2020

USA - Ohio. Joel Drain, 39, White, gets death penalty.

USA - Ohio. Joel Drain, 39, White, gets death penalty.

USA - Missouri. Walter Barton, 64, White, was put to death

USA - Missouri. Walter Barton, 64, White, was put to death

PAKISTAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SEHWAN BLAST

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Karachi sentenced to death on 18 May 2020 two convicts for their involvement in the 2017 Sehwan Sharif bomb blast.

MALAYSIA: FEDERAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE OF TWO MEN FOR MURDER

The Putrajaya Federal Court on 19 May 2020 upheld the death sentence of two men for the murder of an unemployed man in Butterworth, Penang six years ago.

IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on May 19, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 42,800.

IRAN - According to PMOI/MEK, on May 19, 2020, the Coronavirus death toll has exceeded 42,800.

IRAN - The “sultan of cars” Vahid Behzadi and his wife Najva Lashiedai were sentenced to death

IRAN - The “sultan of cars” Vahid Behzadi and his wife Najva Lashiedai were sentenced to death

USA - Pennsylvania. Kareem Johnson will be exonerated from Pennsylvania’s death row

USA - Pennsylvania. Kareem Johnson will be exonerated from Pennsylvania’s death row

IRAN - Arsalan Khodkam, a Kurdish political prisoner, is at risk of execution

IRAN - Arsalan Khodkam, a Kurdish political prisoner, is at risk of execution

ITALY: FROM ‘CRADLE’ TO ‘TOMB’ OF LAW?

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THAILAND: MAN GETS DEATH FOR CADET'S MURDER

The Nakhon Sawan provincial court on 12 May 2020 sentenced the owner of a private military cadet school to death while his wife and mother-in-law were sentenced to life imprisonment for the fatal disciplinary beating of a 15-year-old student.

SINGAPORE: DRUG OFFENDER GETS DEATH SENTENCE VIA REMOTE HEARING

A Malaysian debt collector, who was implicated by two drug couriers as the mastermind behind a heroin transaction, was sentenced to hang in Singapore on 15 May 2020.

IRAN: ISJ LETTER TO MR CHARLES MICHEL, MR DAVID MARIA SASSOLI AND MR DAVID MCALLISTER

IRAN - Concerns Over Fate of Hedayat Abdollahpour, a Kurdish Political Prisoner, 9 days After Disappearance.

IRAN - Concerns Over Fate of Hedayat Abdollahpour, a Kurdish Political Prisoner, 9 days After Disappearance.

VIETNAM: THREE GET DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Three men in central Vietnam – one in Ha Tinh and two in Nghe An – were awarded death sentences on 15 May 2020 for drug trafficking.

SOMALIA: MILITARY COURT SENTENCES TWO GOV’T SOLDIERS TO DEATH

A Military court on 13 May 2020 sentenced two hotel Maa’ida guards to death for killing military commander Mohamed Suleiman Abukar on 19 October 2019 in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu.

GHANA: JUSTICE HONYENUGA CALLS FOR THE REPEAL OF DEATH PENALTY

A nominee to the Supreme Court, Justice Clemence Jackson Honyenuga has called for the scrapping of the death penalty from the country’s statutes.

IRAN - French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah sentenced to six years in prison

IRAN - French-Iranian academic Fariba Adelkhah sentenced to six years in prison

USA - Georgia. Johnny Lee Gates freed after 43 years

USA - Georgia. Johnny Lee Gates freed after 43 years

IRAN - Official Coronavirus deaths: 6,902

IRAN - Official Coronavirus deaths: 6,902

USA - Oregon. Department of Corrections is closing death row

USA - Oregon. Department of Corrections is closing death row

USA - Nebraska. State Supreme Court Orders Release of Lethal-Injection Drug Records.

USA - Nebraska. State Supreme Court Orders Release of Lethal-Injection Drug Records.

IRAN: KURDISH POLITICAL PRISONER SAMAN KARIMI SENTENCED TO DEATH

A Kurdish citizen from Baneh, Saman Karimi, son of Mohammad Saleh, has been sentenced to death and thirteen years in prison by Branch One of the Sanandaj Revolutionary Court, presided over by Judge Saeedi, on charges of "membership in the Democratic Party

IRAN - Amnesty calls on Iran to ‘reveal fate' of Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji, Naser Khafajian, and Hedayat Abdollahpour

IRAN - Amnesty calls on Iran to ‘reveal fate' of Hossein Silawi, Ali Khasraji, Naser Khafajian, and Hedayat Abdollahpour

NIGERIA: TWO TO DIE BY HANGING FOR RITUAL KILLING IN RIVERS

A High Court in Port Harcourt has sentenced a second-year student of Physics department, University of Port Harcourt, Ifeanyi Dike and one Ugochukwu Nwamiro to death by hanging over the murder of an eight-year-old girl, Victory Chikamso Nmezuwuba, Biorepo

UGANDA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR FOUR PEOPLE

The Ugandan Supreme Court has confirmed the death sentence of four people from Kamuli District, who are accused of disarming Police and lynched to death four people suspected of poisoning Paul Kigoli, Pml Daily reported on 12 May 2020.

USA - Texas. Cesar Fierro was released and returned to Mexico.

USA - Texas. Cesar Fierro was released and returned to Mexico.

HANDS OFF CAIN: WITH THE STORY OF CUTOLO, ITALY DEGRADES FROM CRADLE TO GRAVE OF LAW

Sergio D’Elia, Secretary of Hands off Cain-Spes contra Spem, has reassessed the following statement on the story of Raffaele Cutolo, who has been denied Medical furlough because of coronavirus.

UGANDA: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCES FOR 82-YEAR OLD

The Ugandan Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by Clement Wandubire, 82, who was sentenced to death for the murder of three people including two Police Officers and a Civilian old man, Pml Daily reported on 12 May 2020.

IRAN: HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYER SOHEILA HEJAB SENTENCED TO 18 YEARS IN PRISON

According to the report received by Hengaw Organization for Human Rights, Soheyla Hijab, the lawyer and civil activist from Kermanshah, on 18 March 2020 was sentenced to 18 years imprisonment by Tehran revolutionary court presided by judge Maghiseh.

VIETNAM: CHINESE MAN GETS DEATH FOR KILLING VIETNAMESE MOTHER-IN-LAW

A Chinese man was sentenced to death on 12 May 2020 in the southern province of Tay Ninh for murdering his Vietnamese mother-in-law.