Chronological archive
May 2025
The 192 news items published by Hands Off Cain in May 2025, in chronological order.
IRAN - Death sentence for political prisoner Mohammad-Amin Mahdavi Shayesteh upheld
MAY 31, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Trump pardons Larry Hoover, notorious drug kingpins
Even as he escalates U.S. drug war rhetoric
MAY 31, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Patricia Krenwinkel is recommended for parole
A follower of Charles Manson's sect, convicted of 7 murders, she has been detained for 56 years
MAY 30, 2025CaliforniaDEATH PENALTYUSA - California. Judge sentences Adam Slater to death
MAY 29, 2025VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: KOREAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING FATHER WHO DEFENDED DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
A Korean man living in Vietnam has been sentenced to death for brutally murdering his father, who had flown in from South Korea to intervene in a family dispute and support his daughter-in-law.
MAY 29, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SUPREME COURT ACQUITS ISLAMIST LEADER ON DEATH ROW
Bangladesh's top court on May 27, 2025 overturned a conviction against a key leader of the country's main Islamist party, who had been on death row since being sentenced under the regime ousted last year.
MAY 29, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Death sentence of Ronald Lopez Andrade thrown out
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Amin Asadi executed in Isfahan on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: HC COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE IN CHILD MURDER CASE
The Madhya Pradesh High Court has commuted the death sentence of a man convicted of abducting and murdering his six-year-old nephew, instead sentencing him to life imprisonment until his last breath.
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Pedram Madani executed in Karaj on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ehsan Hosseinzehi executed in Khash on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahram Abbaszadeh and Alireza Ahmadi executed in Isfahan on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men, including a juvenile offendere, executed in Karaj on May 28
Amir Hossein Mohammadi, Majid Bahrami, Seyed Abbas Laki Khosrokhani, Hojjat Havasi Geravand, and Afshin Azizi
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Hadi Farhadi executed in Shiraz on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Taleb Ahmadpour executed in Ahvaz on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Shahmoradi and Farhoud Hosseini executed in Kermanshah on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Safar Kamali executed in Qom on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shahriar Aliabadi executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Khodamorad Keifari and Alimorad Ranjbaran executed in Qazvin on May 28
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Taleb Ahmadpour executed in Ahvaz on May 28
MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iman Assadollahi and Abbas Jan Mohammadi also executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 28
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Farhad Hosseini and Shahmoradi… executed in Kermanshah on May 28
- MAY 28, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Shoeib Abdolhagh Mohammadi executed in Taybad on May 28
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
RAN - Amir Ebrahimi and Rahim Amiri executed in Karaj on May 27
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 70th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Amini and Mehdi Moghaddam executed in Qazvin on May 27
MAY 27, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE-MURDER OF STEPSISTER
Rawalpindi Additional District and Sessions Judge Afshan Ijaz Sufi has sentenced a man, Azhar, to two counts of death penalty, seven years in prison, and a fine of Rs400,000 after he was found guilty of raping and brutally murdering his minor stepsister a
MAY 27, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH 17 YEARS AFTER COLLEGE STUDENT MURDER
A court in Bangladesh on May 20, 2025 handed down the death penalty to three individuals over the murder of a college student in Bhairab Upazila of Kishoreganj, 17 years after the killing took place.
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Sajad Piri executed in public on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Farman Kooshki and Yashar Jafari executed in Karaj on May 27
MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Yari and Rahim Amiri executed in Karaj (Central) on May 27
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MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Shirzad Zamani executed in Khorramabad on May 27
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hamed Arjangi executed in Karaj (Central) on May 27
- MAY 27, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Aziz Sedaghat executed in Rasht on May 27
MAY 26, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING TRADER AFTER ABDUCTION IN SIRAJGANJ
A Sirajganj court on March 20, 2025 sentenced six men to death for abducting and murdering vegetable trader Nazmul Islam in 2017.
MAY 26, 2025TaiwanDEATH PENALTYTAIWAN: CEC APPROVES NUCLEAR POWER REFERENDUM, REJECTS DEATH PENALTY VOTE
Taiwan's Central Election Commission (CEC) on May 23, 2025 approved one of two public referendum questions proposed by opposition lawmakers in the Legislature Yuan, but was harshly criticized by the opposition for rejecting the other proposal.
