2017

GAMBIA: JUSTICE MINISTER WANTS DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Baboucarr Tambedou, said he wants the death penalty abolished in The Gambia.

VIETNAM: 9 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Vietnamese state media say a court has sentenced nine men to death for trafficking more than 1,000 pounds of heroin.

USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for David Rey Contreras

USA - California. A jury recommended the death penalty for David Rey Contreras

INDIA: LAW COMMISSION RECOMMENDS ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY, EXCEPT IN TERROR CASES

The Law Commission has recommended that the death penalty be abolished for all crimes except those related to terrorism, Rajya Sabha was informed.

BANGLADESH: 3 AWARDED DEATH PENALTY IN COMILLA FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN

A Comilla district Court convicted three people and awarded death sentence to them for killing a businessman in 2013.

JAPAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING 5 PEOPLE IN HYOGO PREFECTURE

The Kobe District Court sentenced a 42-year-old man to death over the killing of five people in Hyogo Prefecture in 2015, dismissing lawyers' arguments that he was mentally ill.

USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Javier Righetti to death

USA - Nevada. A jury sentenced Javier Righetti to death

USA - Arkansas. The House Judiciary Committee considered three death penalty bills.

USA - Arkansas. The House Judiciary Committee considered three death penalty bills.

Two death sentences for terrorism

21 March 2017: two terrorists, who were arrested in March 2016 in Gheddioua (Kadiria), north-west of Bouira, have been sentenced to death for their involvement in terroristic attacks according to a juducial source.

USA - Alabama. Judge Brad Mendheim sentenced Ryan Clark Petersen to death.

USA - Alabama. Judge Brad Mendheim sentenced Ryan Clark Petersen to death.

INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING KERALA FAMILY

A 30-year-old migrant worker convicted of murdering his employer and his parents in Kerala’s Kottayam district has been handed the death sentence.

IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES

The death sentences of two prisoners were reportedly carried out at Adel Abad Prison (Lorestan province, western Iran).

GAZA: HAMAS SENTENCES 2 DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH

A Hamas military court has sentenced two Palestinians to death for drug dealing, in the first-such case since the militant group seized the Gaza Strip a decade ago.

BANGLADESH: SC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF MUFTI HANNAN

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of Harkat-ul-Jihad (Huji) chief Mufti Abdul Hannan and two others in a case filed over the grenade attack on ex-British envoy to Bangladesh Anwar Choudhury in 2004.

USA - Guantanamo Judge Setting USS Cole Bombing Trial for 2018.

USA - Guantanamo Judge Setting USS Cole Bombing Trial for 2018.

USA: GUANTANAMO JUDGE SETTING USS COLE BOMBING TRIAL FOR 2018

Air Force Col. Vance Spath, the judge in the USS Cole bombing case, said he would set a 2018 trial date for the death-penalty case.

NIGERIA: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER, ARMED ROBBERY

An Oyo State High Court sitting at Iyaganku sentenced five people to death in two different cases.

BELARUS: FIRST DEATH SENTENCE HANDED DOWN IN 2017

32-year-old unnamed resident of Naroulia town was sentenced to death by the Gomel Regional Court on 17 March, the court’s spokesperson Olga Barsukova told the media.

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Corey Smith because it was not unanimous

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Corey Smith because it was not unanimous

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court denied Timothy Hurst's motion

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court denied Timothy Hurst's motion

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Willie James Hodges because it was not unanimous

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court vacated the death sentence of Willie James Hodges because it was not unanimous

PAKISTAN: DEATH ROW CONVICT HANGED IN GUJRANWALA

A death row convict was executed in the Central Jail Gujranwala in the early morning, according to media reports. 

USA - Florida. Gov. reassigns Markeith Loyd’s case after prosecutor refuses death penalty.

USA - Florida. Gov. reassigns Markeith Loyd’s case after prosecutor refuses death penalty.

TRINIDAD: PM KEITH ROWLEY SUPPORTS DEATH PENALTY

Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley said he supports the death penalty and that his Administration is working towards having it implemented as it moves to deal with those citizens bent on committing murder “with impunity” in Trinidad and Tobago.

IRAN: UNIDENTIFIED PRISONER HANGED ON DRUG CHARGES

An unidentified prisoner was reportedly hanged at Semnan Prison (northern Iran) on drug related charges.

PAKISTAN: THREE HARDCORE TERRORISTS EXECUTED IN SAHIWAL

Another three hardcore terrorists, who were involved in committing heinous offences relating to terrorism including attacks on Armed Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies, were executed on March 15, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement

MALAYSIA: BROTHERS EXECUTED AT KAJANG PRISON

Brothers Rames and Suthar Batumalai, who were convicted of murder in 2010, were executed at Kajang Prison early the morning, said Amnesty International Malaysia (AIM).

USA - Alabama. Vernon Madison Incompetent To Be Executed.

USA - Alabama. Vernon Madison Incompetent To Be Executed.

IRAN: WRITER AND TRANSLATOR DAVARI SENTENCED TO DEATH

Marjan Davari, a 50-year-old researcher and translator, has been convicted of ‘spreading corruption on earth’ and sentenced to death by Branch 15 of Tehran Revolutionary Court.

BANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FREEDOM FIGHTER