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DECEMBER 9, 2020IndonesiaDEATH PENALTYINDONESIA: EAST ACEH COURT HANDS DOWN DEATH SENTENCE TO DRUG SMUGGLER
The Idi District Court in East Aceh, Aceh, sentenced M. Kasem bin Abdullah, 35, to death on 3 December 2020 after finding him guilty of smuggling 45 kilograms crystal methamphetamine from Malaysia into Indonesia in April 2020.
DECEMBER 9, 2020QatarDEATH PENALTYQATAR: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING ELDERLY PERSON
The Doha Court of Appeal has sentenced two residents to death for killing an elderly man with a knife after tying him with a rope and mutilating his corpse, The Doha Globe reported on 8 December 2020.
DECEMBER 9, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - Kamal Asghari executed at Mahabad Prison on December 9, 2020.
IRAN - Kamal Asghari executed at Mahabad Prison on December 9, 2020.
DECEMBER 9, 2020United StatesDEATH PENALTYUSA - 49,883 inmateshad tested positive, and at least 1,657 prisoners have died from the coronavirus
USA - 49,883 inmateshad tested positive, and at least 1,657 prisoners have died from the coronavirus
- DECEMBER 9, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Clifton Williams ineligible for death penalty because of intellectual disability
USA - Texas. Clifton Williams ineligible for death penalty because of intellectual disability
- DECEMBER 8, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA - California. LA County DA Gascon To Eliminate Cash Bail, Will Re-Sentence Death Penalty Inmates.
USA - California. LA County DA Gascon To Eliminate Cash Bail, Will Re-Sentence Death Penalty Inmates.
- DECEMBER 8, 2020DEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Governor: Lethal injection no longer execution option.
USA - Ohio. Governor: Lethal injection no longer execution option.
DECEMBER 8, 2020PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN: THREE AWARDED DEATH PENALTY FOR RAPING WOMAN
A Gilgit court on 7 December 2020 sentenced three accused to death after they were found guilty on subjecting a woman to sexual abuse in Gilgit Baltistan’s Shigar.
DECEMBER 8, 2020NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: APPEAL COURT UPHOLDS MARYAM SANDA’S DEATH SENTENCE
The Court of Appeal in the Nigerian capital Abuja on 4 December 2020 affirmed the death penalty imposed on Maryam Sanda, a mother of two, who was sentenced to death for the murder of her husband, Bilyaminu Bello, in November 2017.
DECEMBER 8, 2020IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN - The death sentence of the AmadNews Telegram channel director, Ruhollah Zam, has been upheld
IRAN - The death sentence of the AmadNews Telegram channel director, Ruhollah Zam, has been upheld
DECEMBER 7, 2020EgyptDEATH PENALTYEGYPT: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS 57 EXECUTIONS IN OCTOBER AND NOVEMBER
Egyptian authorities executed at least 57 men and women in October and November alone, Amnesty International reported on 2 December 2020.
DECEMBER 7, 2020ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA: MAN WHO KILLED SCHOOLBOYS EXECUTED
Huang Yichuan, the man who killed two 10-year-olds near the gate of an elementary school in Shanghai, was executed on 4 December 2020, the Shanghai Intermediate People's Court announced.