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- MAY 14, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Willie McNair, 44, black, was executed
USA - Alabama. Willie McNair, 44, black, was executed
- MAY 14, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Gov. Bob Riley signed into law this morning a bill which will allow more people to witness an execution
USA - Alabama. Gov. Bob Riley signed into law this morning a bill which will allow more people to witness an execution
- MAY 14, 2009AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A Morgan County jury today acquitted Daniel Wade Moore, 34, white, of all charges.
USA - Alabama. A Morgan County jury today acquitted Daniel Wade Moore, 34, white, of all charges.
- MAY 14, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC REMITS DEATH PENALTY TO LIFE FOR RANSOM MURDER
the Indian Supreme Court reduced the death sentence on a man who kidnapped and murdered a railway clerk for a ransom of Rs 10 lakh in 2001 to life imprisonment.
- MAY 14, 2009ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO GET DEATH PENALTY IN MURDER OF POLICEMAN IN SW.CHINA
two men in southwestern China's Yunnan Province received the death penalty for killing Li Hongzhuan, 30, a police officer, in conjunction with robbing and assaulting a woman on November 16, 2008
- MAY 14, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: HOUSEWIFE SENT TO THE GALLOWS FOR HUSBAND'S DEATH
a housewife and her cousin were sentenced to death by the Malaysian High Court after they were found guilty of murdering her husband in 2004.
- MAY 14, 2009NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: AKPABIO SIGNS ANTI-KIDNAPPING LAW
in Nigeria, Akwa Ibom State Governor Chief Godswill Akpabio assented to the anti-kidnapping law which spelt death penalty for offenders.
- MAY 14, 2009North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. The Senate gave its final approval today to legislation that seeks to prevent racial bias in death penalty cases
USA - North Carolina. The Senate gave its final approval today to legislation that seeks to prevent racial bias in death penalty cases
- MAY 14, 2009TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. A Shelby County jury has sentenced Henry Lee Jones to death
USA - Tennessee. A Shelby County jury has sentenced Henry Lee Jones to death
MAY 14, 2009United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA: 2 CONVICTED KILLERS EXECUTED IN OKLAHOMA, ALABAMA
A man convicted of battering his girlfriend's 8-year-old son and stuffing the body in a freezer was put to death in Oklahoma, while a man in Alabama was executed for fatally stabbing a mother of six.
- MAY 13, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran has hanged a convicted murderer in a prison in the northern city of Qazvin, the
Iran has hanged a convicted murderer in a prison in the northern city of Qazvin, the
- MAY 13, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Daniel Hurley followed a jury's recommendation today, and sentenced Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez to death
USA - Florida. Judge Daniel Hurley followed a jury's recommendation today, and sentenced Daniel Troya and Ricardo Sanchez to death
- MAY 13, 2009FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Circuit Judge Marlene Alva sentenced David Byron Russ to death
USA - Florida. Circuit Judge Marlene Alva sentenced David Byron Russ to death
- MAY 13, 2009ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed House Bill 6578 that abolishes the death penalty
USA - Connecticut. The Connecticut House of Representatives has passed House Bill 6578 that abolishes the death penalty
- MAY 13, 2009ArkansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arkansas. A Benton County jury has sentenced Brandon Eugene Lacy, 30, to death
USA - Arkansas. A Benton County jury has sentenced Brandon Eugene Lacy, 30, to death
- MAY 13, 2009ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR EX-MP
the Thai Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence of Sitthiphorn Kham-arj, a former Democrat Party MP, for his role as the mastermind in a murder.
MAY 13, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PAIR HANGED FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Authorities in Iran hanged two people convicted of drug trafficking in the northern city of Qazvin, the government newspaper Iran reported.
MAY 13, 2009IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL - SC
the Indian Supreme Court termed the capital punishment law "uncertain" and "falling
MAY 13, 2009DEATH PENALTYCONNECTICUT (USA): STATE HOUSE VOTES TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
The Connecticut House of Representatives passed a bill that replaces the state's
MAY 13, 2009SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION AS PUNTLAND WOMAN FACES EXECUTION
Amnesty International said that Ifraah Ali Aden, 30, is in imminent danger of being
MAY 13, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: SIX EXECUTED FOR MURDER, DRUG TRAFFICKING
six men have been recently hanged in Iran for murder and drug trafficking, local media reported.
- MAY 12, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
two prisoners identified as Mohsen Sadeghi, 35, and Reza Choupani, 40
two prisoners identified as Mohsen Sadeghi, 35, and Reza Choupani, 40
- MAY 12, 2009OregonDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oregon. The state Attorney General's Office has agreed to give 2 death row inmates life without the possibility of parole because of their mental disabilities
USA - Oregon. The state Attorney General's Office has agreed to give 2 death row inmates life without the possibility of parole because of their mental disabilities
- MAY 12, 2009TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Paul House has been cleared of murder. He is exoneree n° 132
USA - Tennessee. Paul House has been cleared of murder. He is exoneree n° 132
- MAY 12, 2009North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Racial Justice Act Moves Closer to Passage in North Carolina
USA - North Carolina. Racial Justice Act Moves Closer to Passage in North Carolina
- MAY 12, 2009JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: HIGH COURT HANDS DEATH PENALTY TO FRAUD-RING LEADER
in Japan, the Tokyo High Court upheld a lower court death sentence given to the former leader of a fraud ring over beatings resulting in the deaths of four ring members in 2004.
- MAY 12, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN GETS CAPITAL PUNISHMENT FOR MURDER
in Pakistan, Additional District and Sessions Judge Mehr Tahir Nawaz sentenced Ilyas, of chak 71-JBalong, to death.
- MAY 12, 2009South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREAN MAN GETS DEATH FOR STABBING SPREE
a South Korean court sentenced a man to death for killing six people in a stabbing spree in 2008, according to Seoul Central District Court spokesman Kwon Tae-hyung.
- MAY 12, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Datuk Wira Moktarudin Baki of the Malaysian High Court sentenced...
Judge Datuk Wira Moktarudin Baki of the Malaysian High Court sentenced...
MAY 12, 2009MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FORMER COP SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
in Kuantan, Malaysia, a former policeman was sentenced to death after he was