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Zabihollah Sarani executed in Zahedan on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Morad Dalayi-Milan executed in Maku on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hamid Shirzayi executed in Birjand on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Panahi wins Palme d'Or at Cannes
Panahi Returned To Iran
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 women and 4 men executed in Birjand on May 26
None of them has been identified yet
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Akbar Mirzaei and Sanjar Nawabi executed in Kerman on May 26
- MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Reza Abdoli executed in Dezful on May 26
MAY 26, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 5 men executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on May 26
Farman Koushaki, Yashar Jafari, Akbar Ebrahimi + 2 Unk.
- MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mahmoud Shirvani executed in Kahnuj on May 25
MAY 25, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR SECTARIAN MURDER OF TWO RELIGIOUS SCHOLARS IN 2016
An anti-terrorism court on May 15, 2025 sentenced Syed Mohsin Talha, aka Pagal, to death on four counts for the targeted killings of two ulemas — Mufti Ghulam Akbar and Mufti Kamran Hussain.
MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Rezaei and Mobarak Rahmani executed in Qom on May 25
- MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Barzegari and Mohammadreza Zare Moayedi executed in Shiraz on May 25
MAY 25, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - The Rev. Jeff Hood nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
Has witnessed 9 executions
- MAY 25, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rahman Khodakarami executed in Shiraz on May 25
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Homayoun Amjad executed in Zanjan on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Vahid Karimizadeh and Farhad Farahnak executed in Qom on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Tahmas Jahaniyan executed in Nahavand on May 24
- MAY 24, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hessam Farhadi executed in Borujerd on May 24
- MAY 22, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Gov. DeSantis signs expansive capital punishment legislation into law
- MAY 22, 2025United NationsDEATH PENALTY
UNITED NATIONS - Abolition of the death penalty at the United Nations Human Rights Council 58th session
MAY 22, 2025JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: SSC HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE, MULTIPLE PRISON TERMS OVER DEADLY ATTACK ON POLICE PATROL
The State Security Court (SSC) on May 19, 2025 issued a death sentence and multiple prison terms over a 2022 attack that claimed the lives of four security officers and wounded several others.
MAY 22, 2025TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA - Tennessee. Oscar Smith, 75, White, was executed on May 22, 2025
19th execution in the US in 2025
MAY 22, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Oklahoma. Governor Scott ratified SB 599, which allows for the sentencing to death of child sex offenders
It will go into effect on 1 November, but does not actually apply for now.
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rouhollah Gahramani executed in Tabriz on May 21
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Karaj on May 21
Alim Barahouyi, Morteza Arayeshgar and Jahanshah Afshari
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- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN Mohammadreza Beiki Firoozabadi executed on May 21
In unspecified prison, Yazd probably
MAY 21, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ZAHIR JAFFER'S DEATH SENTENCE
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on May 20, 2025 upheld the death penalty of Zahir Zakir Jaffer, a Pakistani-American, who was convicted of murdering 27-year-old Noor Mukadam, daughter of a former diplomat, a lawyer of Mukadam’s father said.
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Three men executed in Birjand on May 21
Naser Dahar, Ghanbar Ghaffari, Nooreddin Mohammadzadeh
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 4 men executed in Isfahan on May 11, 14, and 21
Mohammad Amin Kolsoomi, Jafar Ghorbani, Mohammad Naeim Daneshi and Jaber Shehkaramzehi
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Yasin Hosseinzadeh executed in Tehran on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jahanshah Afshari and Aleem Barahoee executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 21
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Kashani executed in Hamedan on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdolrahim Nazari executed in Zahedan on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Birjand on May 21
Naser Dehar, Qanbar Ghaffari, and Nouraldin Mohammadzadeh
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Saeed Kashani executed in Hamedan on May 21
MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Arman Khanbeigi executed in Isfahan on May 21
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 3 men executed in Zanjan on May 21
Ali Moharami, Kavous Golshan and Mohsen Hesari
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 5 men executed in Yazd on May 21
Mohammadreza Dehghan Dehnouri, Javad Rezaei, Noorveis Achak Zehi, Vali Shahrbabaki, Reza Beig
- MAY 21, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Nader Mostafavi executed in Yasuj on May 21
- MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yousef Esmaeili executed in Bandar Abbas on May 20
- MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Dual Iranian-British national Nasrin Roshan conditionally released on May 20
Arrested for her participation in overseas protests related to the death of Mahsa Amini
MAY 20, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: SUPREME COURT FREES MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN 2013 RAPE-MURDER CASE
The Supreme Court of India has acquitted a man accused of raping and murdering a child in 2013 in Maharashtra’s Thane, citing the probe agency’s “shabby investigation” and the “overzealous” approach of the court that sentenced him, First Post reported on
MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Goran Qaderi executed in Sanandaj on May 20
MAY 20, 2025TexasDEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Matthew Johnson, 49, Black, was executed on May 20
18th execution of the year in the US
MAY 20, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: EX-POLITICAL ADVISER GETS SUSPENDED DEATH PENALTY
Han Yong, a former senior national political adviser, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on May 19, 2025 for accepting bribes, a court in the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region announced.
