Chronological archive
December 2018
The 108 news items published by Hands Off Cain in December 2018, in chronological order.
SOMALI TROOPS EXECUTE SIX MILITANTS IN GEDO REGION
Six members of the Al-Shabaab militia group were executed on 31 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 31, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Adel Abdel Nour El Sayed Soliman executed for murder
Egypt: Adel Abdel Nour El Sayed Soliman executed for murder
- DECEMBER 31, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. New trial for Freddie Lee Taylor
USA - California. New trial for Freddie Lee Taylor
DECEMBER 31, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: COURT OF CASSATION REDUCES DEATH SENTENCE TO 20 YEARS IN ‘HONOR KILLING’ CASE
The Court of Cassation upheld a March Criminal Court ruling, sentencing a 27-year-old man to 20 years in prison after convicting him of murdering his younger sister for reasons related to family honour in Mafraq in July of 2016.
DECEMBER 31, 2018South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING A KENYAN PRIEST
Two men were on 18 December 2018 sentenced to death for killing a Kenyan priest in Cueibet, South Sudan on November 15, at around 2 am.
DECEMBER 31, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: BOMBAY HC UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY OF WOMAN TECHIE KILLER
The Bombay High Court on 20 December 2018 upheld a trial court verdict awarding the death penalty to a man convicted of raping and killing a 23-year-old woman techie from Andhra Pradesh in 2014, describing him as a "menace to the society".
DECEMBER 31, 2018Sri LankaDEATH PENALTYSRI LANKA: 1, 299 ON DEATH-ROW IN PRISONS
A total of 1, 299 death row inmates, including inmates who had appealed against their sentence, have been detained in Sri Lankan prisons as of 31 December 2018, the Ministry of Justice and Prisons Reforms said on 9 January 2019.
DECEMBER 31, 2018BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: 9 NEW DEATH PENALTIES, 5 ON DEATH ROW AND 147 LIFE SENTENCES IN 2018
In 2018, nine new death sentences were handed down to political prisoners.
DECEMBER 31, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: IN 2018 COURTS HANDED OUT MOST DEATH PENALTIES SINCE 2000
A legislative intervention to extend capital punishment to non-homicide crimes may be the reason for a higher number of death penalties handed out in 2018.
DECEMBER 31, 2018BahrainDEATH PENALTYBAHRAIN: 9 NEW DEATH PENALTIES, 5 ON DEATH ROW AND 147 LIFE SENTENCES IN 2018
In 2018 nine new death sentences were handed down to political prisoners, secondo il Bahrain Center for Human Rights (BCHR)
- DECEMBER 30, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Egyptian citizen beheaded in Khamis Mushait Governatorate
30 December 2018: Yusuf Mohammed Yousuf Asma'i executed for murdering a co-national
DECEMBER 29, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: MILITARY COURT EXECUTES AL-SHABAAB ASSASSIN IN BAIDOA FOR THE MURDER OF A PROMINENT CLERIC
Somali military court on 29 December 2018 executed Al-Shabaab member who assassinated a famous cleric in Baidoa last year.
- DECEMBER 28, 2018DEATH PENALTY
GAZA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Court of First Instance of Khan Younis inflicted death by handing upon the citizen Mahmoud Mohammed Khalifa 55 years old from Rafah city, Human Rights and Democracy Media Center “SHAMS” reported.
- DECEMBER 28, 2018ItalyDEATH PENALTY
INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION AGAINST THE DEATH PENALTY MEETS POPE FRANCIS AND HANDS OFF CAIN
On the day of the vote of the UN General Assembly on the Resolution for the moratorium on capital punishment, the International Commission against the Death Penalty went to Italy where it met Pope Francis and Hands Off Cain.
- DECEMBER 28, 2018OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. George Brinkman formally sentenced
USA - Ohio. George Brinkman formally sentenced
- DECEMBER 28, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - More from the DPIC 2018 Year End Report
USA - More from the DPIC 2018 Year End Report
DECEMBER 28, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: ISIS-AFFILIATED MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING CHRISTIAN DOCTOR
The Cairo Criminal Court handed a death sentence to an ISIS-affiliated man who killed a christian doctor in his clinic in Shubra, Asharq Al-Awsat reported on 23 December 2018.
