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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- MAY 24, 2007ThailandDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TWO JAPANESE
a 60-year-old Malaysian man was sentenced to death by a Thai court for killing two Japanese man over a business dealing.
- MAY 23, 2007United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
a man who beat his wife to death has had his death penalty commuted...
a man who beat his wife to death has had his death penalty commuted...
- MAY 23, 2007IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
three Indonesians were sentenced to death for trying to smuggle...
three Indonesians were sentenced to death for trying to smuggle almost 25,500 of ecstasy tablets from Malaysia to Indonesia's nearby Batam island, judge Haruno Patriadi said.
- MAY 23, 2007FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Fort Lauderdale, William Coday, 50, has again been sentenced to death.
in Fort Lauderdale, William Coday, 50, has again been sentenced to death.
- MAY 22, 2007IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIAN ON DEATH ROW IN UAE PARDONED
an Indian who was sentenced to death by the UAE Supreme Court for murdering a girl has been pardoned by the victim's parents
- MAY 22, 2007SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE “ONE-EYED DRAGON" GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE
Tan Chor Jin, 41, the "one-eyed dragon", was given the death penalty for shooting nightclub owner Lim Hock Soon, 40, at his Serangoon flat in Singapore last February.
- MAY 21, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN 1 GETS DEATH PENALTY OVER FRAUD-RING MURDERS
the Chiba District Court sentenced a man to death and two others to life imprisonment over the deaths of four people in 2004 following infighting in a billing fraud ring...
- MAY 18, 2007IndianaDEATH PENALTY
in Evansville, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before...
in Evansville, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before...
- MAY 17, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
TWO HANGED IN IRAN FOR DRUG SMUGGLING
two men found guilty of drug smuggling were hanged in Iran, the newspaper Tehran Emrouz reported.
- MAY 16, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
THREE HANGED IN IRAN FOR MURDER
three people convicted of murder were hanged in Iran, the newspaper Tehran Emrouz reported.
- MAY 15, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
a court in central China has sentenced Li Litian, a policeman...
a court in central China has sentenced Li Litian, a policeman...
- MAY 15, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Iraq's main criminal court sentenced three Iraqi teenagers to hang after they were convicted of murdering a fellow detainee at Camp Cropper, a US military prison camp just outside Baghdad that houses thousands of detainees.
- MAY 15, 2007MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIAN WOMAN FACING DEATH IN CHINA FOR SMUGGLING DRUGS
Umi Azlim Mohamad Lazim, a 24 year old woman from Kelantan, was sentenced to death by the Guangzhou High Court in China for trafficking in 2,983 grammes of heroin.
- MAY 14, 2007NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA COURT SENTENCES HOUSEWIFE TO DEATH BY HANGING
a Bauchi High Court sentenced Hussaina Muhammad, 23, a housewife, to death by hanging for killing her two year old step son Tajuddeen Muhammad.
- MAY 14, 2007IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
a Fulton County jury sentenced a man to death for a shooting spree triggered by a failed teenage romance.
a Fulton County jury sentenced a man to death for a shooting spree triggered by a failed teenage romance.
- MAY 11, 2007GuyanaDEATH PENALTY
GUYANA. THREE BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
three brothers were sentenced to death for the kidnap, rape and murder of a 32-year-old woman after they
- MAY 7, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. COURT REVOKES DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST MILITANT
the Sindh Provincial High Court in Karachi, Pakistan, threw out a lower court's death sentence against a
- MAY 3, 2007AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA. DEATH ROW INMATE EXECUTED
Aaron Lee Jones was executed by lethal injection for the gruesome 1978 slaying of a Blount County couple, a crime that made him one of the state's longest death row residents.
- MAY 3, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
an Iraqi penal tribunal sentenced four Iraqis...
an Iraqi penal tribunal sentenced four Iraqis...
- MAY 2, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
FILIPINO MAID SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR MURDER FREED AFTER 15 YEARS IN JAIL
a Filipino maid sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for the 1992 murder of her employer was freed after a US$533,000 settlement was paid to the victim’s family...
- MAY 2, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: TWO BOYS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Abdelrhman Zakaria Mohamed and Ahmed Abdullah Suleiman, both aged 16, were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur in Sudan.
- APRIL 30, 2007TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
TAIWAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Chuang Tien-chu was sentenced to death, in Taiwan, this month...
- APRIL 28, 2007IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN HANGS MAN CONVICTED OF MURDER
an Iranian man convicted of murder has been hanged in southern Hormozgan province...
- APRIL 27, 2007PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Pawan Kumar Mittal was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
Pawan Kumar Mittal was sentenced to death in Pakistan...
- APRIL 25, 2007JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING RESTAURANT OWNER, SHOOTING RAILWAY WORKER
an appeal court in Japan sentenced a unemployed man to death for murder and robbery.
- APRIL 24, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 7 TO LIFE TERM FOR MURDER IN CTG
a special court in Bangladesh sentenced four people to death and seven to life imprisonment for killing a businessman in 2003.
- APRIL 24, 2007JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDANIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BEHEADING FELLOW STUDENT
a male student who decapitated a colleague after he made sexual advances has been sentenced to death by Jordan's High Court, Al-Arab Al-Yom newspaper reported.
- APRIL 20, 2007IraqDEATH PENALTY
THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAQ FOR KIDNAPPING
a court in Baghdad sentenced three Iraqis to death, according to a statement by the Iraqi Supreme Court.
- APRIL 20, 2007LibyaDEATH PENALTY
LIBYAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN IRAQ
a Libyan national was sentenced to death in Iraq for joining ‘an armed group’, according to a statement by the Iraqi Supreme Court.
- APRIL 19, 2007SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA. SOMALILAND CONDEMNS TWO TO DEATH FOR SLAIN AID WORKERS
the Supreme Court in the self-declared republic of Somaliland has sentenced two