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MARCH 24, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SAUDI PROTESTOR MOHAMMAD LABBAD SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Specialised Criminal Court of Appeal (SCCA) on February 25, 2025 sentenced Saudi protestor Mohammad Labbad to the death penalty.
MARCH 24, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO KILLED ATTACKER IN ‘SELF-DEFENCE’
The Supreme Court of Nigeria on March 7, 2025 upheld the death sentence of Sunday Jackson, a farmer in his 30s, for killing a Fulani herdsman, Ardo Bawuro, in an altercation on his farmland.
MARCH 24, 2025IdahoDEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Legislature approves child sex abuse death penalty bill
Sending it to governor
MARCH 23, 2025TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: MAN TO BE HANGED FOR MURDERING HIS GIRLFRIEND
The High Court of Tanzania in Moshi on March 10, 2025 sentenced 32-year-old Erasto Mollel to death by hanging for the murder of his girlfriend, Josephine Mngara, 30.
MARCH 21, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Maybe "Airgas" nitrogen used in Hoffman's execution
“Airgas” considers action against Louisiana
MARCH 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Olivier Grondeau released
MARCH 20, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Wendell Grissom, 56, was executed
MARCH 20, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Edward James, 63, White, was executed
10th execution in US
MARCH 20, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA EXECUTED FOUR CANADIANS FOR DRUG CRIMES, SAYS OTTAWA
Four Canadians were executed in China on drug-related charges earlier this year, Canadian authorities confirmed on March 19, 2025.
MARCH 19, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: UTTAR PRADESH COURT GIVES DEATH PENALTY TO 3 MEN FOR KILLING 24 DALITS IN 1981
A Uttar Pradesh court on March 18, 2025 ordered death penalty to three men linked to the killings of 24 Dalits in Dehuli in 1981.
MARCH 19, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-ENGINEER TO BE EXECUTED FOR SPYING
A former Chinese engineer has been sentenced to death for leaking state secrets to a foreign power, Beijing's spy agency said on March 18, 2025.
MARCH 19, 2025LouisianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Louisiana. Jessie Hoffman, 46, Black, was executed
First nitrogen execution in the state
MARCH 19, 2025ArizonaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arizona. Aaron Gunches, 53, White, was executed
MARCH 18, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. SB 990 to allow death penalty for murders of children under 15 moves to Senate floor
MARCH 18, 2025MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT REINSTATES DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAWANG MAN WHO MURDERED WIFE AND BABY IN 2016
The Federal Court on March 14, 2025 reinstated the death penalty for a former lorry driver convicted of murdering his wife and seven-month-old daughter in 2016.
MARCH 18, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: HIGH COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 20 MEN WHO MURDERED STUDENT OVER FACEBOOK POST
A High Court in Bangladesh on March 16, 2025 upheld the death sentence of 20 men convicted of killing a fellow student seven years ago inside a university campus.
MARCH 18, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed nitrogen gas legislation
Fifth state to adopt the method
MARCH 17, 2025North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: THREE MEN TIED UP AND EXECUTED IN FRONT OF VILLAGERS
Three North Koreans have been tied to stakes and riddled with bullets in a public execution in front of villagers after they tried to flee the country, Mirror reported on March 14, 2025.
MARCH 17, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RANSOM-MURDER CASE
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Pakistan sentenced two criminals to death in a ransom cum murder case, the Tribune reported on March 9, 2025.
MARCH 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hatam Shahpasandi executed in Boroujerd on March 17
245 esecuzioni dall'inizio dell'anno
MARCH 16, 2025ArkansasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Arkansas. Nitrogen gas bill could restart executions
If Gov. Sarah Sanders signs into law HB 1489
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 persons, not 3, executed in Urmia on March 16
Mojgan Azarpisheh, Kosar Ghorbani, Arshad Farzadband e Hamed Faraji
MARCH 16, 2025JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POISONING STEPDAUGHTER
The Grand Criminal Court has sentenced a woman to death by hanging for poisoning her stepdaughter, Roya News reported on March 13, 2025.
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yaser Jahanbani executed in Hamedan on March 16
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 women and a man executed in Urmia on March 16
Mojgan Azarpisheh, Kosar Bagherzadeh, and Arshad Farzadband
- MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Jahanbani executed in Hamedan on March 16
MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Latest UN Report: Deadly Repression of Kurds, Balochs, and Arabs in Iran
eport by Mai Sato, the UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Iran
- MARCH 16, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Faramarz Keyfari and Kourosh Zare executed in Rasht
On February 25 and March 16
MARCH 16, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: KMT TO START CAMPAIGN ON REFERENDUM AGAINST END TO DEATH PENALTY
The major opposition Kuomintang (KMT) will launch a campaign to hold a referendum against the abolition of death penalty, KMT Chairman Eric Chu said on March 7, 2025.
MARCH 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Tahmas Kalani executed in Nahavand on March 15