DECEMBER 28, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: ARMY CHIEF SIGNS DEATH WARRANTS OF 14 TERRORISTS
Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on 21 December 2018 confirmed the death sentence awarded to 14 hardcore terrorists involved in heinous acts of terrorism.
- DECEMBER 28, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: LIBYAN NATIONAL SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
The Criminal Court on 23 December 2018 convicted and sentenced a Libyan man to death for murdering a fellow national in Amman in July of 2017.
- DECEMBER 27, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALI MILITARY COURT EXECUTES DEATH SENTENCE
The mastermind of militant car bombs that killed 26 people and injured nearly 40 others in Mogadishu in 2017 was executed in Somalia 24 December 2018, the prosecutor of the military court said.
- DECEMBER 27, 2018JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: 2 DEATH ROW INMATES HANGED, BRINGING 2018 EXECUTIONS TO 15
Japan hanged two men convicted of murder on 27 December 2018, the justice minister said, bringing the number of executions this year to 15 -- tied for the highest amount on record.
DECEMBER 27, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HAMID BAGHERI DERMANI EXECUTED FOR ECONOMIC CORRUPTION
Hamid Bagheri Dermani, a businessman known by the State-run Iranian media as the "Sultan of Bitumen", was executed on 22 December 2018 on alleged economic corruption charges.
DECEMBER 27, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: AT LEAST 581 SENTENCED TO DEATH, 32 EXECUTED IN FIRST 11 MONTHS OF 2018
Over 30 people were executed and nearly 600 death sentences were issued in Egypt in the first 11 months of 2018, according to a report issued on 22 December 2018 by the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR).
- DECEMBER 24, 2018North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
NORTH KOREA: FORTUNE TELLER EXECUTED BY FIRING SQUAD
The North Korean authorities have recently focused on cracking down on “acts of superstition” leading to the execution of a fortune teller in the Chongjin and the arrest of other fortune tellers in Onsong and Hoeryong who are awaiting trial, the Daily NK
- DECEMBER 24, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Mecca
24 December 2018: Manur Hussein Karan Ali executed for drugs trafficking
DECEMBER 24, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: FORMER INNER MONGOLIA BANK CHIEF HANDED DEATH SENTENCE WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
A Chinese court on 21 December 2018 sentenced the former chairman of Bank of Inner Mongolia, a private joint-stock lender, to death for corruption with a two-year reprieve, the official Xinhua news agency said, effectively meaning he will be jailed for li
DECEMBER 24, 2018South SudanDEATH PENALTYSOUTH SUDAN: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING HIS CHILDREN IN BOR
A High Court in Jonglei State on 18 December 2018 sentenced to death a man who was found guilty of killing two of his children, two months ago.
DECEMBER 24, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: ASIAN TO BE EXECUTED FOR KILLING COLLEAGUE
The Abu Dhabi Criminal Court sentenced an Asian to execution on charges of throttling his colleague to death with ghotra (cloth used by a community to form a turban out of the same), The Gulf Today reported on 18 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 24, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Outgoing governor Brown reopens the case of Kevin Cooper
USA - California. Outgoing governor Brown reopens the case of Kevin Cooper
DECEMBER 22, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTYUAE: DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN WHO KILLED, RAPED PAKISTANI BOY
The Abu Dhabi Cassation Court on 22 December 2018 upheld the death sentence of a Pakistani man for raping and brutally murdering an 11-year-old boy.
- DECEMBER 21, 2018JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN: COURT PASSES DEATH SENTENCE ON MAN FOR HIS MOTHER'S MURDER
The Criminal Court on 18 December 2018 sentenced a 29-year-old man to death after convicting him of murdering and decapitating his mother in Amman in November of 2016.
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- DECEMBER 21, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA EXECUTES PETITIONER WHO KILLED POLICE OFFICER BRINGING HIM HOME
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan have executed a petitioner for killing a police officer who was forcibly escorting him home from a petitioning trip in the Chinese capital, Radio Free Asia reported on 20 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 21, 2018JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: OSAKA MAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD MURDERS
A court in Osaka on 19 December 2018 sentenced a man to death for the murders of a 13-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy.
DECEMBER 21, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES SUSPECTED GOVERNMENT MILITARY OFFICER
The firing squad of the Al-Shabaab militia group on 19 December 2018 publicly executed a suspected government military officer in Middle Shabelle’s Galboole village.
