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- APRIL 10, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - South Carolina. Dylann Roof was given nine consecutive life sentences
USA - South Carolina. Dylann Roof was given nine consecutive life sentences
- APRIL 10, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Candace Beason sentenced Cherie Lash-Rhoades to death
USA - California. Judge Candace Beason sentenced Cherie Lash-Rhoades to death
- APRIL 9, 2017Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka: Reprieve death row, lifers to overcome prisons congestion, says report
To date, there are a total of 1,082 persons on death row, 726 cases remain under appeal, while Life sentence prisoners total 555, with 463 cases under appeal
APRIL 9, 2017Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: THREE PEOPLE EXECUTED FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
Saudi Arabia executed three Pakistani nationals convicted of smuggling heroin, bringing the number of executions in the kingdom to 26 this year.
APRIL 9, 2017IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN: HUNDREDS RALLY IN TEHRAN IN PROTEST AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of families of prisoners on death row, especially women, rallied on the morning in front of parliament, demanding the abolition of the death penalty.
- APRIL 8, 2017SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA: PUNTLAND MILITARY COURT EXECUTES 5 SUSPECTS LINKED TO AL SHABAAB
A military court in Somalia’s semi-autonomous region of Puntland executed five alleged Al Shabaab members in the Gulf of Aden port city of Bossaso, Garowe Online reports.
- APRIL 8, 2017SyriaDEATH PENALTY
IS, “stoning a young man” in al-Mayadin
8 April 2017: the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights learned that the “Islamic State” organization stoned a young man to death in the main street of al-Mayadin
- APRIL 7, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution for Paul Storey
USA - Texas. The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals issued a stay of execution for Paul Storey
- APRIL 6, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ARKANSAS (USA): JUDGE BLOCKS EXECUTION OF JASON MCGEHEE
Judge blocks execution of 1 of 8 inmates set to die in Arkansas arguing that the hasty schedule doesn’t give the governor enough time to consider granting the inmate clemency.
- APRIL 6, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld a federal district court preliminary injunction barring Ohio from executing prisoners
USA - Ohio. The Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has upheld a federal district court preliminary injunction barring Ohio from executing prisoners
APRIL 6, 2017Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYGAZA: THREE MEN HANGED FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
Gaza’s Hamas rulers hanged three men they accused of collaborating with Israel following calls for revenge for the killing of one of their commanders last month, an AFP journalist reported.
APRIL 6, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: THREE TO DIE, ONE TO SPEND LIFE IN PRISON FOR MURDERING STUDENT IN GAZIPUR
A court in Gazipur awarded death sentences to three men and life in prison to a woman for abducting and murdering a university student.