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- MAY 17, 2009PakistanDEATH PENALTY
TALIBAN EXECUTE FC SOLDIER IN MOHMAND
local Taliban in the Mohmand Agency in Pakistan executed a soldier of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC).
MAY 17, 2009AlgeriaDEATH PENALTYALGERIA: EIGHT ISLAMIST MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
eight Islamist militants still on the run were sentenced to death by an Algerian
- MAY 16, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Five men were hanged in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz, reported the Iranian daily
Five men were hanged in the Adelabad prison of Shiraz, reported the Iranian daily
- MAY 16, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
two men were hanged for drug trafficking in Isfahan, Iran, reported
two men were hanged for drug trafficking in Isfahan, Iran, reported
- MAY 16, 2009IranDEATH PENALTY
Iranian authorities hanged a man convicted of murder. Mahmoud, 25, was hanged in
Iranian authorities hanged a man convicted of murder. Mahmoud, 25, was hanged in
MAY 16, 2009IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: EIGHT MEN HANGED IN ONE DAY
eight men were hanged in Iran for murder and drug trafficking.
- MAY 15, 2009QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR: TWO CONVICTED OF MURDER GET DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED
two young Asians who were sentenced to death by a lower court in Qatar for murdering an acquaintance in 2006 had their sentence commuted by a higher court to varying jail terms
- MAY 14, 2009OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Donald Lee Gilson, 48, white, was executed
USA - Oklahoma. Donald Lee Gilson, 48, white, was executed
- MAY 14, 2009North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. Judge Donald Stephens OKs death penalty protocol
USA - North Carolina. Judge Donald Stephens OKs death penalty protocol
- 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.