- DECEMBER 20, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWEAN GOV'T PRESSES AHEAD TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
President Mnangagwa wants the death penalty banned and the Zimbabwean government is pressing ahead with plans to have the death penalty removed from its statutes, Minister of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Ziyambi Ziyambi said on 19 December 201
- DECEMBER 20, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
"At least 54 people facing death sentence for opposition to regime"
20 December 2018: Declaration by NGO Reprieve
- DECEMBER 20, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT MASHHAD PRISON
According to the Iranian website, Rokna, a 50 years old man was executed on the morning of 12 December 2018 at Mashhad Central Prison.
- DECEMBER 20, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR 'WAGING WAR AGAINST COUNTRY'
A district court on 15 December 2018 sentenced Sheikh Abdullah Nayeem alias Sk Samir, who had links with terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba, to death for "waging war against the country".
- DECEMBER 20, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court revesed the death sentence of Gerald Murray.
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court revesed the death sentence of Gerald Murray.
- DECEMBER 20, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court upheld the non unanimous death sentence of Steven Taylor
USA - Florida. The Florida Supreme Court upheld the non unanimous death sentence of Steven Taylor
DECEMBER 20, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: 310 TERRORISTS SENTENCED TO DEATH, 56 EXECUTED
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on 16 December 2018 released details of the death sentences awarded to convicted terrorists and their executions following trial by military courts.
- DECEMBER 20, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. (Federal) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has overturned the federal death sentence imposed on Azibo Aquart
USA - Connecticut. (Federal) The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has overturned the federal death sentence imposed on Azibo Aquart
DECEMBER 19, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: TWO GET DEATH SENTENCE FOR SHIKARPUR SHRINE ATTACK
The ATC Court, Sukkur, on 13 December 2018 awarded capital punishment to two suicide bombers for attacking the Shikarpur shrine, which claimed the lives of four people including the custodian of the shrine, Hajan Shah Mari Waro and injured 17 in 2013.
- DECEMBER 19, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FORM MURDERING FAMILY MEMBER
A Plateau High Court sitting in Jos on 13 December 2018 sentenced 24-year-old man, Binfa Lamde, to death-by-hanging for hacking his stepmother to death.
- DECEMBER 19, 2018UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SFC SOLDIER, GUARD GET DEATH FOR MURDER
A soldier of the Special Forces Command and a security guard were on 14 December 2018 sentenced to death for the murder of a Mobile Money agent over two years ago.
- DECEMBER 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Nabhaniyah Province
18 December 2018: Mahaia binn Maawad bin Marished al-Madhibri al-Rashidi executed for murder
- DECEMBER 18, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ethiopian woman beheaded in Dammam
18 December 2018: Milyun Abisa Nadu executed for murder
DECEMBER 18, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: COAS CONFIRMS DEATH SENTENCES OF 15 HARDCORE TERRORISTS
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa confirmed the death sentences awarded to 15 hardcore terrorists, a statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said on 16 December 2018.
DECEMBER 18, 2018United NationsDEATH PENALTYUN: RECORD NUMBER OF COUNTRIES VOTE TO END EXECUTIONS
A record number of UN member states on 17 December 2018 supported at the final vote a key UN General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on executions with a view to abolishing the death penalty.
DECEMBER 18, 2018SyriaDEATH PENALTYSYRIA: DAMASCUS COURT PUTS 4 DEFENDANTS ON DEATH ROW
The Damascus Criminal Court has handed down death sentences to the head of Tahrir al-Sham Mohamed al-Sharaa, known by his alias Abu Muhammad al-Julani and Jaysh al-Islam group head Essam al-Buwaydhani, aawsat.com reported on 12 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018DEATH PENALTY
DPIC 2018 YEAR END REPORT: DEATH PENALTY USAGE STAYS NEAR GENERATIONAL LOWS
The long-term decline of death-penalty use in the U.S. continued in 2018, as a twentieth state abolished capital punishment and executions and new death sentences remained near generational lows.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Jeddah
17 December 2018: Jehan Khayal Mat Khan executed for drugs trafficking
DECEMBER 17, 2018KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: COURTS TO REVIEW OVER 400 DEATH SENTENCES IN 2019
At least 400 inmates have applied for a review of their death sentences since the Supreme Court did away with the penalty in December last year, Chief Justice David Maraga said on 16 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: HC ABOLISHES SOLITARY CONFINEMENT FOR PRISONERS FACING DEATH PENALTY
The Punjab and Haryana High Court on 14 December 2018 abolished the practice adopted by the jail authorities in Punjab to segregate convicts immediately after the pronouncement of death sentence by the trial court and its confirmation by the High Court.
