2024

BANGLADESH: 9 TO DIE FOR KILLING JUBO LEAGUE LEADER IN CUMILLA

A Cumilla court on May 12, 2024 sentenced nine people to death for killing Jubo League leader Jamal Uddin alias Bakka Jamal in Chauddagram upazila on the district.

USA - Ohio. Gurpreet Singh, 41, Asian, sentenced to death

IRAN - Naser Atarod executed in Qom on May 14

IRAN - Reza Ghobadi executed in Shiraz on May 14

IRAN - Mohammad Reza Jafari executed in Abhar on May 14

CHINA: FORMER POLITICAL ADVISOR GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE

Sun Yuanliang, a former senior political advisor of northeast China's Liaoning Province, was sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, for bribery on May 9, 2024.

SINGAPORE: SHANMUGAM SAYS STRONG SUPPORT FOR DEATH PENALTY REFLECTED IN SURVEYS

Singapore's Law and Home Affairs Minister K Shanmugam on May 8, 2024 cited local and regional surveys as proof of strong and growing support for using the death penalty on drug traffickers.

SAUDI ARABIA: TWO SYRIAN NATIONALS EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING NARCOTICS

Saudi Arabia on May 11, 2024 executed two Syrians over their alleged involvement in drug smuggling within the Kingdom, as the trafficking of narcotics from Syria continues to plague the region.

IRAN - UN Demands Iran Revoke Death Sentence for Mahmoud Mehrabi

An anti-corruption activist

IRAN - Mohammad Rasoulof Flees Iran After Flogging, Prison Sentence

Award-Winning Filmmaker

IRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 12

Masoud Estaki, Jafar Hosseinzadeh, Majid Rezaie, and Mostafa Ahgh-Mohammadi

IRAN - Amin Jafari executed in Isfahan on May 12

NIGERIA: SENATE PROPOSES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING

Nigeria's Senate on May 9, 2024 proposed significantly toughening penalties for drug trafficking, making the death penalty the new maximum sentence through a law amendment.

IRAN - Saman Jerngideh and Hamed Shahbakhsh executed in Bam on May 11

IRAN - A third man, not identified, executed in Bam on May 11

USA - California. Jury recommends 2 death sentences for Anthony Rogers, 68, Black

USA - Mississippi. A jury sentenced Joseph David Heard, 41, Black, to death

TAIWAN: MAN'S DEATH PENALTY COMMUTED TO LIFE SENTENCE AFTER FOUR RETRIALS

A Kaohsiung man's death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment on May 7, 2024 by the Kaohsiung Branch of the Taiwan High Court, after his case was retried for the fourth time.

INDONESIA: MEDAN COURT SENTENCES THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS TO DEATH

The Medan District Court on May 8, 2024 found three defendants, including a woman dubbed the "drug queen" by local media, guilty of trafficking and sentenced them to death.

IRAN - 4 men executed in Urmia on May 9

Hassan Choopani, Taher Abdolali, Hassan Arabi, and Abdollah Hassanzadeh Yangajeh

USA - Oklahoma. Wade Lay, 63, White, incompetent to be executed

USA - Alabama. Governor sets nitrogen-gas execution for Alan Eugene Miller

Who survived botched 2022 effort

USA - Tennessee. Gov. Lee Signs Legislation That Allows Death Penalty For Child Rape

Ohio - Stanley Fitzpatrick Death Sentence Overturned

Under new law on severe mental illness

INDIA: KARNATAKA COURT AWARDS DEATH PENALTY TO 2 IN HATE CRIME CASE

In a landmark ruling, the District Sessions Court in Vijayapura has delivered a verdict of justice in a harrowing case of honour killing, sentencing two perpetrators to death by hanging, while imposing life imprisonment and hefty fines on others involved,

IRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Kerman on May 8

Fariba Mohammad-Zahi, Abdollah Ozbakzahi, and Khalilollah Brahui

MALAYSIA: APPEALS COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2 TURTLE EGG COLLECTORS

The Court of Appeal in Putrajaya on May 7, 2024 commuted the death sentence imposed on two turtle egg collectors to 12 years imprisonment for causing the death of their colleague who was trying to break up a fight eight years ago.

IRAN - Khan Mohammad Eshaghzehi executed in Semnan on May 8

IRAN - Director Mohammad Rasoulof sentenced to eight years in prison and flogging

On May 8

USA - The Events in the Lives of Women on U.S. Death Row

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