST 14, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. An Orange County judge sentenced Jason Alejandro Aguirre to death
USA - California. An Orange County judge sentenced Jason Alejandro Aguirre to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. Judge Carl Sharp sentenced Lee Roy Odenbaugh Jr. to death
USA - Louisiana. Judge Carl Sharp sentenced Lee Roy Odenbaugh Jr. to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland has denied clemency for Jason Getsy
USA - Ohio. Governor Ted Strickland has denied clemency for Jason Getsy
- AUGUST 14, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge William Froeberg sentenced Jason Alejandro Aguirre to death
USA - California. Judge William Froeberg sentenced Jason Alejandro Aguirre to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Kathleen Kennedy sentenced Steven Anthony Jones to death
USA - California. Judge Kathleen Kennedy sentenced Steven Anthony Jones to death
- AUGUST 14, 2009ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Benjamin Cota to death
USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Benjamin Cota to death
- AUGUST 13, 2009BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: HUSBAND GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE IN NILPHAMARI
a husband was sentenced to death and fined Taka 5,000 for killing his wife over a dowry in the Nilphamari district of Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 13, 2009KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: TWO DEATH SENTENCES FOR VIOLENT ROBBERY
in Kenya, Makadara principal magistrate Mrs Teresia Murigi sentenced two men to death for violently robbing a man coming from a funeral of Sh150 and a cell phone.
- AUGUST 13, 2009ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
ZAMBIA: SUPREME COURT LIFTS DEATH SENTENCE ON LUSAKA ROBBER
the Supreme Court sitting in Kabwe, Zambia, commuted the death sentence of a Lusaka man to 18 years imprisonment.
- AUGUST 13, 2009LibyaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PRESIDENTIAL SPOKESMAN SAYS "ONLY 14 NIGERIANS" ON DEATH ROW IN LIBYA
the Nigerian Presidency said that there were only 14 Nigerians on death row in Libya and they were convicted of offences such as murder, drugs and armed robbery.
- AUGUST 13, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE DEATH SENTENCES COMMUTED
an appeals court in Sudan commuted the death sentences of four men convicted of killing an American diplomat and his Sudanese driver after the driver's family decided to pardon the murderers.
- AUGUST 13, 2009OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Keary Lamar Littlejohn is now off death row
USA - Oklahoma. Keary Lamar Littlejohn is now off death row
- AUGUST 13, 2009IraqDEATH PENALTY
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- AUGUST 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS TWO FOR RAPE
two men convicted of rape were executed in a prison in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz, the Etemad newspaper reported.
- AUGUST 12, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1991, HE WAITS FOR HANGMAN
Piara Singh, 80, cannot walk or see and his dementia gets worse by the day. Piara, a murder convict sentenced to death in 1996, has been languishing in Amritsar jail since 1991, mostly in solitary confinement, with neither death nor mercy rescuing him fro
- AUGUST 11, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: OFFICE ASSISTANT GETS DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a 56-year-old real estate agency office assistant was sentenced to death in Malaysia for drug trafficking.
- AUGUST 11, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING EX-WIFE
Daud Ahmad, 39, an odd-job labourer, was found guilty by the Malaysian High Court of murdering his ex-wife Mimi Afiza Tamby, 31, in Segamat on August 26, 2005.
- AUGUST 11, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO IMPROVE EVIDENCE IN DEATH PENALTY CASES: STATE MEDIA
China is to introduce tighter rules governing prosecution evidence in death penalty cases, state media said.
- AUGUST 11, 2009North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Governor Beverly Perdue signed the Racial Justice Act into law
USA - North Carolina. Governor Beverly Perdue signed the Racial Justice Act into law
- AUGUST 11, 2009CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Anthony Dent
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for Anthony Dent
- AUGUST 10, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A Brevard County jury has recommended death for Justin Heyne
USA - Florida. A Brevard County jury has recommended death for Justin Heyne