German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Turks living in Germany won’t be allowed to vote in a possible referendum on restoring the death penalty in Turkey.
An Ado Ekiti High Court sentenced a Blessing Olumakinde, 47, to death for killing his father, Benson Egunlae, over the man’s estate.
A trader was sentenced to death by the High Court in Muar after he was found guilty of trafficking in cannabis in March last year.
A unanimous Florida Supreme Court has vacated the convictions and death sentences imposed on Ralph Daniel Wright, Jr. for two counts of murder, finding that the evidence was insufficient to convict.
Two prisoners were reportedly hanged at Bandar Abbas Central & Tabriz Prisons on murder charges.
Another four hardcore militants sentenced to death by a military court were executed in the Kohat jail, taking the total number of terrorists hanged there within 48 hours to eight.
A Kogi State High Court sitting in Lokoja sentenced a 15-year-old cattle rearer, Haruna Usman, to death for culpable homicide.
Gaza's militant Islamic Hamas rulers have burned a large stash of seized narcotics and sentenced two dealers to death as part of their campaign against drugs.
A Pune special court sentenced three accused to death sentence in kidnapping, gangrape and murder of software engineer Nayna Pujari.
Two prisoners were reportedly hanged on murder charges in the morning at Mashhad Central Prison.
Four hardcore terrorists were executed for being involved in subversive activities in Pakistan, a statement released by Inter-Services Public Relations ISPR.
More than two dozen Egyptians sentenced to death have been ordered by the court of cassation to be retried.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
