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MAY 19, 2021PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: DEATH PENALTY AWARDED TO MURDER CONVICT COMMUTED TO LIFE SENTENCE
The Sindh High Court commuted on 18 May 2021 the death sentence awarded to a murder convict into life imprisonment.
MAY 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ghassem B. executed in Mashhad Prison on May 19
For sex crimes
MAY 19, 2021DEATH PENALTYUSA - Texas. Quintin Jones was executed
without media witnesses
MAY 19, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - A man, only identified as Sajad, executed in Mashhad Prison on May 19
For murder
- MAY 18, 2021North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
KOREA APPEARS TO HAVE EXECUTED TWO MEN FORCIBLY REPATRIATED BY S. KOREA TO N. KOREA IN 2019
Two North Koreans who crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) into South Korea in November of 2019 have reportedly appeared in educational materials published by North Korea’s Ministry of State Security.
MAY 18, 2021UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA: THREE SENTENCED TO 50 YEARS IN JAIL FOR MURDER OF ERITREAN NATIONAL
The High Court in Kampala on 17 May 2021 sentenced three man to 50 years in Jail for the kidnap and killing of an Eritrean businessman.
MAY 18, 2021KenyaDEATH PENALTYKENYA: APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN WHO KILLED A ‘THIEF’ WHO WASN’T A THIEF
A Court of Appeal on 13 May 2021 upheld a High Court’s judgement, which sentenced a middle-aged man to death for taking part in the killing of a man, who had been mistaken for a thief, the Standard reported on 18 May 2021.
MAY 18, 2021DEATH PENALTYUSA - Idaho. Pizzuto's Execution On Hold
Scheduled to be executed June 2, 2021
MAY 17, 2021DEATH PENALTYUSA - South Carolina. Governor signs bill adding firing squad and elettrocution as options for executions
The new law becomes effective on May 17
MAY 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Ahad Yektavatan and Amir Rezaei tortured to death
At Urmia Central Prison on May 17
MAY 17, 2021IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Mehran Narouyi executed in Isfahan Prison on May 17
On drug-related charges
- MAY 16, 2021IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN - Amir Bayati executed in Shiraz Prison on May 16
For murder