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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- DECEMBER 2, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING WIFE, TWO KIDS, MOTHER
The 5th Additional District and Sessions Court in Mysuru has sentenced a man to death for the murders of his pregnant wife, two children, and mother, the Indian Express reported on November 28, 2024.
DECEMBER 2, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR PUSHING WIFE INTO SEA, USING INSURANCE PAYOUT ON PROSTITUTES
A man in China was sentenced to death after pushing his wife into the sea from a ferry and attempting to claim her life insurance compensation to pay off debts and finance the use of prostitutes.
DECEMBER 2, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 2 women and 2 men executed in Ilam on December 2
Farideh Jafarzadeh, Aliyeh Kavari-Zadeh, Hassan Hassan-Beigi, Abdolvahab Babakhaniyan
NOVEMBER 30, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: 7 MEN WHO KILLED 23-YR-OLD IN 2020, CHOPPED BODY INTO PIECES, GET DEATH PENALTY
Calling it a rarest of rare case, a Chinsurah fast track court on November 28, 2024 sentenced seven persons to death in a 2020 murder case.
NOVEMBER 29, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehrab Abdullahzadeh sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 28, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE IN PANCHAGARH
A Panchagarh court on November 26, 2024 sentenced a man to death for the brutal murder of his wife at Atwari upazila in the district.
- NOVEMBER 26, 2024ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: EX-BANK OF CHINA CHAIRMAN GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
A court in China's Shandong province gave former Bank of China chairman Liu Liange a suspended death sentence on November 26, 2024 for bribery and illegal loan issuance, state media reported.
NOVEMBER 26, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN, HIS TWO SONS AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN IN SYLHET
A court in Sylhet sentenced a father and his two sons to death on November 25, 2024 for the murder of a businessman in Balaganj upazila of Sylhet district.
- NOVEMBER 25, 2024IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES GETS INDONESIA TO REPATRIATE A WOMAN ON DEATH ROW FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
Intense and sustained diplomatic work between Indonesia and the Philippines has paved the way for the repatriation of Mary Jane Veloso, who was sentenced to death in 2010 on charges of drug trafficking, Asia News reported on November 20, 2024.
NOVEMBER 24, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Hassan Zadeh and Hamid Abdollah Zadeh Sentenced to Death
Political Prisoners
NOVEMBER 21, 2024ThailandDEATH PENALTYTHAILAND: WOMAN ACCUSED OF POISONING 15 PEOPLE WITH CYANIDE SENTENCED TO DEATH
A Thai court on November 20, 2024 sentenced Sararat Rangsiwuthaporn, known as Am Cyanide, to death for the premeditated murder of one of the 15 victims she is accused of poisoning, only one of whom survived.
NOVEMBER 20, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MIRPUR BANGLA COLLEGE MURDER CASE
A Dhaka special court on November 19, 2024 sentenced three people to death in a case lodged over the abduction and murder of Mirpur Bangla College student Nurul Amin in 2022.
- NOVEMBER 18, 2024IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: ISIS MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR POWER TOWER BOMBING
An Iraqi court on November 17, 2024 sentenced a man to death for his involvement in the bombing of electrical power towers in a rural area of Baghdad province.
NOVEMBER 18, 2024GermanyDEATH PENALTYIRAN - German lawmakers sponsor 4 Iranian protesters on death row
Tobias B. Bacherle, Oliver Kaczmarek, Anne Monika Spallek, Lisa-Kristin Kapteinat
NOVEMBER 15, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Judge Arturo Nelson Declares Melissa Lucio to be “Actually Innocent,”
Recommends Texas CCA Overturn Conviction and Death Sentence
NOVEMBER 14, 2024North CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - North Carolina. The costs of death penalty
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 6 men sentenced to death
In the “Ekbatan Case”
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Omid Sheikh Kanlu Milan executed in Urmia (or Salmas) on November 13
- NOVEMBER 13, 2024Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: CHARFORD COURT MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2009 OXFORD STREET MURDER
A Charford Court man has been convicted of the 2009 murder of Michael “Boy Boy” Mader in Port of Spain.
NOVEMBER 13, 2024TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Gregory Newson sentenced to death
NOVEMBER 12, 2024PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH IN BOY’S RAPE, MURDER CASE
A military court has sentenced a soldier to death in a case pertaining to rape and murder of a shepherd boy in Chhore, Dawn reported on November 9, 2024.
NOVEMBER 12, 2024IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: KARNATAKA COURT AWARDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THREE MEN IN RAPE AND MURDER CASE OF AN 8-YEAR-OLD
A Mangaluru court on November 7, 2024 awarded death sentences to three men after finding them guilty of the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
NOVEMBER 12, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 42nd week of “No to Executions on Tuesdays” campaign
- NOVEMBER 11, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Guantanamo. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeals plea
For the September 11 defendants
NOVEMBER 11, 2024BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ONE GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING TEEN IN KISHOREGANJ
A Kishoreganj court on November 6, 2024 sentenced a man to death and two others to life imprisonment for the murder of a teenager over a mobile phone at Pakundia upazila in 2008.
NOVEMBER 11, 2024IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Death sentence for Kurdish political prisoner Verisheh Moradi
- NOVEMBER 8, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Names of the 3 Kurdish men sentenced to death for espionage
Edris Ali, Azad Shojaei from Sardasht, and Rasul Ahmad Muhammad
NOVEMBER 7, 2024United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Biden Urged To Prevent Death Row Execution Spree Under Trump
NOVEMBER 7, 2024MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: OVER 800 DEATH ROW SENTENCES COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT UNDER NEW ACT
Eighteen people were sentenced to death in Malaysia between Jan 1 and Oct 14 this year.
- NOVEMBER 6, 2024IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nasser Bekrzadeh sentenced to death for alleged ‘espionage for Israel’
Kurdish civilian