14 February 2019 :
SB 1314, which would eliminate several aggravating circumstances whose broad application has led to constitutional challenges to the state's capital punishment statute, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee by a vote of 7-0.
The Shubra El Kheima Criminal Court has sentenced the defendant in the killing of Mirna Gamal Abdel Tawab—widely known in the media as the “Khosous Girl” - to death by hanging, The Gulf reported on April 26, 2026.
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A Chinese man convicted of murder was executed on April 28, 2026 in southwestern Yunnan Province, following a retrial that overturned his original death sentence with two-year reprieve, court authorities said.
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