news - 25 March 2025 - BANGLADESH

BANGLADESH: 3 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR GANG RAPE, MURDER OF TEENAGER IN 2022

A Dhaka tribunal has sentenced three individuals to death in connection with the gang rape and murder of a teenage girl in Keraniganj, Dhaka, three years ago.

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news - 25 March 2025 - JAPAN

JAPAN: EXONERATED PRISONER AWARDED $1.4M AFTER 46 YEARS SPENT ON DEATH ROW

A Japanese man wrongly convicted of murder who was the world’s longest-serving death row inmate has been awarded $1.4m in compensation, an official said on March 24, 2025.

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news - 25 March 2025 - Illinois

USA - Illinois. Governor Pritzker signed HB 3762 removing all mentions related to capital punishment from criminal codes.

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USA - Mississippi. Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 196 to expand death penalty

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USA - Oklahoma. House passed HB 1693 on mental competency

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USA - Oklahoma. Senate Judiciary Committee passed SB 601 for a Moratorium

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USA - Idaho. Governor Little signs HB 37 authorizing firing squad as State’s primary execution method

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IRAN: INTERNATIONAL APPEAL TO SAVE BEHROUZ EHSANI AND MEHDI HASSANI

27 January 2025

Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours

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