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MARCH 28, 2017BangladeshDEATH PENALTYBANGLADESH: 5 SENTENCED TO DEATH IN JOURNO AFTAB MURDER
A Dhaka court sentenced five people to death in connection with the murder of photojournalist of Daily Ittefaq Aftab Ahmed.
MARCH 28, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTYINDIA: TWO GET CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN KIDNAP-CUM-MURDER CASE
Terming it as the rarest of the rare case, the judge Rajesh Bhardwaj pronounced the judgement and ordered that the accused Monu alias Chander Prakash and Nitu be hanged till death.
MARCH 28, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: SECRET MILITARY COURTS EXTENDED
An expired Pakistani law allowing secret military courts to try civilians on terror charges was extended by the Senate for another two years on March 28, despite stringent criticism from rights groups.
- MARCH 28, 2017TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
USA - Tennessee. Tennessee Supreme Court upholds death penalty.
USA - Tennessee. Tennessee Supreme Court upholds death penalty.
- MARCH 28, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas' Standard for Determining Intellectual Disability in Capital Cases.
USA - Texas. U.S. Supreme Court Overturns Texas' Standard for Determining Intellectual Disability in Capital Cases.
MARCH 28, 2017DEATH PENALTYU.S. SUPREME COURT OVERTURNS TEXAS' ‘OUTLIER’ STANDARD FOR DETERMINING INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN CAPITAL CASES
In the case of Bobby Moore (Moore v. Texas, 15-797) the Court has struck down Texas' standard for evaluating intellectual disability in death penalty cases, calling the state's approach an "outlier" that, "by design and in operation, ... creates an unacce
- MARCH 27, 2017TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Texas Murder Victims' Parents Seek Death Sentence Commutation for Paul Storey
USA - Texas. Texas Murder Victims' Parents Seek Death Sentence Commutation for Paul Storey
MARCH 27, 2017DEATH PENALTYTEXAS (USA): MURDER VICTIMS' PARENTS SEEK DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTATION FOR PAUL STOREY
The parents of a man slain have signed an affidavit calling on the state not to execute one of the killers next month. Glenn and Judy Cherry, whose son Jonas Cherry was killed on Oct. 16, 2006 during a robbery, wrote a letter to state and local authoritie
MARCH 26, 2017IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ: BAGHDAD COURT SENTENCES MAN TO DEATH OVER LINKS TO ISIS HACKING
An Iraqi criminal court has sentenced a man to death on terrorism charges over links to secretive Islamic State (ISIS) hacking programs.
MARCH 25, 2017YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMEN: PRESIDENT SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HOUTHI COURT
A Yemeni court in territory controlled by the armed Houthi movement sentenced the group's enemy in a two-year-old civil war President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and six other top officials in his government to death for "high treason".
- MARCH 24, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Julie O'Kane vacated the death sentence of Derrick McLean because it was not unanimous
USA - Florida. Judge Julie O'Kane vacated the death sentence of Derrick McLean because it was not unanimous
- MARCH 24, 2017FloridaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Judge Bob LeBlanc vacated the death sentence of David Frances because it was not unanimous
USA - Florida. Judge Bob LeBlanc vacated the death sentence of David Frances because it was not unanimous