2017

USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that Justin Blakeney must have a new trial.

USA - Mississippi. The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled that Justin Blakeney must have a new trial.

USA - Nebraska. The attorney general has chosen Jose Sandoval as the next to die, after a 20-year hiatus in executions

USA - Nebraska. The attorney general has chosen Jose Sandoval as the next to die, after a 20-year hiatus in executions

FLORIDA (USA): PATRICK HANNON EXECUTED

Patrick Hannon, 53, White, was executed.

TEXAS (USA): RUBEN RAMIREZ CARDENAS EXECUTED

Ruben Ramirez Cardenas, 47, a Mexican citizen, was executed, despite an adjudication by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that he was entitled to a new trial because of Texas's violation of U.S. treaty obligations under the Vienna Convention f

Morocco: a deputy sentenced to death for the murder of four people

8 November 2017: a member of the Party for Authenticity and Modernity (PAM) was sentenced to death by the criminal division of the Court of Appeal of Kénitra.

USA - Florida. Patrick Hannon, 53, White, was executed.

USA - Florida. Patrick Hannon, 53, White, was executed.

IRAN: TWO KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONERS SENTENCED TO DEATH

The Urmia department of the Islamic Revolutionary Court issued death sentence for Kurdish political prisoners Diyako Resulzade and Sabîr Şêx Ebdullah on alleged charges of “enmity against God” and “membership to Kurdish parties”.

USA - Texas. Ruben Ramirez Cardenas, 47, a Mexican citizen, was executed

USA - Texas. Ruben Ramirez Cardenas, 47, a Mexican citizen, was executed

USA - Arkansas. Arkansas got Midazolam made by Athenex

USA - Arkansas. Arkansas got Midazolam made by Athenex

JAPAN: ‘BLACK WIDOW’ SERIAL KILLER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING THREE PARTNERS WITH CYANIDE COCKTAILS

A serial killer dubbed Japan’s “black widow” received a death sentence for the murders of her husband and two common-law partners, as well as the attempted murder of an acquaintance, between 2007 and 2013.

IRAN: FOUR PRISONERS EXECUTED FOR DRUG OFFENCES

According to a close source, on the morning four prisoners were executed at Urmia Central Prison (Darya).

NIGERIA: EKITI ASSEMBLY APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR CULTISTS

INDIA: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN RAJASTHAN FOR KILLING WOMAN, SON AFTER RAPING HER

A special court in Rajasthan’s Kota sentenced three persons to death for raping a 30-year-old woman and killing her along with her minor son during a robbery in December 2012.

EGYPT: TOP COURT ORDERS RETRIAL OF 7 SENTENCED TO DEATH, JAIL OVER TERROR CHARGES

Egypt's top court cancelled the execution verdict of one defendant and the 10-year jail sentences of six others and ordered their retrial over forming a terrorist cell to carry out anti-government activities, official MENA news agency reported.

IRAN: EXECUTION IN MASHHAD

According to a report by Khorasan Newspaper, on the morning of November 1, a prisoner was hanged at Mashhad Central Prison (Vakilabad) on murder charges.

a poll was released by Realmeter and commissioned by local broadcaster CBS.

a poll was released by Realmeter and commissioned by local broadcaster CBS.

USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Jasper Rushing

USA - Arizona. The Arizona Supreme Court has overturned the death sentence of Jasper Rushing

SAUDI ARABIA: NEW ANTI-TERROR LAWS INCLUDE DEATH PENALTY

The new laws state that individuals defaming and publicly insulting the King and the Crown Prince will be sentenced to 5 to 10 years of imprisonment.

USA - Alabama. The U.S. Supreme Court decided that Vernon Madison is competent to be executed.

USA - Alabama. The U.S. Supreme Court decided that Vernon Madison is competent to be executed.

USA - Idaho. Judge Lansing Haynes formally sentenced Jonathan Renfro to death

USA - Idaho. Judge Lansing Haynes formally sentenced Jonathan Renfro to death

UAE: DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING HIS WIFE

A Gulf national has been given death penalty on charges of beating his 25-year-old Arab wife to death.

Man sentenced to death in Akwa Ibom for kidnapping

4 November 2017: the Akwa Ibom High Court 2, Abak Division, has sentenced a middle aged man, Robinson Offiong, to death over the kidnap of one Mfon Tim on June 2, 2014 at Itung Abak in Abak area.

USA - Idaho. A jury has sentenced Jonathan Renfro to death

USA - Idaho. A jury has sentenced Jonathan Renfro to death

SOMALIA: ISLAMIST INSURGENTS EXECUTE FOUR ALLEGED SPIES

Somalia’s Islamist al Shabaab insurgency shot four men accused of spying in a public execution that underscored the insurgents’ control of swathes of the country’s southern region, even as the government girds up for an offensive against them.

IRAQ: SENIOR ARMY COMMANDER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISIS

The Iraqi supreme military court sentenced to death by firing squad a former commander of Iraqi Army in Nineveh Province, Iraqi news agencies reported.

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence imposed of James Belcher

USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court overturned the death sentence imposed of James Belcher

a death sentence was issued by the Criminal Chamber at the Court of Appeal of Monastir again

a death sentence was issued by the Criminal Chamber at the Court of Appeal of Monastir again

Dead penalty sentence for a drug trafficker in Laos

2 November 2017: the Supreme Court of the Vientiane Provincial Court decided a death penalty sentence for the case of Meng Vang, a 29-year-old resident in Vang Vieng district, where police officials detained in 2016 with 165,000 amphetamine tablets and 58

PAKISTAN: MURDER CONVICT SENTENCED TO DEATH

A court awarded death sentence to a murder convict for his involvement in a murder case in Sargodha.

TANZANIA: 34 PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ALBINOS

The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) in Tanzania announced the death sentence on 34 people accused of killing albinos in the country.