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INDIA: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BURNING WOMAN ALIVE AFTER RAPE ATTEMPT IN MATHURA 09 May 2026 Mathura district court on May 5, 2026 sentenced a 28-year-old man from Haryana to death for attempting to rape his sister's relative and killing her by setting her on fire after she resisted, officials said.  Read everything

USA - Arizona. Anthony Milan Ross sentenced to death

09 May 2026

For killing ex-wife, kids on Christmas in 2017

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USA - Texas (Italy). Updates on the Gilley case

09 May 2026

Flew to Italy in the hope of avoiding the death penalty

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IRAN - Shahab Azimi Hanged in Ardabil on May 6

09 May 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Iran Executions Made Faster by New Law

08 May 2026  Read everything

USA - Florida. Further DNA Review in Case of James Duckett

08 May 2026

Was to be executed on March 31

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IRAN - Behnam Abdi and Sajjad Hosseini executed in Qazvin

08 May 2026  Read everything

IRAN - No news of the civil activist Leila Jafarlo.

08 May 2026  Read everything

CHINA GIVES SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCES TO 2 FORMER DEFENSE MINISTERS ACCUSED OF BRIBERY

07 May 2026

A Chinese military court gave suspended death sentences on May 7, 2026 to two former defense ministers who were accused of bribery, according to the official Xinhua News Agency

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IRAN - Mehrab Abdollahzadeh executed in Urmia on May 3

07 May 2026

Arrested during Woman, Life, Freedom protests

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IRAN - Mohammad Taqi Shahveisi and Siros Ramazani executed in Kermanshah on May 6

07 May 2026  Read everything

USA - Texas. Tanner Horner sentenced to death

06 May 2026  Read everything

IRAN - Masoud Shirzad executed in Isfahan on May 4

06 May 2026  Read everything
 
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URGENT APPEAL BY HANDS OFF CAIN TO AVOID THE ERASING EVIDENCE OF 1980S EXECUTIONS BY DESTROYING BEHESHT-E-ZAHRA SECTION 41 IN IRAN

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