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Death Penalty
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7th April 2024 - 20th April 2024
Corruption crackdown
Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in historic corruption case
11 Apr
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Arson
Japanese court sentences man to death for arson attack at anime studio that killed 36
25 Jan
14.3k
39
Last year
2023
9/11
Families of those killed in 9/11 attacks split over plea deal that excludes death penalty
27 Aug 2023
17.4k
43
Pittsburgh
Man who killed 11 Jewish worshippers at a US synagogue in 2018 sentenced to death
2 Aug 2023
16.2k
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Singapore executes a woman for the first time in nearly 20 years
28 Jul 2023
36.2k
72
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US: Oklahoma executes convicted murderer with another set to die in Alabama today
20 Jul 2023
18.1k
40
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Man executed in Singapore for co-ordinating 1kg delivery of cannabis
26 Apr 2023
21.7k
28
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Oklahoma executes man who murdered elderly couple almost 20 years ago
12 Jan 2023
23.4k
13
Robert Fratta
Former Texas police officer who hired hitmen to kill wife is executed
11 Jan 2023
35.7k
8
All time
USA
US court rules 19-year-old daughter cannot witness execution of her father
29 Nov 2022
22.8k
25
FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Iranian protesters have been arrested & killed, but 15,000 aren't sentenced to death
16 Nov 2022
10.4k
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Alabama prison calls off lethal injection after struggling to access inmate's veins
23 Sep 2022
25.7k
20
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Alabama executes man despite objections of victim's family
29 Jul 2022
30.4k
28
Nagaenthran
Singapore executes disabled Malaysian man over drugs conviction
27 Apr 2022
20.6k
19
Singapore
Singapore court dismisses mentally disabled man's death sentence appeal
29 Mar 2022
15.1k
Boston bombings
US Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for man who bombed Boston Marathon
4 Mar 2022
13.8k
Death Row
Japan executes three prisoners for first time since 2019
21 Dec 2021
41.6k
72
America
Convicted murderer executed in Missouri despite pleas for clemency
6 Oct 2021
26.6k
36
Capital Punishment
Virginia becomes 23rd US state to abolish the death penalty
24 Mar 2021
13.5k
23
federal execution
Man executed by the US in Trump’s final days in office despite pleas for clemency
11 Dec 2020
37.4k
66
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US judge halts federal executions hours before resumption
Updated 13 Jul 2020
70.7k
81
United States
Texas resumes executions after months-long shutdown due to Covid-19
9 Jul 2020
33.6k
74
Death Penalty
Missouri executes man whose last words were to maintain his innocence
20 May 2020
58.1k
74
Middle East
Saudi Arabia makes move to abolish death penalty for minors
26 Apr 2020
30.7k
80
Capital Punishment
Man who murdered 19 people at disability care home in Japan is sentenced to death
16 Mar 2020
16.9k
17
I-95 KILLER
Florida to execute serial killer who preyed on older, gay men along US east coast
22 Aug 2019
28.5k
28
Capital Punishment
The US government is to start executions again and five murderers have already been given deathdays
25 Jul 2019
41.7k
98
Trial
US mother asks that ex-husband who murdered their five children be spared death penalty
12 Jun 2019
51.5k
34
Lethal Injection
Alabama had to call off an execution at the last minute after it was unable to lift a court order
12 Apr 2019
19.8k
26
Sharia Law
'A human rights pariah': Brunei implements death by stoning for gay sex and adultery
3 Apr 2019
28.3k
79
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Temporary reprieve for more than 700 death row inmates as California suspends executions
13 Mar 2019
14.6k
25
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Alabama executed a Muslim inmate and refused his request to have an imam in the chamber
8 Feb 2019
47.3k
74
diplomatic tensions
'Hostage politics': Campaigners condemn death penalty for Canadian citizen in China
15 Jan 2019
14.1k
15
tennessee
Death row inmate chooses electric chair over lethal injection, second inmate to do so in last two months
6 Dec 2018
32.0k
46
Texas
Texas executes Mexican man who killed his wife and two young children
15 Nov 2018
16.5k
23
fentanyl
Man executed in Nebraska prison using untested lethal injection
15 Aug 2018
34.8k
64
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UK suspends cooperation with US over fears 'The Beatles' Isis suspects could be executed
27 Jul 2018
28.3k
96
Starbucks
Indonesian cleric sentenced to death over terror attack
22 Jun 2018
14.5k
17
widespread outrage
India approves death penalty for people convicted of raping children under 12
22 Apr 2018
9.8k
4
Death Penalty
Almost 1,000 executions were recorded last year, including beheadings and lethal injections
12 Apr 2018
21.4k
65
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