The Dubai Court of Appeals upheld the death sentence of Jordanian Nidal Eissa Abdullah, the killer of
two prisoners were hanged in Orumieh Central Prison on drug-related charges. They were identified as:
The Texas Court of Appeals for the 13th District, an intermediate state appellate court, has dismissed all
Three Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) operatives were sentenced to death by a Bengal court.
Isaiah McCoy, 29, Black, a former Delaware death row inmate, was exonerated on January 19, 2017, when Kent County Superior Court Judge Robert B. Young acquitted him at a retrial.
five prisoners were reportedly hanged in Iran in two different cities.
A military court in Cairo sentenced 35 Egyptians to death by hanging and 54 to life in prison on charges of
Three youths were sentenced to death by a fast-track court in Haryana for the gang rape and killing of a
Ricky Gray was executed. Gray, 39, Black, was sentenced to death for the 2006 New Year's Day murders
A 29-year-old Guinean college student was sentenced to death by the High Court in Kuala Lumpur after he was found guilty of trafficking in 3,304.6gm of cocaine.
At least nine prisoners have been hanged in Iran on drug charges in the last days.
President Barack Obama commuted the death sentences of Abelardo Arboleda Ortiz, a federal death row prisoner, and Dwight Loving, a military death row prisoner.
Two political prisoners who could be executed within hours
