The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Supreme Court has sentenced popular singer Amir Hossein Maghsoudloo to death for alleged blasphemy, local media reported on Sunday, January 19. In a significant decision, the court overturned the five-year imprisonment earlier handed down, reopened the case, and sentenced the singer also known as Tataloo to death for blasphemy against … Read more
China has executed two men placed on death row after separate deadly attacks in the same week in November, according to state news agency Xinhua. Fan Weiqiu, 62, was convicted of deliberately driving his SUV into a group of people exercising outside a sports centre in Zhuhai on November 11. The attack killed 35 people … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her dissatisfaction with the court’s decision to grant life imprisonment to the convict in the RG Kar hospital rape-murder case, asserting that if the case had been handled by Kolkata Police, they would have ensured a death penalty.Speaking to the media in Malda on Monday, Mamata revealed that … Read more
The United Nations on Thursday welcomed Zimbabwe’s abolition of the death penalty, and called on other countries to do likewise, or to at least impose a moratorium on capital punishment. Commute to jail time Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Tuesday signed into law an act that will commute to jail time the sentences of about … Read more
Zimbabwe officially abolished the death penalty after President Emmerson Mnangagwa signed into law an act that will commute to jail time the sentences of about 60 prisoners on death row. Murder, treason and terrorism There has been a moratorium on executions in the southern African country since 2005 although courts have continued to hand down … Read more
JAKARTA: France has sent Indonesia an official request for the transfer of a French death row inmate who has spent nearly 20 years in prison, an Indonesian minister told AFP on Saturday (Dec 28). Indonesia has in recent weeks released half a dozen high-profile detainees, including a Filipina mum on death row and the last five … Read more
Michigan City, Indiana — An Indiana man convicted of killing four people including his brother and his sister’s fiancé decades ago was put to death Wednesday, without any independent witness, marking the state’s first execution in 15 years and the 24th in the U.S. this year. Joseph Corcoran, 49, was pronounced dead at 12:44 a.m. … Read more
Texas state representative John Bucy III speaks to reporters on the pending execution of Robert Roberson (Picture credit: AP) AUSTIN: When Robert Roberson‘s execution was abruptly halted in Texas, it was due to a subpoena ordering him to testify over a legal backstop that both Republicans and Democrats say should had saved him long ago: … Read more
“LOSING MY MIND” Around 36,000 people who bought bonds issued by SCB have been identified as victims of the fraud. Lan was ordered to compensate all the victims, according to state media, but no detail was given on how or when it would happen. Huong told AFP she wanted to die after losing US$20,000, her … Read more
SINGAPORE: The Transformative Justice Collective (TJC) – an activist group that campaigns against the death penalty – was handed a third Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act (POFMA) order on Saturday (Oct 5). The correction direction relates to an article published on TJC’s website and posts made on its Facebook, Instagram, TikTok and X pages on … Read more
