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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- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Judge Gary Oxenhandler sentenced Michael Tisius to death
USA - Missouri. Judge Gary Oxenhandler sentenced Michael Tisius to death
- SEPTEMBER 27, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury ordered the death penalty for Jonathan Fajardo
USA - California. A jury ordered the death penalty for Jonathan Fajardo
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2010DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER EXECUTED
According to the reports from Iran a minor offender identified as Mohammad was hanged on July 10th 2010 in the Marvdasht prison of Shiraz.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Lahore, Pakistan, an additional district and sessions judge sentenced a man identifed as Ayaz to death for burning his wife to death under the Mustafabad police area in 2008 and fined him Rs50,000.
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010DEATH PENALTY
NEVADA (USA): RONNIE MILLIGAN RELEASED
District Judge Richard Wagner ordered the immediate release of Ronnie Milligan, who
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010MississippiDEATH PENALTY
USA - Mississippi. A jury sentenced Leslie Galloway III to death
USA - Mississippi. A jury sentenced Leslie Galloway III to death
- SEPTEMBER 24, 2010NevadaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Nevada. Judge Richard Wagner ordered the immediate release of Ronnie Milligan, who has spent over 20 years on death row.
USA - Nevada. Judge Richard Wagner ordered the immediate release of Ronnie Milligan, who has spent over 20 years on death row.
- SEPTEMBER 23, 2010FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death penalty for Margaret Allen
USA - Florida. A jury recommended the death penalty for Margaret Allen
SEPTEMBER 20, 2010IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: DEATH SENTENCE FOR A POLITICAL PRISONER REAFFIRMED
Iran's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence for political prisoner Mohammad Ali Haj-Aqai
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2010KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: MAN TO DIE FOR KILLING HIS WIFE
Henry Karanja Muiru, 40, was sentenced to death by hanging by Lady Justice Jessie Lesiit for killing his wife Keziah Wairimu Karatu and butcher Jesse Gitau Kabiru he suspected of having an affair with at Nderi trading centre in Kiambu on November 1, 2008.
- SEPTEMBER 16, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty today for David Zanon
USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty today for David Zanon
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE FOR WIFE WHO PAID TO HAVE HUSBAND KILLED
Chen Liwei, 39, a Zhejiang Province native...
- SEPTEMBER 15, 2010PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: MAN AWARDED DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
in Chitral, Pakistan, an Additional Sessions judge sentenced Sher Hakim of Terich village to death for murdering his wife Safia Bibi and a relative Shakil Ahmed on July 28, 2009 suspecting them of having illicit relations.
SEPTEMBER 15, 2010Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Sri Lankan High Court Judge Sunil Rajapakse sentenced brothers Dadallage
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2010BelarusDEATH PENALTY
BELARUS: GANG MEMBERS SENTENCED FOR HIGHWAY ROBBERIES, KILLINGS
One criminal gang member was sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment
SEPTEMBER 12, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENT COMMUTES 14 DEATH SENTENCES INTO LIFE TERMS
Indian President Pratibha Devisingh Patil commuted the death
SEPTEMBER 9, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: ANTI-CORRUPTION CHIEF SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER BRIBES
provincial anti-corruption official Wang Huayuan, 62, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve
- SEPTEMBER 7, 2010BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: PRESIDENT PARDONS TWENTY DEATH ROW CONVICTS
Bangladesh has granted clemency to 20 death row inmates under a presidential
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO SUDANESE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 4 CHINESE
A Sudanese court sentenced two men to death for killing four kidnapped Chinese oil workers
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2010IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NORTHWEST FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
four unidentified major importers of precursors of opiates were sentenced to death
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2010SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: TWO SPARED DEATH PENALTY
two of three Singaporeans found guilty of killing a lorry driver during a May 2006 robbery attempt
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Philip H. Hikok sentenced Mila Johnson to death.
USA - California. Judge Philip H. Hikok sentenced Mila Johnson to death.
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Ronald Coen sentenced Antonio Rodriguez to death
USA - California. Judge Ronald Coen sentenced Antonio Rodriguez to death
- SEPTEMBER 2, 2010AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended a death sentence for Justin Tyler Hosch
USA - Alabama. A jury recommended a death sentence for Justin Tyler Hosch
SEPTEMBER 2, 2010ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: APPEALS ARE ENSURED FOR DEATH CASES
China has taken a new move to prevent wrongful convictions in death sentence
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2010UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: JUDGES UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE
three judges of the Ugandan Court of Appeal, led by Justice George Engwau, upheld
- AUGUST 29, 2010United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES: DEATH SENTENCE FOR HEROIN SMUGGLER
in the United Arab Emirates, Afghan national MK, 22, was sentenced to death
AUGUST 29, 2010MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: MINISTER AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
A senior Malaysian minister reportedly urged the government to abolish the death
AUGUST 27, 2010IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: PRESIDENTIAL PARDON FOR OLDEST DEATH ROW CONVICT
Indian President Pratibha Patil has commuted the death sentence of 75- year- old Shobhit
AUGUST 26, 2010DEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three men have been sentenced to death in Gambia, in two different cases