- DECEMBER 17, 2018PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TWO CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BLASPHEMY IN PUNJAB
Two Christian brothers have been sentenced to death in Pakistan on blasphemy charges, the Centre for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (CLAAS) announced on 14 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018DEATH PENALTY
FLORIDA (USA): JOSE ANTONIO JIMENEZ EXECUTED
Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed on 13 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA TO EXECUTE MAN WHO RAMMED SUV INTO CROWD THEN ATTACKED PEOPLE WITH SHOVEL AND HAMMER
A man who killed 15 people and injured dozens more when he ploughed a vehicle into a public square before attacking pedestrians with a hammer and a shovel, is to be executed by Chinese authorities.
DECEMBER 14, 2018SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTES THREE MEN, INCLUDING FORMER ELECTORAL DELEGATE
Al-Shabaab militant killed three men in an execution-style, accusing two of them working with the Somali army, Radio Shabelle reported on 12 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SC COMMUTES TO LIFE DEATH SENTENCE OF A MAN WHO KILLED SIX PEOPLE
The Supreme Court on 12 December 2018 commuted to life imprisonment the death penalty awarded to a man for hacking to death six members of a family in Kerala in 2001.
- DECEMBER 14, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
USA - DPIC 2018 Year End Report: Death Penalty Usage Stays Near Generational Lows.
- DECEMBER 13, 2018Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: FATHER GETS DEATH PENALTY FOR MURDER OF BOY, 14
A father of three has been given the death penalty after being convicted of killing a 14-year-old boy in a revenge attack in West New Britain three years ago, The National reported on 11 December 2018.
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DECEMBER 13, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF MAN WHO RAPED, KILLED 3-YR-OLD GIRL
The Supreme Court on 12 December 2018 commuted the death sentence awarded to a man for raping and murdering a three-year-old girl in 2007 and directed that he be not released from jail for the "rest of his normal life".
- DECEMBER 13, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED IN URMIA OVER DRUG CHARGES
According to the IHR sources, Younes Azizi was hanged on 10 December 2018 at Urmia Central Prison. He was sentenced to death for drug offenses.
- DECEMBER 13, 2018FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed.
USA - Florida. Jose Antonio Jimenez, 55, Hispanic, was executed.
- DECEMBER 13, 2018CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - California. 6 former governors call on California’s governor to grant clemency to death row prisoners.
USA - California. 6 former governors call on California’s governor to grant clemency to death row prisoners.
- DECEMBER 12, 2018DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): ALVIN AVON BRAZIEL EXECUTED
Alvin Avon Braziel (43, Black) was executed on 11 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 12, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: WIFE OF TRADITIONAL RULER SENTENCED TO DIE BY HANGING IN NASARAWA
The Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia on 11 December 2018 sentenced Amina Zubairu, wife of the late monarch to death by hanging for killing her husband, NAN reports.
DECEMBER 12, 2018IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT QAZVIN PRISON
According to Iranian media outlets reports, an unnamed prisoner was hanged on the rape charges on the morning of 9 December 2018 at Qazvin Central Prison.
- DECEMBER 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Governatorate of Al Khobar
11 December 2018: Ahmed bin Musfer bin Shaaban al-Maalawi executed for murder
- DECEMBER 11, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Ayed bin Asaad bin Said al-Ahmed beheaded for murder
11 December 2018: Ayed bin Asaad bin Said al-Ahmed executed
- DECEMBER 11, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH VERDICT AGAINST BAQERI DARMANI
Iranian Judiciary spokesman Gholam Hossein Mohseni Eje'i announced on 9 December 2018 that the Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence against Hamid Baqeri-Darmani for bribery and fraud which was issued in a lower court.
