2017

USA - Texas. Duane Buck, Whose Death Sentence Was Tainted by Racial Bias, Is Resentenced to Life

USA - Texas. Duane Buck, Whose Death Sentence Was Tainted by Racial Bias, Is Resentenced to Life

BANGLADESH: WOMAN GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING STEPDAUGHTER

A Dhaka court sentenced a woman to death for killing her six-year-old stepdaughter in the capital’s Jatrabari area in 2014.

USA - California. A jury sentenced David Ponce to death.

USA - California. A jury sentenced David Ponce to death.

JORDANIAN COURT SENTENCE MAN TO DEATH

A Jordanian court has sentenced a man to death for killing two people and injuring others in a crime that took place in 2013 in Zarqa, central Jordan.

SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI ‘DRUG TRAFFICKER’ AMONG SIX BEHEADED

The Saudi Arabia government executed six people, including a Pakistani citizen, convicted of drug trafficking and homicide, the highest number of executions in a single day this year.

KUWAITI EMIR SPARES 15 INDIANS DEATH PENALTY IN KIND MOVE: SUSHMA SWARAJ

Death sentence of 15 Indians, lodged in Kuwaiti jails, have been commuted to life imprisonment by the Emir of Kuwait, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said.

EX-CHIEF OF PETROVIETNAM SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR EMBEZZLEMENT

A court in Vietnam has sentenced the former head of state-owned oil-and-gas giant PetroVietnam to death after finding him guilty of embezzlement and abuse of power in a high-profile corruption case.

U.S. VOTES AGAINST U.N. BAN ON DEATH PENALTY FOR HOMOSEXUALITY

LEBANON: MILITARY TRIBUNAL SENTENCES TAKFIRI PREACHER TO DEATH FOR ATTACKS ON ARMY

Lebanon's Military Tribunal sentenced an extremist preacher to death for his role in fueling sectarian violence in the Arab country and organizing attacks against members of the army.

IRAN: EXECUTION OF A PRISONER IN KERMAN

According to a report by ISNA and the deputy of Public and Revolutionary Prosecutor’s Office for Central Kerman Province, a prisoner who was charged with murder was hanged at Kerman prison.

NIGERIA: SENATE APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR KIDNAPPERS

The Nigerian Senate approved death sentence for whoever engages in the act of kidnapping and a 30 years jail term for anybody that colludes with an abductor.

HANGING OF 42 PRISONERS IN IRAQ RAISES CONCERN OVER FLAWED DUE PROCESS – UN RIGHTS CHIEF

The mass hanging of 42 prisoners on September 24 in a prison in southern Iraq raises massive concerns over the country's use of the death penalty, the UN human rights chief said.

SRI LANKA: SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER VIDYA MURDER

The three-member judge bench hearing the case filed over the abduction, gang rape and murder of schoolgirl Sivaloganathan Vidya gave the death penalty to the 7 suspects including the chief suspect in the case ‘Swiss Kumar’.

NEW STUDIES ON US PRISONS

Texas spends less than the national average on inmates, study finds.

GAZA COURT SENTENCES THREE CONVICTS TO DEATH BY EXECUTION, RIGHTS CENTERS OBJECT

Deir al-Balah Court of First Instance passed the death sentence against three Palestinian residents of Khan Younis, in the south of the Gaza Strip, after they were convicted of murder, accessory to murder and robbery leading two local human rights centers

MAN EXECUTED IN WESTERN IRAN OVER MURDER CHARGES

According to IRIB News Agency, on the morning of September 26 the execution of a prisoner who was charged with murder was carried out at Yasuj Central Prison.

VIETNAM: HEROIN TRAFFICKER SENTENCED TO DEATH

A court passed a death sentence on a 30-year-old man from Vietnam's Hanoi capital for trafficking over 230.5 kg of heroin and illegally possessing military weapons.

IRAN: ONE PRISONER HANGED IN URMIA CENTRAL PRISON

According to a close source, on the morning the execution sentence of a prisoner who was charged with murder was carried out at Urmia Central Prison. The prisoner was identified as Javad Khayyeri from ward 15.

IRAN: 74-YEAR-OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR HOSTING 'MIXED AND HALF-NAKED PARTIES'

Iran has sentenced a 74-year-old man to death for hosting “mixed and half-naked parties”, the head of Tehran’s judiciary said.

IRAN: EXECUTION OF A PRISONER IN URMIA

According to a close source, a prisoner, named Moslem Tamrkhani from ward 2 of mental ward, was executed at Urmia Central Prison.

EGYPT: 4 SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER BURNING AGOUZA'S NIGHTCLUB

The Giza Criminal Court sentenced four defendants to death over charges of burning a nightclub in Al Agouza, resulting in killing 17 persons inside.

USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Raymond Curtis Bright to die

USA - Florida. A jury sentenced Raymond Curtis Bright to die

IRAQ CARRIES OUT DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST 42 TERRORISTS IN DHI QAR

Iraqi Justice Minister carried out death sentences against 42 terrorists imprisoned at al-Hout prison in Dhi Qar province

SUDAN: STUDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING POLICEMAN

A court in Sudan sentenced a university student to death after convicting him of killing a policeman during protests in the capital last year, a defence lawyer said.

USA - North Carolina. Decline in Death Verdicts Highlights Penalty's Cost, Ineffectiveness.

USA - North Carolina. Decline in Death Verdicts Highlights Penalty's Cost, Ineffectiveness.

MADAGASCAR RATIFIES ABOLITIONIST TREATY AND THE GAMBIA SIGNED IT

Gambia signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty on 20 September 2017 and that Madagascar ratified it on 21 September 2017 together with the Optional Proto

TUNISIA: CONFERENCE ON THE DEATH PENALTY IN TIME OF WAR ON TERRORISM

The conference on the death penalty in time of war on terrorism that ended in Tunis was unanimous in believing that the death penalty does not contain or solve the problem of terrorism.

the Human Rights Council adopted the final documents resulting from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Tunisia.

the Human Rights Council adopted the final documents resulting from the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Tunisia.

USA - Arizona. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow has ruled Arizona may keep secret from the media the identity of the entities that are supplying execution drugs

USA - Arizona. U.S. District Judge Murray Snow has ruled Arizona may keep secret from the media the identity of the entities that are supplying execution drugs

IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL

A man was hanged in front of cheering crowds in Iran after being convicted of the rape and murder of a seven-year-old girl which had outraged the nation.