MAY 20, 2025IndianaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Indiana. Benjamin Ritchie, 45, White, was executed on May 20
- MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Meysam Khazaei executed in Qom on May 20
- MAY 20, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Yaser Jalilian Executed in Kermanshah on May 20
- MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdoljabar Jamalzi executed in Bandar Abbas on May 19
- MAY 19, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: FORMER CHIP BOSS GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE IN CORRUPTION CASE
A Chinese court handed Zhao Weiguo, the former chairman of semiconductor firm Tsinghua Unigroup, a suspended death sentence on May 14, 2025 after he was found guilty of corruption and embezzlement, state broadcaster CCTV reported.
- MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ali-Asghar Alami executed in Damghan on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Narouei and Majid Faramarzi executed in Zahedan on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Conflicting news on Tataloo's case
- MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Markazi province on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Gholibeigi executed in Qom on May 19
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MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Alireza Zarei and Mosib Farhadi executed in Shiraz on May 19
MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdullah Pashan executed in Kahnouj on May 19
- MAY 19, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - A woman, Setareh Taherlou, executed in Damghan on May 19
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hashem Mirzaei executed in Ahvaz on May 18
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mojtaba Mansouri executed in Yazd on May 18
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Armin Bahrami executed in Karaj on May 18
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Sirus Jafari executed in Kermanshah on May 18
MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Asghar Baghbani executed in Nishapur on May 18
- MAY 18, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Sabzevar on May 18
- MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Adnan Labakpour and Reza … executed in Ilam on May 17
MAY 17, 2025ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 3 MEN CONVICTED OF RAPING MINORS EXECUTED
Three sex offenders convicted of sexually assaulting minors were executed in China on May 15, 2025, according to an official statement from the Supreme People's Court (SPC), the country's highest court.
- MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrooz Fathollahi executed in Ilam on May 17
MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammadvali Ahangari executed in Khorramabad on May 17
- MAY 17, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ahmad Bani-Asad executed in Borazjan on May 17
- MAY 15, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
OVER 128,000 AFGHAN REFUGEES REPATRIATED FROM PAKISTAN IN SIX WEEKS, IOM SAYS
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) reports that more than 128,000 Afghan refugees have been repatriated from Pakistan since early April, the majority of whom were forcibly deported.
- MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 8 men, 1 woman executed in Ghezel Hesar on May 15
On charges of membership in ISIS
MAY 15, 2025GambiaDEATH PENALTYGAMBIA: SIERRA LEONEAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BRITISH NATIONAL
Banjul High Court, presided over by Justice Ebrima Jaiteh, on May 12, 2025 sentenced Augustine Bangura, a Sierra Leonean national, to death having found him guilty of killing a British national, Shakina Chinedu.
MAY 15, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Glen Rogers, 62, White, was executed on May 15
MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Dahmordeh executed in Zabol on May 15
450th execution of 2025 in Iran
MAY 15, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Ryan Cole, 33, White, sentenced to death
MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Akbar Ansari executed in Isfahan on May 15
- MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Abdullah ... executed in Zabol on 15 May
MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hafizeh Baluch Zehi executed in Tehran on May 15
17th woman executed in Iran in 2025
MAY 15, 2025UtahDEATH PENALTYUSA - Utah. Supreme Court confirms new trial for Douglas Stewart Carter
- MAY 15, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jafar Ghorbani executed in Isfahan on May 15
- MAY 14, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: 3 GET DEATH PENALTY, 5 LIFE TERM IN TRIPLE MURDER CASE IN MUNSHIGANJ
A Speedy Trial Tribunal in Dhaka on May 8, 2025 awarded death penalty to three accused and life term imprisonment to five others in a triple murder case in Munshiganj.
MAY 14, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR KILLING FRIEND IN FIGHT OVER CAP
A High Court in Kano has sentenced one Adamu Isma’ila Arzai to death by hanging for killing his friend during a fight over a cap, Daily Post reported on May 13, 2025.
