2017

Benin: one senteced to death

11 September 2017: the operational military Court of North Kivu made a decision in No. RP: 192/2017 and RP: 205/2017.

USA - Sixteen Years Later, No Date in Sight for Death-Penalty Trial of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators.

USA - Sixteen Years Later, No Date in Sight for Death-Penalty Trial of Alleged 9/11 Conspirators.

EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES 11 TO DEATH OVER VIOLENCE

An Egyptian court has sentenced eleven people to death over charges of attempted murder and violence, official news agency MENA reported.

IRAN: AT LEAST TWO PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES

At least two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on drug related charges.

PAKISTAN: COAS GEN QAMAR BAJWA CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCE FOR FOUR TERRORISTS

Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed death sentence for four terrorists.

1993 MUMBAI BLASTS VERDICT: TAHIR MERCHANT, FEROZ KHAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY, ABU SALEM GETS LIFE

Tahir Merchant and Feroz Abdul Rashid Khan, two of the accused in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case, were awarded the death sentence by a special Terrorist and Disruptive Activity (TADA) Court in Mumbai.

USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Alan Champagne to death

USA - Arizona. A jury sentenced Alan Champagne to death

DEATH ROW USA SPRING 2017

"Death Row USA Spring 2017" Shows Ongoing Decline in Death Row Populations.

IRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC ON MURDER CHARGES

An unidentified prisoner was hanged at 22 Bahman Square in the city of Ilam in front of a crowd of people.

USA - "Death Row USA Spring 2017" as of April 1, 2017.

USA - "Death Row USA Spring 2017" as of April 1, 2017.

IRAN RE-IMPOSES DEATH SENTENCE ON SPIRITUAL FIGURE THAT SUPREME COURT QUASHED

An Iranian court has re-imposed the death penalty on the founder of a spiritual movement after the first sentence was struck down by the supreme court, the judiciary said.

IRAN: TWO PRISONERS FLOGGED BEFORE BEING EXECUTED

Two prisoners were hanged in central prison of Tabriz, northwestern Iran.

IRAN: PRISONER HANGED FOR MURDER

A prisoner was reportedly hanged at Ardabil Central Prison on murder charges.

USA - Florida. State Attorney Aramis Ayala issued a statement saying she respects the ruling of the Supreme Court

USA - Florida. State Attorney Aramis Ayala issued a statement saying she respects the ruling of the Supreme Court

USA - Pennsylvania. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld the decision overturning the conviction of Shawnfatee Bridges

USA - Pennsylvania. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has upheld the decision overturning the conviction of Shawnfatee Bridges

USA - Alabama. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Eleventh Circuit has ruled in favor of Alabama death-row prisoners challenging midazolam

USA - Alabama. The U.S. Court of Appeals for Eleventh Circuit has ruled in favor of Alabama death-row prisoners challenging midazolam

NEW ZEALAND COURT UPHOLDS GOVERNMENT'S DECISION TO EXTRADITE MAN TO CHINA

PYONGYANG ‘SENTENCES’ FOUR SOUTH KOREAN JOURNALISTS TO DEATH

Pyongyang has sentenced four South Korean journalists to death for book reviews that insulted the North, state media said.

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the authority of Governor Scott to remove State Attorney Aramis Ayala from death-eligible murder cases

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court has upheld the authority of Governor Scott to remove State Attorney Aramis Ayala from death-eligible murder cases

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing proceeding for William Gregory

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court ordered a new sentencing proceeding for William Gregory

IRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED IN PUBLIC

An unidentified prisoner who was sentenced to death on the charge of "raping a married woman" was hanged in public on the morning in Bandar Abbas while a crowd of people watched, according to a report by the state-run news agency, Mehr.

INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE, 3 KIDS

A Special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow awarded death sentence to a man for killing six persons, including his wife and three children.

IRAN: MAN CHARGED WITH RAPE HANGED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON

Prison authorities in Rajai Shahr break routine and execute a prisoner on a Monday rather than the usual Wednesday.

USA - Nevada. A Clark County jury resentenced John Valerio to life imprisonment.

USA - Nevada. A Clark County jury resentenced John Valerio to life imprisonment.

IRAN: HANDS OFF CAIN ASKS THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO LISTEN TO THE REASONS OF POLITICAL PRISONERS ON A HUNGER STRIKE FOR THE INHUMANE CONDITIONS OF DETENTION IN KARAJ PRISON

Hands off Cain joins international mobilization in support of the reasons of the political prisoners of Rajai Shahr Prison in Karaj, a hunger strike of 27 days, and asks the Italian Government to act to ensure that their human rights are respected.

IRAQ: ISLAMIC STATE’S ‘CHEMICAL EMIR’ SENTENCED TO DEATH

Baghdad Iraq’s Central Criminal Court sentenced a prominent Islamic State chemical warfare developer to death, convicting him of developing some of the group’s deadliest weapons.

USA - Arkansas. Gov. Hutchinson intends to commute Jason Farrell McGehee's sentence from death to life without parole

USA - Arkansas. Gov. Hutchinson intends to commute Jason Farrell McGehee's sentence from death to life without parole

USA - Florida. Mark Asay was put to death, the first time in the state's modern history a white man was executed for killing a black man. The execution was Florida's first with etomidate, never used before in a U.S. lethal injection

USA - Florida. Mark Asay was put to death, the first time in the state's modern history a white man was executed for killing a black man. The execution was Florida's first with etomidate, never used before in a U.S. lethal injection

USA - California. The California Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 66

USA - California. The California Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of Proposition 66

USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed

USA - Massachusetts. Ninety years ago Italian immigrants and avowed anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti were executed