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Iran to investigate judge who ordered stoning execution of 'adulterer'
Iran has opened an investigation into the judge who ordered the stoning execution of a man convicted of adultery , the Iranian Students News Agency (ISNA) reported Wednesday. According to ISNA, an unnamed judicial official said the action was in vi (More) |
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Rwanda senate approves death penalty abolition
The Rwandan senate has approved a bill to abolish the death penalty , according to Wednesday reports by Radio Rwanda. The bill, proposed last year by Rwandan President Paul Kagame [official website; BBC profile] with the support of his party and pa (More) |
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UN rights chief condemns stoning execution of Iranian convicted of adultery
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour Tuesday condemned the recent execution by stoning of an Iranian man convicted of adultery, saying the execution was in violation of international law . As a party to the International Covenant on (More) |
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US Marines court-martial begins in Hamdania Iraqi civilian murder case
The court-martial of US Marine Corps Cpl. Trent D. Thomas for his alleged role in the 2006 kidnapping and murder of an Iraqi civilian in Hamdania [USMC timeline; JURIST news archive] began Monday, with the prosecutor asking jurors to convict Thomas (More) |
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China executes former drug safety commissioner for taking bribes
Zheng Xiaoyu, former commissioner of China's State Food and Drug Administration was executed Tuesday, as the Supreme People's Court denied Zheng's appeal for leniency. The court sanctioned Zheng's execution, saying that Zheng's (More) |
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Ethiopia prosecutors seek death penalty for opposition members
Ethiopian prosecutors Monday sought the death penalty against 38 opposition members convicted in June of treason and inciting violence for their roles in mass anti-government demonstrations , saying that the defendants have not demonstrated remorse (More) |
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Chinese former drug safety official sentenced to death for corruption
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court on Friday convicted former Pharmaceutical Registration Department Director Cao Wenzhuan of corruption and dereliction of duty for receiving approximately $316,000 in bribes from two pharmaceutical c (More) |
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China Supreme Court seeks to unify death penalty standards
The Chinese Supreme Court will standardize guidelines for when provincial level courts should impose the death penalty, court vice-president Zhang Jun said Wednesday. Zhang also outlined the top court's intention to strengthen its precedential (More) |
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Missouri executioner identity confidentiality bill [MO House]
An Act to repeal section 546.720, RSMo, and to enact in lieu thereof one new section relating to administration of the death penalty, with penalty provisions (HB 820), signed into law by Missouri Gov. Matt Blunt, June 30, 2007 . Read the full text of (More) |
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Prosecutors seeking death penalty for former US soldier in Mahmudiya case
Federal prosecutors disclosed Tuesday that they will seek the death penalty if a conviction is secured against former US soldier Steven D. Green , the alleged key player in the Mahmudiya rape-murder case . Green is believed to have masterminded the (More) |
First execution by guillotine in France
On April 25, 1792, highwayman Nicolas-Jacques Pelletier became the first person beheaded by the guillotine in France.
Learn more about the history of the guillotine.
