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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JULY 7, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: MUFTI APPROVES DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLER OF STUDENT NAIYERA ASHRAF
The Mansoura Criminal Court sentenced the murderer of the student Naiyera Ashraf to death on 6 July 2022, after the Mufti approved the Court’s unanimous decision of execution.
JULY 6, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: TWO ARMED ROBBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN AKWA IBOM
Two members of a three-man robbery gang, who have been using tricycle to rob innocent members of the public in Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, were sentenced to death on 30 June 2022.
JULY 5, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH TWICE FOR KIDNAPPING, KILLING MINOR BOY IN QUETTA
An Anti-Terrorist Court (ATC) in Quetta on 30 June 2022 awarded a double death sentence to four accused of kidnapping and murdering a minor child.
JULY 5, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: ROHINGYA MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Earlier this month, a lower court in the district of Cox’s Bazar sentenced a 28-year-old Rohingya refugee to death for the possession and smuggling of methamphetamine tablets.
- JULY 4, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPY: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
An Egyptian court on 28 June 2022 sentenced to death a man after finding him guilty of murdering Nayera Ashraf, a fellow university student who refused his advances.
JULY 4, 2022Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 'SPYING FOR ISRAEL'
A marshal court in Gaza on 28 June 2022 sentenced to death by hanging a Palestinian who was convicted for allegedly passing information to Israeli intelligence services.
JULY 4, 2022JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING WOMAN
The Jordan’s Grand Criminal Court on 28 June 2022 decided to sentence a man to death for killing a woman after beating her trying to steal her money.
- JULY 3, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ISLAMIC COURT ORDERS DEATH BY STONING FOR MEN CONVICTED OF HOMOSEXUALITY
An Islamic sharia court in Nigeria's northern state of Bauchi has sentenced three men to death by stoning after convicting them on charges of engaging in homosexuality, the leader of the religious police that arrested them said on 1st July 2022.
- JULY 3, 2022Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: SIX PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH 22 YEARS AFTER FIVE PEOPLE WERE SHOT DEAD IN 2000
Six people on 30 June 2022 were sentenced to death after they were convicted of murdering five people in Devinuawara in 2000.
- JULY 1, 2022United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - 2022 DPIC Mid-Year Review
7 new death sentences and 7 executions so far
JUNE 30, 2022EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: COURT SENTENCES 10 PEOPLE TO DEATH IN THE HELWAN BRIGADES CASE
A court in Cairo on 28 June 2022 sentenced 10 people to death and 56 others to life imprisonment in a mass trial of the case against the Helwan Brigades, whose members have been accused of committing violent acts in Egypt.
JUNE 28, 2022IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: DEATH PENALTY TO YOUTH FOR RAPE AND MURDER
A court in East Burdwan’s Katwa on 24 June 2022 handed the death penalty to a youth for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl in 2018.
JUNE 28, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY, MURDER IN EKITI
An Ado-Ekiti High Court has sentenced four men, Babangida Amodu, 25, Oluwafemi Ibrahim, 20, Ojo Ayodele, 25, and Okunato Dada, 20, convicted of armed robbery and murder, to die by hanging, the Eagle Online reported on June 27, 2022.
- JUNE 26, 2022BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 6 JMB MEMBERS GET DEATH FOR KILLING FF
A Kurigram District and Sessions Judge Court on 23 June 2022 sentenced six members of banned extremist outfit Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh to death in a case filed over the murder of a freedom fighter.
JUNE 23, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: POLYGAMOUS MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BOYFRIEND OF ONE OF HIS 3 WIVES
A polygamous man has been sentenced to death, and he is to die by hanging after he was found guilty in Nigeria of the murder of the boyfriend of one of his three wives.
JUNE 22, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: EDO MAID SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUGGING, KILLING IGBINEDION’S MOTHER
An Edo State High Court on 20 June 2022 sentenced a maid, Dominion Okoro, to death by hanging for killing Madam Maria Igbinedion, the mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion.
JUNE 22, 2022MalaysiaDEATH PENALTYMALAYSIA: COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANJA TRAFFICKING SPARED GALLOWS
A couple sentenced to death in Malaysia three years ago for trafficking about 5kg of ganja were spared the gallows on 22 June 2022.
- JUNE 20, 2022KenyaDEATH PENALTY
NEW RESEARCH EXAMINES KENYAN ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE DEATH PENALTY
A new study, commissioned by The Death Penalty Project, London, in partnership with the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights, Nairobi, has revealed that...
- JUNE 20, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR ARMED ROBBERY IN EKITI
Akinleye Seyi a.k.a. Erin has been sentenced to death by hanging for armed robbery by an Ekiti State high court, Lailasnews reported on 16 June 2022.
JUNE 20, 2022IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdol Latif Moradi executed in Mashhad on June 20
- JUNE 18, 2022KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: GUARD RICHARD MUTAI SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER
A 34-year-old Kenyan night guard has been sentenced to death over the killing of another man following an altercation between them, MaraviPost reported on 14 June 2022.
JUNE 16, 2022GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: FETISH PRIEST SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SACRIFICING WIFE AND DAUGHTER TO GODS
A 38-year old Ghanaian fetish priest who killed his wife and daughter and sacrificed them to his idols has been sentenced to death, Pulse reported on 3 June 2022.
JUNE 16, 2022PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING COP
An anti-terrorism court (ATC) sentenced on 14 June 2022 an accused to death for murdering a police official in the Gulshan-e-Behar neighbourhood in August last year.
JUNE 16, 2022DEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Ricky Dubose sentenced to death
JUNE 16, 2022FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Alan Wade resentenced to life without the possibility of parole
He married and had a son on death row
- JUNE 15, 2022Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED AS MINOR
A Saudi court has upheld a death sentence against teenager Abdullah al-Huwaiti, who was convicted for crimes reportedly committed when he was a minor.
JUNE 15, 2022GuyanaDEATH PENALTYGUYANA: DEATH PENALTY AMONG SENTENCES FOR MEN WHO MURDERED CORENTYNE FATHER
Justice Sandil Kissoon, on 8 June 2022, sentenced in Guyana five Berbice men for the murder of Corentyne phone card vendor Danian Anthony Jagdeo, who was gunned down during a robbery in 2017.
JUNE 14, 2022NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: GOV. FINTIRI PARDONS SIX CONVICTS; COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa has pardoned six convicts and commuted the death sentence of a condemned inmate to life imprisonment, as part of activities to mark the 2022 Democracy Day.
JUNE 14, 2022VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPING, MURDERING 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A man from An Giang Province in Vietnam’s Mekong Delta was sentenced to death for raping a 12-year-old girl before murdering her in order to cover up the crime.
JUNE 13, 2022PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Pennsylvania. Alexander McClay Williams Exonerated 91 Years After Execution
He was 16