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- JUNE 26, 2017DEATH PENALTY
ALABAMA (USA): GOVERNOR SIGNS LAW SHORTENING DEATH-PENALTY APPEALS
Alabama Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a statute denominated the "Fair Justice Act," which is designed to shorten the state death-penalty appeals process by requiring direct and post-conviction appeals to proceed simultaneously and provides capital app
- JUNE 26, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal government will not appeal vacated death sentence of Ronell Wilson.
USA - Federal government will not appeal vacated death sentence of Ronell Wilson.
JUNE 25, 2017NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH FOR ROBBERY, RAPE
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a man, Aturoti Adeleke, to death by hanging, for armed robbery and rape.
- JUNE 24, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE COURTS SENTENCES 13 DRUG DEALERS TO DEATH IN FRONT OF THOUSANDS
In a joint court case by the Shanwei Intermediate People's Court and the Lufeng People's Court in China, 13 men and women on trial for drug charges were sentenced to death in front of crowds as big as 10,000.
JUNE 24, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: THIRTEEN CHINESE DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN FRONT OF 10,000 AT PUBLIC STADIUM BEFORE EIGHT ARE WHISKED OFF IN A TRUCK TO BE EXECUTED IMMEDIATELY
Eight were executed straight after the hearing — slammed by human rights activists as barbaric — in the southern city of Shanwei, Guangdong.
JUNE 23, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ORISSA HC COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY TO 35 YEARS OF IMPRISONMENT
Orissa high court provided relief to five persons, who were convicted in rape and murder of a minor girl in Keonjhar, by commuting death penalty of two of the convicts to 35 years of imprisonment and acquitting the remaining three.
- JUNE 22, 2017Myanmar (Burma)DEATH PENALTY
MYANMAR: 'EXORCIST' SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER KILLING TWO TODDLERS AND AN EIGHT-MONTH-OLD BABY
A self-proclaimed sorcerer was sentenced to death for killing three children in an exorcism ritual he believed would banish evil spirits that possessed them.
- JUNE 22, 2017EgyptDEATH PENALTY
UN EXPERTS URGE EGYPT TO HALT EXECUTIONS AFTER 'FLAWED TRIALS'
A group of U.N. human rights experts demanded that Egypt halt the planned executions of six men sentenced to death on the basis of forced confessions.
- JUNE 22, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Judge Joseph Kirby sentenced Terry Froman to death
USA - Ohio. Judge Joseph Kirby sentenced Terry Froman to death
- JUNE 22, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Howard Maltz vacated the death sentences of James Daniel Turner and Norman Blake McKenzie
USA - Florida. Judge Howard Maltz vacated the death sentences of James Daniel Turner and Norman Blake McKenzie
- JUNE 22, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. U.S. District Judge Neil Wake Accepts Sweeping Reforms of Arizona Death Penalty Protocols.
USA - Arizona. U.S. District Judge Neil Wake Accepts Sweeping Reforms of Arizona Death Penalty Protocols.
JUNE 22, 2017ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: 12 NANJING DRUG DEALERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
Eighteen men were on trial in Nanjing for various offences, ranging from trafficking and possession to drug abuse and re-offending.