- DECEMBER 11, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER HANGED AT GORGAN PRISON
A prisoner was hanged on the charge of rape at Gorgan Central Prison on 4 December 2018
DECEMBER 11, 2018North KoreaDEATH PENALTYNORTH KOREA: SERIAL RAPIST PUBLICLY EXECUTED
A serial rapist who raped nine women in North Hamgyong Province’s Onsong County has been publicly executed by firing squad, local sources have reported.
- DECEMBER 11, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Alvin Avon Braziel (43, Black) was executed.
USA - Texas. Alvin Avon Braziel (43, Black) was executed.
- DECEMBER 10, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Pakistani national beheaded in Mecca
10 December 2018: Shahbal Iqbal Muhammad executed for drugs trafficking
- DECEMBER 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: INMATES HANGED AT KARAJ AND BANDAR ABBAS PRISONS
Two prisoners were hanged on 8 December 2018 at the prisons of Karaj and Bandar Abbas.
- DECEMBER 10, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: MASS EXECUTION OF 12 INMATES IN KERMAN CENTRAL PRISON
Iran on 6 December 2018 executed 12 prisoners in Kerman Central Prison, most of them convicted of drug charges.
- DECEMBER 10, 2018South SudanDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH SUDAN: SEVEN PEOPLE, INCLUDING ONE CHILD, HANGED THIS YEAR
This year, seven people, including one child, were hanged, the highest number since South Sudan gained independence in 2011, according to evidence provided to Amnesty International by legal professionals and government officials.
- DECEMBER 7, 2018EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
HANDS OFF CAIN'S MISSION TO ETHIOPIA
- DECEMBER 7, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
1984 ANTI-SIKH RIOTS: 1ST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN THE CASE – YASHPAL SINGH GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A Delhi court on 19 November 2018 awarded death penalty to one of the accused in 1984 anti-Sikh riots case. The conviction of Yashpal Singh came as first capital punishment in the case.
DECEMBER 7, 2018SingaporeDEATH PENALTYSINGAPORE: 2 MEN CONVICTED OF DRUG TRAFFICKING ESCAPE DEATH ROW AFTER ACQUITTAL BY APEX COURT
Two men convicted of drug trafficking escaped the gallows on 5 December 2018, after the Court of Appeal found them not guilty and acquitted them in a split 2-1 decision.
- DECEMBER 7, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING HIS SISTER
In a stern action against an Honor Killing case in Haryana, a court awarded death penalty to a man on 5 December 2018 who was guilty of murdering his sister.
- DECEMBER 7, 2018United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Virginia. Father of Murdered Charlottesville Protester Opposes Death Penalty.
USA - Virginia. Father of Murdered Charlottesville Protester Opposes Death Penalty.
- DECEMBER 6, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE MOVING CLOSER TOWARD ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Zimbabwe is moving closer toward abolishing capital punishment as proposals to that effect will soon be tabled before cabinet, local media reported.
- DECEMBER 6, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
CONCLUDED THE MISSION OF HANDS OFF CAIN IN ZIMBABWE
Hands Off Cain's mission to Zimbabwe ended in Harare.
- DECEMBER 6, 2018IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: SUPREME COURT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF CHHATTISGARH MAN
The Supreme Court on 28 November 2018 commuted the death penalty imposed on a Chhattisgarh man convicted of killing three people and attempting to kill a fourth.
- DECEMBER 6, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: JUVENILE OFFENDER SEYYED-DANIAL ZEINOLABEDIN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Seyed Danial ZeinolAbedini is a juvenile offender whose death sentence has been upheld by the Supreme Court and is scheduled for execution, Iran Human Rights reported on 1 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 6, 2018TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. David Earl Miller was executed in the state’s electric chair.
USA - Tennessee. David Earl Miller was executed in the state’s electric chair.
- DECEMBER 6, 2018ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
USA - Connecticut. State's last death row inmate, Richard Roszkowski, resentenced to life in prison.
USA - Connecticut. State's last death row inmate, Richard Roszkowski, resentenced to life in prison.
- DECEMBER 5, 2018DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS: JOSEPH CHRISTOPHER GARCIA EXECUTED
Joseph Christopher Garcia, 47, Hispanic, was executed on 4 December 2018.
