Death sentences
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A death sentence is not the same thing as an execution: years can pass between the two, and the sentence may be overturned on appeal, commuted, or never carried out. Counting them separately measures two different things: how far a state resorts to capital punishment, and how far it actually applies it.
This page collects the news on death sentences handed down around the world, on the later stages of appeal, and on the sentences upheld or overturned. Executions have a page of their own.
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- JULY 20, 2018DEATH PENALTY
OHIO (USA): GOV JOHN KASICH COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAYMOND TIBBETTS
Governor John Kasich (66, White, Republican) has commuted the death sentence imposed on Raymond Tibbetts (60, White) to life without parole, in response to a juror's concerns about the unfairness of the sentencing proceedings in the case.
JULY 19, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING HER BOYFRIEND
A 24-year-old woman in Kenya has been convicted and sentenced to death for killing her boyfriend.
JULY 18, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT-MARTIAL GIVES SOLDIERS DEATH SENTENCE, JAIL TERMS
A General Court-Martial (GCM) set up by the Nigerian Army has sentenced 13 soldiers to death and life imprisonment for offences ranging from manslaughter, murder, torture to assault and arson.
JULY 18, 2018BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: DEATH PENALTY FOR 4 WAR CRIMINALS
The International Crimes Tribunal-1 found four Moulvibazar men guilty of committing genocide during the Liberation War and handed down death penalty on all of them.
- JULY 17, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: THREE INDIVIDUALS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY COLOMBO HC
Three individuals were sentenced to death by the Colombo High Court for a murder committed 26 years ago, in Pannipitiya.
- JULY 16, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. 3 Black men avoid death penalty in White deputy's fatal shooting.
USA - Florida. 3 Black men avoid death penalty in White deputy's fatal shooting.
- JULY 15, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN WHO MURDERED NEIGHBOUR
The Court of Cassation has upheld a December Criminal Court ruling sentencing a 38-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering a man in Zarqa over old feuds in August 2014.
JULY 14, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: WEBSITE MANAGER SENTENCED TO DEATH
According to a close source, Mohammad Hossein Maleki, 47, from Shahin Shahr in Isfahan, was arrested by the agents of the Ministry of Intelligence on March 1, 2017.
JULY 14, 2018YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: HOUTHIS SENTENCED TO DEATH THREE ABDUCTEES ON CHARGES OF ‘ESPIONAGE FOR SAUDI ARABIA’
Houthis militia have sentenced to death three kidnapped on charges of "intelligence with Saudi Arabia".
JULY 13, 2018ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: SPANIARD DEATH SENTENCE UPHELD
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence for a Spanish man, Artur Segarra Princep,
- JULY 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCE 13 TO DEATH FOR PRISON ESCAPE
In the city of Ismailiyah, the local criminal court sentenced to death 13 people, witnesses and local newspapers said
JULY 12, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TWO TERRORISTS HANDED DEATH, ANOTHER GETS 23 YEARS IN JAIL
The Special Criminal Court in Riyadh passed a preliminary verdict sentencing two Saudi nationals to death after they were convicted of forming a terror cell, killing security men and inciting disorder.
JULY 12, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 18 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLINGS
In the Nile Delta town of El-Zagazig, the local criminal court sentenced 18 people to death in the killings of the policeman and guard, MENA said.
JULY 12, 2018GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING A WOMAN AFTER DENYING HIM SEX
Tamale High Court has sentenced a 35-year-old farmer, who reportedly killed a woman for refusing him.
JULY 12, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: CAPITAL PUNISHMENT UPHELD FOR MAN IN LAND DISPUTE KILLING
A court in Ho Chi Minh City upheld the death sentence handed down to a Vietnamese man for killing three people over a land dispute in the Central Highlands' province of Dak Nong in 2016.
- JULY 11, 2018KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR WOMAN’S KIDNAP AND VIOLENT RAPE
A Kuwait man has been sentenced to death by hanging for impersonating a police officer, kidnapping and raping an Asian woman under armed threat.
- JULY 10, 2018TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
NEW TAIPEI COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF 4 YEAR OLD IN HIS CARE
The Taiwanese courts have handed down a death sentence to a man found guilty of the murder of a four year old child, whose care was entrusted to the man and his mother.
JULY 10, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HERDSMAN WHO KILLED EMPLOYER IN 2016
A herdsman who hacked his employer to death in Ziwa, Uasin Gishu county, has been sentenced to death by an Eldoret court.
- JULY 10, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Court of First Instance in Deir-Albalah sentenced to death by hanging Mosab Osama Abu Hanea, 27 years old, resident in An-nuserat Camp, after he was found guilty of murder.
- JULY 10, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN TO DIE BY HANGING FOR KILLING SON OVER WITCHCRAFT IN A-IBOM
Akwa Ibom High Court sitting in Ikot Ekpene has sentenced a man to death by hanging for killing his 11-year-old son for allegedly casting spells on his business.
JULY 9, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MURDERER OF 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH
The HCM City People’s Court handed down the death sentence to Nguyễn Hữu Tình, 18, after he admitted to murdering five members of a family in Bình Tân District last February.
JULY 8, 2018IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: ISIS TERRORIST SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER KILLING OF 16 CIVILIANS
Nineveh Criminal Court has sentenced an ISIS affiliated terrorist to death on accusations of targeting security forces by planting explosive devices in al-Hamdaniya district.
- JULY 7, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MADHYA PRADESH COURT PRONOUNCES DEATH PENALTY TO MAN WHO RAPED 9-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A man who was accused of raping a nine-year-old girl in Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh, was convicted for the heinous crime and awarded capital punishment by a Bhopal court.
- JULY 6, 2018NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Keith Barlow to death.
USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Keith Barlow to death.
- JULY 4, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIAN FREED FROM DEATH PENALTY IN SAUDI RETURNS TO INDONESIA
Nurkoyah Marsan Dasan, an Indonesian female worker from Rengasdengklok, Karawang, West Java Province, awarded death penalty by the Saudi Court for the death of the child of her employer, was released and finally returned to Indonesia.
JULY 3, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 19-YEAR-OLD GIRL SENTENCED TO DEATH BECAUSE HER BROTHER RAPED HER
In Pakistan, a 19-year-old woman was sentenced to death after she accused her brother of raping her, threatening with a gun.
- JULY 3, 2018OmanDEATH PENALTY
OMAN: WOMAN, LOVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HUSBAND’S MURDER
An Omani woman and her accomplice have been sentenced to death for murdering her husband, according to the Public Prosecution.
- JUNE 29, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Daniel Jacob Craven to death
USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Daniel Jacob Craven to death
JUNE 26, 2018SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: NOURA HUSSEIN ESCAPES DEATH PENALTY AFTER KILLING RAPIST HUSBAND
An appeals court in Sudan has overturned the death sentence of a woman who killed her husband after he allegedly raped her, her lawyer says.
- JUNE 21, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury returned a death penalty verdict in the case of Eric Jimenez.
USA - California. A jury returned a death penalty verdict in the case of Eric Jimenez.