2015

INDONESIA: COUPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SELLING DRUGS

The Pinrang District Court of South Sulawesi has sentenced a couple, Amir alias Dawang, 45, and his wife Maemunah, 43, to death for selling drugs.

DEATH PENALTY: HANDS OFF CAIN CALLS NEBRASKA’S BID TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY ‘VERY MEANINGFUL’

"The abolition of the death penalty in Nebraska has a great political, legal and humanitarian value, because

PAKISTAN: THREE CONVICTS EXECUTED IN GUJRANWALA, FAISALABAD, MULTAN JAILS

Three convicts were executed in Gujranwala, Faisalabad, Multan jails, raising the total number of executions

NEBRASKA (USA): LEGISLATURE PASSED BILL TO REPEAL DEATH PENALTY

Nebraska's unicameral legislature passed a bill to repeal the state's death penalty.

one prisoner identified as A. Kh. was hanged in public in the city of Ghochan. He was convicted of murder

one prisoner identified as A. Kh. was hanged in public in the city of Ghochan. He was convicted of murder

five people were hanged in the Rajaishahr prison of Karaj, reported Iranian state broadcasting

five people were hanged in the Rajaishahr prison of Karaj, reported Iranian state broadcasting

USA - Nebraska. Nebraska's unicameral legislature passed a bill to repeal the state's death penalty.

USA - Nebraska. Nebraska's unicameral legislature passed a bill to repeal the state's death penalty.

PAKISTAN: TWO MORE DEATH ROW CONVICTS HANGED

Two more death row prisoners have been sent to the gallows in different jails of the country early this morning, raising the total number of executions to 104 since Pakistan reversed the self-imposed moratorium on the death penalty in December 2014 after

VIETNAM: MANY LAWMAKERS BACK ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 CRIMES

On the first working day of the 9th session of the 13th National Assembly (NA) that opened in Hanoi,

a man identified as Ayoub Torkamani was hanged in the municipality’s soccer field in

a man identified as Ayoub Torkamani was hanged in the municipality’s soccer field in

the Somali military court executed a suspected member of the militant group Al- Shabaab for attacking

the Somali military court executed a suspected member of the militant group Al- Shabaab for attacking

IRAN: AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE EXECUTED

Five prisoners were hanged in two Iranian cities in the morning, reported Iranian state media.

USA - Texas. Senate Bill 1697 cleared 99-45 the House.

USA - Texas. Senate Bill 1697 cleared 99-45 the House.

IRAN: FIVE PRISONERS HANGED IN SHIRAZ

CALIFORNIA (USA): A VICTIM’S SON CHANGES HIS MIND ABOUT DEATH PENALTY

Clifford O'Sullivan was just six when he appeared in a California court at the trial of his mother's killer, Mark Scott Thornton. He gave a stirring sentencing testimony during which he asked for the 'bad man' to be killed.

EGYPT: BROTHERHOOD MEMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH, TWO OTHER DEATH SENTENCES REFERRED TO GRAND MUFTI

A Muslim Brotherhood member was sentenced to death and three others to life for accusations of forming a "terror cell".

USA - California. A victim’s son changes his mind about death penalty.

USA - California. A victim’s son changes his mind about death penalty.

USA - Texas. The House preliminarily approved a measure to keep the names of execution drug providers from the public.

USA - Texas. The House preliminarily approved a measure to keep the names of execution drug providers from the public.

EGYPT: HANDS OFF CAIN, DEATH SENTENCE OF MORSI POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND FURTHER PROOF OF A WORRYING INVOLUTION OF EGYPTIAN MILITARY REGIME

On the sentencing to death of former President Morsi, Secretary of Hands Off Cain, Sergio D'Elia, said: "The death sentence of former President Morsi, the latest in a long line of hundreds in the last year have been imposed on members of the Muslim Broth

SAUDI ARABIA: GOVERNMENT HAS ADVERTISED FOR EIGHT NEW EXECUTIONERS

Saudi Arabia has advertised for eight executioners. The eight positions, as advertised on the website of the

EGYPT: SIX ALLEGED TERRORISTS HANGED IN CAIRO

six men with alleged ties to a terrorist group were hanged in a Cairo jail over violence that followed the 2013 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi.

SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI BEHEADED, 84 EXECUTIONS IN 2015

Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani sentenced to death for drug smuggling, bringing to 84 the number of executions in the ultra-conservative kingdom this year, the interior ministry said.

NORTH KOREA: ANOTHER PURGE OF HIGH-RANKING OFFICIALS

following the reported high-profile execution of Army chief Hyon Yong-chol, a source said a small number of follow-up purges had engulfed other top ranking officials who were close to Hyon.

HANDS OFF CAIN: DEATH SENTENCE OF BOSTON BOMBER IS SYMBOLIC BECAUSE A DE FACTO MORATORIUM IS IN FORCE

About the news of the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, for his role in the 2013 bombing at the

PAKISTAN: ONE DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN LAHORE

Another murder convict was executed in Lahore’s Kot Lakhpat Jail, raising the total number of executions

USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Henry Lee Jones, 51, Black, to death

USA - Tennessee. A jury sentenced Henry Lee Jones, 51, Black, to death

EGYPT: FORMER LEADER MORSY GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE IN JAILBREAK CASE

Former Egyptian President Mohamed Morsy was sentenced by a Cairo court to death -- the latest judicial

USA - Nevada. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death penalty for Billy Ray Riley

USA - Nevada. The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has overturned the death penalty for Billy Ray Riley

USA - Nebraska. Lawmakers voted 30-16 to advance the death penalty repeal bill through the second of three votes.

USA - Nebraska. Lawmakers voted 30-16 to advance the death penalty repeal bill through the second of three votes.

USA: BOSTON MARATHON BOMBER SENTENCED TO DEATH, A PURELY SYMBOLIC JUDGEMENT IN A DE FACTO MORATORIUM REGIME

Dzhohkar Tsarnaev was sentenced to death by a federal jury for helping carry out the 2013 attack that killed three people and wounded 264 others in the crowds at the finish line of the Boston Marathon. But his execution may not happen for decades – if eve