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- DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTY
LAWSUIT: NEBRASKA VOTE TO RESTORE DEATH PENALTY DOES NOT APPLY TO THOSE PREVIOUSLY SENTENCED TO DEATH
The ACLU of Nebraska, the ACLU Capital Punishment Project, and the law firm O’Melveny & Myers, LLP, have filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state's eleven death-sentenced prisoners seeking to bar Nebraska "from carrying out any executions or taking steps to
- DECEMBER 4, 2017IndiaDEATH PENALTY
MADHYA PRADESH ASSEMBLY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES BILL AWARDING DEATH PENALTY TO RAPISTS OF GIRLS UNDER AGE 12
Madhya Pradesh Assembly unanimously approved the bill awarding a death sentence for convicts of rape and gangrape of children below 12 years of age.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS (USA): NO EXECUTIONS IN HARRIS COUNTY FOR FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS, AND NO DEATH SENTENCES
In 2017, no one will be sentenced to death in Harris County, the “Capital of Capital Punishment”, and, for the first time since 1985, no one sentenced to death in the county will be executed.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Nebraska. Lawsuit: Nebraska Vote to Restore Death Penalty Does Not Apply to Those Previously Sentenced to Death.
USA - Nebraska. Lawsuit: Nebraska Vote to Restore Death Penalty Does Not Apply to Those Previously Sentenced to Death.
DECEMBER 4, 2017JordanDEATH PENALTYJORDAN: 5 SYRIANS CONVICTED IN IS BLAST THAT LED TO JORDAN CLOSURE
Jordan's state security court has convicted five Syrians of helping Islamic State militants carry out a 2016 car bomb attack that led to the closure of the Syrian-Jordanian border.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. No Executions in Harris County for First Time in 30 Years, and no death sentences.
USA - Texas. No Executions in Harris County for First Time in 30 Years, and no death sentences.
DECEMBER 4, 2017PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ESTRANGED LOVER WITH ACID
An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan sentenced a 20-year-old woman to death for killing her 'estranged' lover by throwing acid on him.
- DECEMBER 4, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - Florida. Death Sentence Commuted to Life For William Gregory
USA - Florida. Death Sentence Commuted to Life For William Gregory
- DECEMBER 3, 2017DEATH PENALTY
US EXECUTIONS INCREASE SLIGHTLY IN 2017
A court reprieve that halted the scheduled December lethal injection of a Texas prisoner means 2017 will end with 23 inmates executed in the U.S., a figure that although up slightly from the previous year is 1/2 of what it was a decade ago.
- DECEMBER 3, 2017United StatesDEATH PENALTY
USA - US executions reached 23 in 2017.
USA - US executions reached 23 in 2017.
- DECEMBER 1, 2017BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
Cab driver murderers sentenced to hang
1 December 2017: Chief Justice Mr Maruping Dibotelo has Friday (December 01) sentenced two men accused of the murder of a Deluxe Cabs driver to death by hanging after he declared that he could not established any extenuating circumstances in the matter.
- DECEMBER 1, 2017DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. Judge Stephen Gallon imposed a death sentence on Raymond Alex Barrera
USA - California. Judge Stephen Gallon imposed a death sentence on Raymond Alex Barrera