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DECEMBER 29, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: COURT REINSTATES DEATH SENTENCE FOR RAPE, MURDER OF 10-YEAR-OLD GIRL
The High People's Court in South China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region reheard the case of the rape and murder of a 10-year-old girl, reversing the second trial verdict and sentencing the perpetrator to death.
DECEMBER 29, 2020JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN: NO DEATH PENALTIES CARRIED OUT IN 2020 FOR FIRST TIME IN 9 YEARS
There have been no executions of death row inmates in Japan throughout 2020, making it the first time in nine years where capital punishment was not carried out in the country.
DECEMBER 29, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Ohio. Romell Broom, who survived execution attempt, dies. COVID suspected.
USA - Ohio. Romell Broom, who survived execution attempt, dies. COVID suspected.
DECEMBER 28, 2020TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: FOUR GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING CHADEMA OFFICIAL
Four people charged in Tanzania with the murder of former Chadema Geita regional chairman Alphonce Mawazo were on 24 December 2020 given death sentence after the High Court found them guilty.
DECEMBER 28, 2020KuwaitDEATH PENALTYKUWAIT: EGYPTIAN MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING KUWAITI WOMAN AND HER SAUDI MOTHER
Abd Al Tawab Sayed Youssef, the Egyptian man who was found guilty in Kuwait of murdering a Kuwaiti woman and her Saudi mother in October 2015, has been sentenced to death by hanging, Al Anba daily reported on 27 December 2020.
DECEMBER 28, 2020IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: ASSAM MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR RAPE AND MURDER OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court in Assam on 21 December 2020 sentenced a man to death for the rape and murder of a five-year-old girl. The incident reportedly took place in the Dekorai tea garden area under Sootea police station in Bishwanath district in 2018.
DECEMBER 27, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A woman, Zeinab Khodamoradi, hanged in Sanandaj prison on December 27.
IRAN - A woman, Zeinab Khodamoradi, hanged in Sanandaj prison on December 27.
- DECEMBER 26, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: OSUN MECHANIC TO DIE BY HANGING FOR ARMED ROBBERY
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ilesa on 17 December 2020 sentenced a 29-year-old mechanic, Sola Emorua, to death by hanging for armed robbery.
DECEMBER 26, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - Federal. Stay of Lisa Montgomery’s execution.
USA - Federal. Stay of Lisa Montgomery’s execution.
- DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Mehraban Barahouei and Khodadad Nohatani executed on December 26 at Zahedan Central Prison.
IRAN - Mehraban Barahouei and Khodadad Nohatani executed on December 26 at Zahedan Central Prison.
DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Second death sentence for Shaker Behrouz
IRAN - Second death sentence for Shaker Behrouz
DECEMBER 26, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Abdulhamid Mir-Balouchzehi hanged on December 26 in the Prison of Zahedan.
IRAN - Abdulhamid Mir-Balouchzehi hanged on December 26 in the Prison of Zahedan.