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NOVEMBER 7, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: HENGFENG BANK EX-CHAIRMAN CAI SENTENCED TO DEATH WITH TWO-YEAR REPRIEVE
A Chinese court sentenced on 6 November 2020 the former chairman of Hengfeng Bank, Cai Guohua, to death with two-year reprieve after convicting him of abuse of power, corruption, embezzlement, receiving bribes and illegal loans, the court said.
NOVEMBER 7, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh 'Temporarily' Released Amid Health Concerns
IRAN - Nasrin Sotoudeh 'Temporarily' Released Amid Health Concerns
NOVEMBER 5, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: NURSE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING AND COOKING DOCTOR WHO BLACKMAILED HER INTO SEX
A nurse in China on 30 October 2020 was sentenced to death for serious theft and intentional homicide.
NOVEMBER 5, 2020SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA: COURT IN PUNTLAND SENTENCES TWO MEN TO DEATH FOR RAPING AND KILLING A GIRL
A court in the semi-autonomous Somalia state of Puntland has sentenced two men to death for the rape and killing of a 14-year old girl, Somali Affairs reported on 4 November 2020.
NOVEMBER 5, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: BUS DRIVER, TWO EMPLOYEES TO DIE FOR KILLING NSU STUDENT
The driver and two other staff of a Hanif Paribahan bus on 1st November 2020 were sentenced to death for killing North South University student Saidur Rahman Payel.
- NOVEMBER 5, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. A Tulare County jury voted in favor of the death penalty for Adrian Ortiz.
USA - California. A Tulare County jury voted in favor of the death penalty for Adrian Ortiz.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2020United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE: SUPREME COURT QUASHES DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG DEALERS; FRESH TRIAL ORDERED
Two men convicted of dealing heroin have had their death sentences overturned by the UAE’s top court, Khaleej Times reported on 4 November 2020.
- NOVEMBER 4, 2020SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE: MAN WHO ESCAPED THE GALLOWS FOR KILLING CNB OFFICER GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
A 61-year-old man on 2 November 2020 was sentenced to the mandatory death penalty in Singapore for trafficking in at least 78.77g of heroin, almost three decades after escaping the hangman’s noose for killing a Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officer.
NOVEMBER 4, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE OVER DOWRY IN BOGRA
A man, who lived with two wives, was sentenced to death on 29 October 2020 after he beat his second wife to death over dowry in Bogra in 2016.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2020BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: CONDEMNED CONVICT HANGED AT KASHIMPUR JAIL FOR MURDER
A condemned convict was hanged on 1st November 2020 night at Kashimpur Central Jail in Gazipur for killing his pregnant wife and two-year-old daughter in 2006.
- NOVEMBER 3, 2020DEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 19-YEAR-OLD PRISONER EXECUTED IN RAJAI SHAHR PRISON
According to semi-official news website Javan Online, a prisoner sentenced to qisas (retribution-in-kind) for murder was executed in recent days in Rajai Shahr Prison, IHR reported on 29 October 2020.
NOVEMBER 3, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Still on the 4 executions carried out in Urmia on 29 October.
IRAN - Still on the 4 executions carried out in Urmia on 29 October.