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 8, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA: DRUGS TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
The High Court in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, sentenced a businessman to death for
- FEBRUARY 7, 2013FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury has recommended the death sentence for Ralph Wright, 44, black
USA - Florida. A jury has recommended the death sentence for Ralph Wright, 44, black
FEBRUARY 6, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: FIFTH BIHAR RAPIST, MURDERER GETS DEATH
A man who raped and murdered a minor girl four years ago was sentenced to death
- FEBRUARY 5, 2013AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. Judge Steven King sentenced Thomas Crowe, 34, white, to death
USA - Alabama. Judge Steven King sentenced Thomas Crowe, 34, white, to death
FEBRUARY 5, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT GIVES DEATH SENTENCE TO MAN WHO KIDNAPPED, KILLED TAMIL NADU BOY
The Supreme Court on India decided on the death sentence for a man convicted of
- FEBRUARY 4, 2013FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death sentence for Victor Guzman, 39, hispanic
USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death sentence for Victor Guzman, 39, hispanic
- FEBRUARY 2, 2013IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIANS ON DEATH ROW IN INDONESIA: JONATHAN CALLS FOR STAY OF EXECUTION
President of Nigeria Goodluck Jonathan requested for stay of execution on Nigerians on
FEBRUARY 2, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Two men were sentenced to death in Pakistan, in two separate cases. In the first case, District
FEBRUARY 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MULTIPLE DEATH SENTENCES FOR ORCHESTRATOR OF 2011 SUICIDE BOMBING
An Anti Terrorism Court (ATC) in Pakistan awarded the death penalty seven times to an accused convicted
FEBRUARY 1, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE TO WOMAN IN ABDUCTION CASE
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s Punjab province awarded two death sentences
- JANUARY 31, 2013OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. A jury sentenced Dawud Spaulding, 30, black, to death.
USA - Ohio. A jury sentenced Dawud Spaulding, 30, black, to death.
JANUARY 31, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 43-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, MURDERING MINOR
A local court in Badaun, India, pronounced death sentence to a man in a year-old rape
- JANUARY 30, 2013MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
the Malaysian High Court handed the death penalty
the Malaysian High Court handed the death penalty
- JANUARY 29, 2013FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA . Florida. A jury sentenced John William Campbell, 39, white, to death for killing his father.
USA . Florida. A jury sentenced John William Campbell, 39, white, to death for killing his father.
JANUARY 28, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASTS IN SHARIATPUR
A Shariatpur court sentenced two activists of the banned Islamist outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen Bangladesh
- JANUARY 28, 2013CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Michael A. Smith sentenced Rickie Lee Fowler, 30, white, to death
USA - California. Judge Michael A. Smith sentenced Rickie Lee Fowler, 30, white, to death
JANUARY 28, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: CHRISTIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY ACQUITTED ON APPEAL
The Pakistani Christian community can celebrate the acquittal on appeal of a man sentenced to death for blasphemy.
- JANUARY 28, 2013IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH TO LIFE TO FATHER WHO RAPED DAUGHTER AND KILLED HER AND HIS WIFE
- JANUARY 25, 2013South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
a court handed down a death sentence to Kim Hong-il...
a court handed down a death sentence to Kim Hong-il...
JANUARY 22, 2013United KingdomDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: BRITISH WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
An Indonesian court sentenced a British woman to death for attempting to smuggle drugs into the resort island of Bali.
- JANUARY 22, 2013TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Dallas District Attorney Supports Racial Justice Act for Texas.
USA - Texas. Dallas District Attorney Supports Racial Justice Act for Texas.
JANUARY 21, 2013DEATH PENALTYIRAN: FIVE MEN HANGED IN PUBLIC
Six men have been executed in public in Iran in the last days.
JANUARY 21, 2013BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: WAR TRIBUNAL GIVES DEATH SENTENCE IN FIRST RULING
A Bangladesh war crimes tribunal sentenced a former leader of the country’s largest Islamic
JANUARY 19, 2013EswatiniDEATH PENALTYSWAZILAND: GOVERNMENT WANTS TO APPOINT HANGMAN
King Mswati III's Swaziland government is in search of a hangman so prisoners presently on death row
- JANUARY 17, 2013PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded death sentence to a person
the Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) awarded death sentence to a person
JANUARY 17, 2013ZambiaDEATH PENALTYZAMBIA: ‘UPHOLD DEATH SENTENCE’
In Zambia, delegates to the Luapula Province constitution convention adopted Article 28 (3) which
- JANUARY 16, 2013South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA: TOP COURT REJECTS DEATH PENALTY IN BRUTAL MURDER
South Korea's top court rejected arguments for reinstating the death sentence
JANUARY 16, 2013GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: SIX DEATH ROW INMATES’ SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
Six Death Row inmates had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment in Guyana. The
- JANUARY 14, 2013MaldivesDEATH PENALTY
MALDIVES: COURT SENTENCES LANCE CORPORAL ADAM HALEEM’S MURDERER TO DEATH
The Criminal Court in Maldives has found Ahmed Samah of Kaashidhoo guilty of murdering
JANUARY 14, 2013Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYQATAR: SRI LANKAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
A Sri Lankan has been sentenced to death by a court in Qatar after he was found guilty of