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FEBRUARY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shoeib Rezapour Hanged on Bridge in Esfarayen on February 28
First 2025 Public Hanging
FEBRUARY 28, 2025AlabamaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Alabama. Gov. Ivey commutes death sentence of Robin Myers
63, Black
FEBRUARY 27, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: BUSINESSMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING, BURNING HIS WIFE
The High Court in Dar es Salaam Zone has sentenced businessman Khamis Luwonga (38) to death by hanging after finding him guilty of murdering his wife, Naomi Marijani.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025TunisiaDEATH PENALTYTUNISIA: EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2013 MURDER OF OPPOSITION LEADER
A Tunisian court sentenced eight defendants to death on February 25, 2025 over the 2013 assassination of leftist opposition figure Mohamed Brahmi, according to local reports.
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morteza Jafari and Javad Mohammad Khani executed in Isfahan on February 27
170 executions since the beginning of the year
FEBRUARY 27, 2025CanadaDEATH PENALTYCANADA - 54% of Canadians still favor capital punishment
The figure drops to 35% if the alternative is life without parole
FEBRUARY 27, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. HB 1489 allowing nitrogen gas for executions forwarded by House Judiciary
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamed Shiri and Enayat Rahmani executed in Rasht on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Khalili executed in Sari on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Amir Jafarpanah executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 27
FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Vatankhah (Vatan-Khah) Executed in Ardabil on February 27
- FEBRUARY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mohammadi-Pour executed in Isfahan on February 27
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mir Mohammad Paridar, executed in Ahvaz on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Behrooz Safari executed in Kermanshah on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: CONTRACTOR SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BKASH AGENT'S MURDER IN CHATTOGRAM
A Chattogram court on February 24, 2025 handed down the death penalty to a contractor over the murder of a bKash agent in 2020.
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Basra Criminal Court issued a death sentence against a drug dealer on February 25, 2025.
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdollah Safarzehi executed in Birjand on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 26
Mosayeb Azizi, Sajad Eghbali + Unk
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 Kurdish men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on February 26
Alireza Basati-Nia, Sajad Eghbali, Mostafa Hajir Behrouz
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 7 Kurdish men executed in Kermanshah on February 26
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Executions in Ghezel Hasar on Feb. 26 rise to 9
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IowaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Iowa. Bill to reinstate death penalty (SF 320)
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Salimian executed in Isfahan on February 26
- FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Identified 3 men executed in Kermanshah on February 26
Mahdi Jalilian, Sharif Ahmadi, and Javad Mihandoost
FEBRUARY 26, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. House passes firing squad
HCR 2024, an amendment to the Arizona Constitution
FEBRUARY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ezatollah Arab and Moein Arab executed in Bandarabbas on February 26
FEBRUARY 25, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN IN HABIGANJ
A Habiganj court on February 24, 2025 convicted four people and sentenced them to death for killing a woman in 2014.
FEBRUARY 25, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Richard Glossip’s conviction and death sentence overturned
U.S. Supreme Court
- FEBRUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdolbari Jahani executed in Bandarabbas on February 25
- FEBRUARY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Keyfari Executed in Lakan on February 25