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Moshir Osmanzadeh executed in Urmia on May 14
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Reza Miri and Sajjad Moradi executed in Karaj on May 14
- MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hadi Soleimani executed in Shiraz on May 14
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MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Ebrahim Esfandiari executed in Mashhad on May 14
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Gholamabbas Cheraghian executed in Karaj on May 14
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Naeem Danesh executed in Isfahan on May 14
MAY 14, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Shiraz on May 14
Naser Hamidi, Isa Ahmadi, Hadi Soleimani
- MAY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - 68th Week of the “No to Execution Tuesdays” Campaign
- MAY 13, 2025IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ’S JUSTICE MINISTER SAYS PRISONS ARE AT DOUBLE CAPACITY AS AMNESTY LAW TAKES EFFECT
As a general amnesty law takes effect in Iraq, the country’s prisons are facing a crisis of overcrowding, housing more than double their intended capacity, the country’s justice minister said in an interview on May 3, 2025.
MAY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mohammad Reza Sabzi executed in Malayer on May 13
16 at time of crime
- MAY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Behrouz Baharvand executed in Khorramabad on May 13
MAY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahtab Amiri, a woman, executed in Shiraz on May 13
MAY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ebrahim Joghatay Executed in Gonabad on May 13
- MAY 13, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unnamed prisoner executed in Karaj on May 13
MAY 13, 2025DEATH PENALTYUSA - Georgia. Governor Kemp signs HB 123
To Protect People with Intellectual Disability from the Death Penalty
- MAY 12, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTY
ITALY - Oshima "The hanging"
In Perugia, on May 14
MAY 12, 2025IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GET THEM LEGAL ASSISTANCE, SAYS HC ON 3 INDIANS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN INDONESIA
The Delhi high court on May 2, 2025 directed the Indian Consulate in Indonesia to take urgent steps to ensure proper legal representation and assistance for three Indian nationals sentenced to death by an Indonesian court.
MAY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Nasri Zar executed in Karaj on May 12
MAY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 1 woman, 2 men executed in Gorgan on May 12
Mahboobeh Khosrow-Nejad, Firooz (Erfan) Aliyari, Safa Qaradashi
- MAY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Jalil Azizi executed in Arak on May 12
- MAY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Kourosh Jalili executed in Karaj on May 12
MAY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mahmoud Hojatzadeh executed in Isfahan on May 12
427 executions in Iran nel 2025
MAY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 3 men executed in Arak on May 12
Mohammad Abdi, Nemat Pirizali and Jalil Azizi
MAY 12, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali Abolhosseini and Asrar Amani executed in Shiraz on May 12
- MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Javad Haghi executed in Yazd on May 11
MAY 11, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING COUSIN OVER PROPERTY ISSUE
Rawalpindi female additional district and sessions judge (ADSJ) on May 10, 2025 handed down death sentence to a 22-year-old woman for killing her paternal cousin over property and marriage issues.
MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Fereydoun Mohammadi and Mohammad-Ali Miri executed in Zahedan on May 11
MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Iran sentences another political prisoner to death: Ehsan Faridi
- MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unidentified man executed in Miyaneh on May 11
- MAY 11, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Alireza Sedighi executed in Shahroud on May 11
MAY 9, 2025OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Death sentence of Donna Roberts overturned
Not the guilty verdict
- MAY 9, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Governor ratified HB 1693
Amends the process for determining mental competency for execution
MAY 8, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER OF SENIOR LAWYER IN SYLHET
A Sylhet court on May 6, 2025 sentenced three individuals, including the son of the victim, to death for the brutal 2011 murder of veteran lawyer Shamsul Islam Chowdhury. Another accused in the case received a three-year prison sentence.
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MAY 8, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: BRT DRIVER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BAMISE’S MURDER
Justice Sherifat Sonaike of the Lagos State High Court on May 2, 2025 sentenced Bus Rapid Transit driver, Andrew Ominikoron, to death by hanging for the murder of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwola.
MAY 8, 2025South CarolinaDEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Botched firing squad execution
Autopsy suggests shooters did not hit Mikal Mahdi's heart
- MAY 7, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Victims’ Families Remain Divided on Federal Death Penalty
MAY 7, 2025AfghanistanDEATH PENALTYAFGHANISTAN: TALIBAN PUBLICLY FLOG WOMAN AND THREE MEN
The Taliban authorities have publicly flogged a woman and three men in separate incidents in northern and southeastern Afghanistan, according to statements issued on May 4, 2025 by the group’s Supreme Court.
