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JUNE 18, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: FORMER PRESIDENT MORSI DIES AFTER FALLING ILL IN COURT
Egypt's first democratically elected president Mohamed Morsi, an Islamist who was ousted after one year of divisive rule, died after falling ill during a court hearing on 17 June 2019, the attorney general said. He was 67.
JUNE 18, 2019Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: TEENAGER ARRESTED AT 13 IS SAVED FROM THE DEATH PENALTY, ACCORDING TO A SOURCE
Murtaja Qureiris, an 18-year-old man who had been sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, was saved from execution and sentenced to 12 years in prison, according to a source familiar with the matter.
JUNE 18, 2019NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: MAN WRONGLY SENTENCED TO DEATH REGAINS FREEDOM AFTER 16 YEARS IN JAIL
Mr. Oyenye Obasi, a 33-year-old man who was convicted at the age of 17 in Ibadan, regained freedom through the prerogative of mercy granted by former Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi at the tail end of his administration.
- JUNE 18, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. ACLU Study: Los Angeles Death Penalty Discriminates Against Defendants of Color and the Poor.
USA - California. ACLU Study: Los Angeles Death Penalty Discriminates Against Defendants of Color and the Poor.
- JUNE 18, 2019United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Federal. Federal judge William Lawrence vacated the federal death sentence of Bruce Carneil Webster
USA - Federal. Federal judge William Lawrence vacated the federal death sentence of Bruce Carneil Webster
JUNE 17, 2019VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM: THREE DRUG TRAFFICKERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
A court in Lang Son Province in northern Vietnam on 13 June 2019 gave death sentences to two men and a woman for smuggling heroin and synthetic drugs.
JUNE 17, 2019GhanaDEATH PENALTYGHANA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER MURDER OF STEPMOTHER HE ACCUSED OF WITCHCRAFT
A 38-year-old man who murdered his stepmother on the accusation of witchcraft in 2010 has been sentenced to death by the Tamale High Court, ghanawebonline reported on 16 June 2019.
JUNE 17, 2019ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: BEIJING KNIFE-ATTACKER SENTENCED TO DEATH
A man who killed one person and wounded 14 more with a knife at a Beijing mall in 2018 has been sentenced to death for “intentional murder,” a local intermediate court ruled on 13 June 2019.
- JUNE 17, 2019DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Poll finds Californians support the death penalty and moratorium on executions.
USA - California. Poll finds Californians support the death penalty and moratorium on executions.
- JUNE 15, 2019IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mohammad Shekaf hanged at Ahvaz’s central prison.
IRAN - Mohammad Shekaf hanged at Ahvaz’s central prison.
- JUNE 14, 2019EgyptDEATH PENALTY
83 EGYPTIANS COULD BE EXECUTED AT ANY TIME
The sentence of Ahmed Saddouma, who was 17 when he was arrested and accused of terror offences and the attempted murder of a federal judge, on 8 June 2019 was reduced from the death sentence to 15 years in prison.
JUNE 14, 2019DEATH PENALTYIRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN KARAJ
According to IHR sources, on the morning of 12 June 2019 three prisoners were executed at Rajai-Shahr prison in the Iranian city of Karaj.