- DECEMBER 5, 2018BulgariaDEATH PENALTY
BULGARIA EXTRADITES GRAFT SUSPECT TO CHINA
A former Chinese official accused of taking bribes has been extradited from Bulgaria to China in the first such move by an European Union member state, Beijing's top graft buster said on 30 November 2018.
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- DECEMBER 5, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: Karam Mohammed Abdel Radi executed for murder
5 December 2018: Karam Mohammed Abdel Radi executed for murder
- DECEMBER 5, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
One Syrian and two Pakistani nationals beheaded in Mecca
5 December 2018: Abdulrahman Ghaleb Ramdhun, Dawsat Mohammed Bir Mohammed and Ghalem Shabir Mohammed Amir executed for drugs trafficking
DECEMBER 5, 2018IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: FOUR SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG DEALS
Batam District Court handed down the death penalty to four Chinese nationals on 29 November 2018 night for smuggling 1.6 tons of crystal methamphetamine.
- DECEMBER 5, 2018LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Louisiana. The Louisiana Supreme Court has granted a new penalty phase to Lee Turner
USA - Louisiana. The Louisiana Supreme Court has granted a new penalty phase to Lee Turner
- DECEMBER 5, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PRISONER CONVICTED OF MURDERING PROMINENT CLERIC AND CHILD ABUSER HANGED
A prisoner convicted of murdering a prominent cleric who had allegedly sexually abused him when he was a minor, was hanged on 1 December 2018 morning at Rasht Central Prison in northern Iran.
- DECEMBER 5, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals voted overturned the death sentence of Kenneth Thomas
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals voted overturned the death sentence of Kenneth Thomas
- DECEMBER 4, 2018United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: MAN KNIFES BOSS FOR WITHHOLDING SALARY FOR SEX, GETS DEATH PENALTY
A worker accused of killing his boss for refusing a salary increase has been sentenced to death, khaleejtimes.com reported on 29 November 2018.
- DECEMBER 4, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
Egypt: 5 people executed in Minya prison
4 December 2018: 5 people executed in Minya prison
- DECEMBER 4, 2018TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Joseph Christopher Garcia was executed.
USA - Texas. Joseph Christopher Garcia was executed.
- DECEMBER 4, 2018ZimbabweDEATH PENALTY
ZIMBABWE: 3 MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Three men were last week condemned to hang by the High Court after being convicted of murder with actual intent, Newsday reported on 26 November 2018.
- DECEMBER 4, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: 13 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN TWO HEROIN TRAFFICKING CASES
Two separate trials sentenced 13 Vietnamese drug dealers to death on 30 November 2018, making them among the toughest in years.
DECEMBER 4, 2018Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: HAMAS COURT SENTENCES 6 TO DEATH FOR ‘COLLABORATING’ WITH ISRAEL
A Hamas-run military court has sentenced five Palestinians and an Israeli resident to death for “collaborating” with Israel, the Hamas-controlled Interior Ministry announced on 3 December 2018 in a memo on its official website.
- DECEMBER 3, 2018IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: PUBLIC EXECUTION OF A PERSON WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
A prisoner was hanged in public at Iranian city of Taft (Central Iran) on 29 November 2018.
- DECEMBER 3, 2018EgyptDEATH PENALTY
EGYPT: DEATH SENTENCES DROPPED AGAINST 2 CHARGED WITH PLANNING TO KILL ARMY OFFICERS
Egypt’s High Military Appeals Court accepted the petition filed by two defendants charged with membership in a cell that planned the assassination of army officers and politicians and committed other acts of violence and sabotage, middleeastmonitor.com re
- DECEMBER 3, 2018NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: AREGBESOLA PARDONS FOUR DEATH ROW PRISONERS, TWO OTHERS
The immediate past governor of Osun State, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, pardoned four inmates on death row and commuted the sentences of two others on death row to 10 years, in one of his last duties in office, punchng.com reported on 29 November 2018.
- DECEMBER 3, 2018VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: MAN WHO KILLED TWO SAIGON VIGILANTES GETS DEATH SENTENCE
A 24-year-old man who stabbed two Saigon vigilantes to death during a robbery attempt was sentenced to death on 29 November 2018.
- DECEMBER 2, 2018Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Saudi national beheaded in Abha
2 December 2018: Hamed bin Hadi bin Shalaan al-Qahtani executed for murder