MAY 7, 2025PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING DAUGHTER-IN-LAW OVER COLD CURRY
Sargodha Additional Sessions Judge Muhammad Aslam sentenced a man to death for killing his daughter-in-law over serving cold curry and acquitted.
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Rouhollah Moradiani and Maziar Karimi executed in Karaj on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ali (Arash) Shafiee executed in Shiraz on May 7
MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Jafar Pourassadi executed in Rasht on May 7
MAY 7, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jury recommends death penalty for Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunte
- MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Ashraf Shahbazi executed in Yasuj on May 7
- MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Rasoul Rezayi executed in Yasuj on May 7
- MAY 7, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Maziar Karimi executed in Karaj on May 7
MAY 6, 2025IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: GUJARAT COURT HANDS DOWN 'DOUBLE DEATH SENTENCE' TO MAN FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF 7-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A sessions court in Gujarat on April 25, 2025 sentenced a man, 30, to a double death penalty in the case of raping and strangulating a 7-year-old girl to death in October 2019 in a village in Anand.
- MAY 6, 2025BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: FOUR GET DEATH FOR MURDER OF HAWKER ZUBAIR IN NARAYANGANJ
A Narayanganj court on May 6, 2025 sentenced four individuals to death and two others to life imprisonment in the murder case of hawker Zubair.
MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehdi Khani executed in Arak on May 6
- MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Manouchehr Golabi executed in Bandar Abbas on May 6
MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hassan Saei executed in Tabriz on May 6
- MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Unk executed in Shahroud on May 6
- MAY 6, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Payam Mokhtari executed in Tabriz on May 6
MAY 5, 2025KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: GUJARAT MAN HANGED FOR MURDERING HIS EMPLOYER IN 2019
A 38-year-old resident of Mohammadali Chowk in Kapadvanj (Gujarat), Mustakim Bhathiara, was executed in Kuwait on April 28, 2025 after being convicted in a 2019 murder case.
- MAY 5, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Mohammad Tavakkoli executed in Hamedan on May 5
MAY 4, 2025Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: 100 PEOPLE EXECUTED IN 2025 SO FAR
Saudi Arabia executed two people convicted of terrorism related charges, the interior ministry said on May 3, 2025, bringing the total number of executions carried out this year to at least 100, according to an AFP tally.
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - 7 men executed in Birjand on May 4
Khosrow Sarani, Mahmoud Sarani, Yousef Sorourvash, Alireza Lalouzai, Mousa Shokoohi, Mojtaba Lakzaei, and Ali Nouri
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saber Eliasi (Elyasi) executed in Qazvin on May 4
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Naeb Baluchi executed in Zahedan on May 4
- MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohsen Raeisi executed in Shiraz on May 4
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Saeed Shokoohi executed in Kerman on May 4
MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ammar Validi executed in Ahvaz on May 4
- MAY 4, 2025IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Hassan Mirzaei executed in Zanjan on May 4
MAY 4, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Death Penalty Expansion Bills Await Governor’s Signature
HB 1283/SB 1804, HB 653/SB 776, HB 693/SB 984, HB 903/SB 1604
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- MAY 3, 2025NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: ARMY COURT MARTIAL SENTENCES SOLDIER TO DEATH FOR GIRLFRIEND’S MURDER
A General Court Martial sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced Private Adamu Mohammed to death by hanging for murder, while Private Abubakar Yusuf was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for robbery.
MAY 2, 2025ItalyDEATH PENALTYUSA - Illinois. Former Gov. George Ryan Dies at 91
He cleared death row in 2003
MAY 2, 2025United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Death Row USA Spring 2025
2067 persons on death row as April 1, 2025
- MAY 1, 2025OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Court overturns Nathaniel Jackson’s death sentence
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Karim Farokhvand and Mahmoud Ostad Mamzayi executed in Dezful on May 1
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Hossein Shiravand executed in Khorramabad on May 1
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A Woman Executed in Karaj (Ghezel Hesar) on May 1
Only identified as “Saghar”
- MAY 1, 2025OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Oklahoma. Senate passes new mental competency procedure
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Peyman Farahavar sentenced to death
Gilak dissident poet
MAY 1, 2025IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahmad Darikvand and Hamzeh Alizadeh executed in Khorramabad on May 1
MAY 1, 2025FloridaDEATH PENALTYUSA - Florida. Jeffrey Hutchinson, 62, White, was executed on May 1
15th execution of the year in US