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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FEBRUARY 26, 2014EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: 26 SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER SUEZ PLOT
An Egyptian criminal court sentenced 26 militants to death for founding a "terror group" that aimed to target
FEBRUARY 25, 2014BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: EIGHT PERSONS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Eight persons were sentenced to death in Bangladesh for brutally killing an Awami League leader 18 years
FEBRUARY 25, 2014TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: EXECUTION OF DEATH ROW INMATES DELIBERATED
Under pressure from a legislator to carry out executions of death row inmates, Minister of Justice Luo Ying-
- FEBRUARY 25, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE, JAILS RAPIST FOR 35 YEARS
The Supreme Court commuted the death sentence of a man convicted for raping a minor girl who later died
FEBRUARY 25, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR FATHER AND TWO SONS IN AKURESSA
The Matara High Court sentenced a father and his two sons of Dediyagala in Akuressa to death.
- FEBRUARY 21, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTY
a youth, Amal Biswas was sentenced to death by hanging, for raping and murdering his girlfriend, a teen-
a youth, Amal Biswas was sentenced to death by hanging, for raping and murdering his girlfriend, a teen-
- FEBRUARY 21, 2014CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge James S. Hawkins sentenced Jason Hann to death
USA - California. Judge James S. Hawkins sentenced Jason Hann to death
- FEBRUARY 20, 2014TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. A jury today sentenced George Curry, 47, to death
USA - Texas. A jury today sentenced George Curry, 47, to death
- FEBRUARY 19, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: FOOTBALLER’S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED IN MURDER CASE
Emirati football player Fayez Juma, who was sentenced to death, has been pardoned by the Federal
- FEBRUARY 19, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
two men, an Indian national and a Pakistani national were sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates.
two men, an Indian national and a Pakistani national were sentenced to death in the United Arab Emirates.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2014North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Bernard Lamp to death.
USA - North Carolina. A jury sentenced Bernard Lamp to death.
- FEBRUARY 19, 2014BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN: PROTESTER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Bahrain court sentenced a protester to death and jailed six others for life after they were convicted of
FEBRUARY 18, 2014IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: TWENTY PRISONERS HANGED IN FOUR DIFFERENT CITIES
twenty prisoners were hanged in four different Iranian cities.
FEBRUARY 17, 2014ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: POLICEMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A policeman was sentenced to death for killing a pregnant woman and injuring her husband at a restaurant in
FEBRUARY 16, 2014ZimbabweDEATH PENALTYZIMBABWE: MUGABE PARDONS PRISONERS, SAVE THOSE SENTENCED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND TO DEATH
Congestion in Zimbabwe's prisons is set to ease a bit after President Robert Mugabe acceded to pleas by
- FEBRUARY 14, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTY
DEVINDER PAL SINGH BHULLAR'S DEATH SENTENCE SHOULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE TERM, DELHI GOVERNMENT TELLS SUPREME COURT
In an affidavit filed in the Supreme Court today, Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government has said that 1993
- FEBRUARY 13, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTY
February 13, 2014: Chandrakant Ahire, a 35-year-old man, was sentenced to death by the Vasai sessions
February 13, 2014: Chandrakant Ahire, a 35-year-old man, was sentenced to death by the Vasai sessions
- FEBRUARY 13, 2014KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. Senate approves death penalty appeals changes.
USA - Kansas. Senate approves death penalty appeals changes.
- FEBRUARY 12, 2014KansasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Kansas. Senate votes to expedite executions
USA - Kansas. Senate votes to expedite executions
- FEBRUARY 11, 2014IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
the Supreme Court sentenced to death former Catholic priest Herman Jumat Masan for the premeditated
the Supreme Court sentenced to death former Catholic priest Herman Jumat Masan for the premeditated
FEBRUARY 11, 2014VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: UNITED NATIONS TO FREEZE COUNTER-NARCOTICS AID
three leading anti-death penalty groups have appealed to the United Nations to freeze counter-narcotics
- FEBRUARY 9, 2014AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN: SENIOR AFGHAN MAFIA LEADER HABIB ISTALIF SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Afghan Attorney General Office (AGO) announced that senior Afghan Mafia leader Habib Istalif was
- FEBRUARY 7, 2014Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
the Trincomalee High Court sentenced Thangarajah Sivakantharajah to death for a bomb blast that had
the Trincomalee High Court sentenced Thangarajah Sivakantharajah to death for a bomb blast that had
FEBRUARY 7, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: SALESMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A water filter salesman was sentenced to death by the High Court in Malaysia for trafficking in 8,445gm of
FEBRUARY 6, 2014Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATION WITH ISRAEL
A Gaza military court sentenced a man convicted of collaborating with Israel to death and another to life in
FEBRUARY 6, 2014MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: THREE IRANIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Three Iranians were sentenced to death at a High Court in Malaysia today for trafficking a total of 2.324
- FEBRUARY 3, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: OCCULTIST GETS DEATH FOR BEHEADING BABY
A court in Bankura district (West Bengal) sentenced to death an occultist, who beheaded a baby and drank
JANUARY 31, 2014GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HACKING MOTHER'S LOVER
The High Court in Banjul presided over by Justice Abdulahi Mikailu, recently convicted and sentenced one
- JANUARY 30, 2014IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India - Deen Dayal Tiwari sentenced to death
India - Deen Dayal Tiwari sentenced to death
- JANUARY 30, 2014United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a man has been sentenced to death for murder by a criminal court in UAE. The killer, who worked as a
a man has been sentenced to death for murder by a criminal court in UAE. The killer, who worked as a