2021

USA - California. Scott Peterson will be sentenced to LWOP in November

USA - In the Extreme: Women Serving Life Without Parole and Death Sentences

A report by the Alice Project

CHINA: MAN WHO KILLED HIS PREGNANT WIFE SENTENCED TO DEATH

Yan Haojie, the man who killed his pregnant wife after she refused to help him repay his gambling debts, has been sentenced to death, the Shanghai No.1 Intermediate People's Court announced on 30 July 2021.

SAUDI ARABIA: EGYPTIAN EXECUTED FOR KILLING WOMAN, BURNING HER BODY

An Egyptian man was executed on 15 September 2021 in Saudi Arabia for killing a woman and burning her body in Medina.

IRAN - Shahin Naseri Dies in Custody Under Suspicious Circumstances

Witness to Navid Afkari’s Torture

IRAN - Mostafa Shafiei executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 22

For murder

IRAN - Abed Khodaverdi and Arshad Jodat executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21

For drugs

IRAN - Arshad Javdat Rabat (Javdatian) executed in Zanjan Prison on September 21

For drugs

YEMEN: HOUTHIS EXECUTE NINE MEN FOR INVOLVEMENT IN SAMAD DEATH

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement said on 18 September 2021 that authorities had executed nine men who were convicted of involvement in the 2018 killing of Saleh al-Samad, then the armed group's top civilian leader.

USA - Texas. Albert James Turner sentenced to life in prison

After retrial for double homicide

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDERING TEENAGERS

A Tobago man on 28 July 2021 was sentenced to hang for the 2009 double murder of two teenage boys whose bodies were found close to each other at French Fort, Scarborough.

IRAN - Unidentified Afghan man executed in Taybad Prison on September 20

At least 75 executed on drug-related charges in Iran in 2021

USA - Appeals Panel Overturns Army Judge’s Ruling on Torture

At the Guantánamo war cour

INDONESIAN REPATRIATED AFTER MALAYSIAN COURT OVERTURNS DEATH PENALTY

Indonesian Consul General in Kuching Yonny Tri Prayitno on 8 September 2021 confirmed the consulate offered legal and repatriation assistance to Indonesian Ical Samerin, 36, whose death penalty verdict was overturned in Malaysia.

EGYPT: COURT SENTENCES HISHAM ASHMAWY’S TOP AIDE, TWO OTHERS TO DEATH

An Egyptian court on 27 July 2021 sentenced three persons to death, including the senior aide of Hisham Al-Ashmawy who was executed last year, after finding them guilty of terrorism charges.

MALAYSIA: NIGERIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING NURSE

A Nigerian, Alowonle Oluwajuwon Gilbert, was sentenced to death on 4 August 2021 in Malaysia over the death of a nurse.

SOUTH SUDAN: 42 KILLED IN EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS

The United Nations on 26 July 2021 demanded an end to extrajudicial killings in South Sudan after the execution of at least 42 people, including boys, in lawless parts of the country.

CHINA: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SERIES OF KILLINGS

A woman was sentenced to death on 9 September 2021 by a court in east China for a series of murders, robbery and kidnappings which caused seven deaths and shocked the nation.

USA - Nevada. Samuel Howard ruled ineligible for execution

On death row for 38 years

USA - Texas. Another Execution Delayed After Claiming Violation Of Religious Freedom

Ruben Gutierrez

EGYPT: 24 MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER ATTACKING POLICE

A Beheira criminal court on 29 July 2021 sentenced 24 Muslim Brotherhood members to death for the killing of police officers in two separate cases, a judicial source said.

SOMALIA: AL-SHABAAB EXECUTE MAN FOR BLASPHEMY

Al-Shabaab militant group has executed an 83-year-old man accused of blasphemy in in central Somalia, the militant court confirmed on 5 August 2021.

IRAN - 5 Men Executed in Rajai Shahr Prison on September 15

Unidentified

IRAN - Farshid Rakhshanirad Executed in Birjand on September 15

For drug-related charges

BANGLADESH: SC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY OF 3 CONVICTS TO LIFE-TERM IMPRISONMENT

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh on 18 August 2021 upheld death sentence of an adult man and commuted three other youths’ death sentence to life-term imprisonment finding them guilty of raping and killing a girl.

USA - Utah. Four Prosecutors Urge Legislature to Repeal Death Penalty

EGYPT: FOUR PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2013 POLICE STATION ATTACK

A Minya Criminal court on 13 September 2021 sentenced four people to death by hanging and 22 others to life in prison for raiding and torching a police station, which resulted in the death of two policemen.

UAE: DRUG ADDICT, WHO STABBED FATHER 36 TIMES, GETS DEATH SENTENCE

An Emirati drug addict in Al Ain has been sentenced to death for killing his father after the victim allegedly refused to give him money to buy drugs, Khaleej Times reported on 13 September 2021.

IRAN - A man named Jafar was recently executed in Rajai Shahr Prison

AKA Gohardasht Central Prison, in Gohardasht, near Karaj

JAPAN: GANG BOSS SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER GROUP MEMBERS ATTACKED CIVILIANS

A district court in Japan on 24 August 2021 sentenced the head of a gangster organization to death after its members killed one civilian and injured three others.