# Death Penalty
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Last month
April 2024
Corruption crackdown
Vietnamese property tycoon sentenced to death in historic corruption case
11 Apr
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This year
2024
Arson
Japanese court sentences man to death for arson attack at anime studio that killed 36
25 Jan
14.3k
39
Last year
2023
9/11
Families of those killed in 9/11 attacks split over plea deal that excludes death penalty
27 Aug 2023
17.4k
43
Pittsburgh
Man who killed 11 Jewish worshippers at a US synagogue in 2018 sentenced to death
2 Aug 2023
16.2k
Death Penalty
US: Oklahoma executes convicted murderer with another set to die in Alabama today
20 Jul 2023
18.1k
40
Death Penalty
Man executed in Singapore for co-ordinating 1kg delivery of cannabis
26 Apr 2023
21.7k
28
Death Penalty
Oklahoma executes man who murdered elderly couple almost 20 years ago
12 Jan 2023
23.4k
13
Robert Fratta
Former Texas police officer who hired hitmen to kill wife is executed
11 Jan 2023
35.7k
8
All time
FACTCHECK
FactCheck: Iranian protesters have been arrested & killed, but 15,000 aren't sentenced to death
16 Nov 2022
10.4k
Death Penalty
Alabama prison calls off lethal injection after struggling to access inmate's veins
23 Sep 2022
25.7k
20
Boston bombings
US Supreme Court reinstates death sentence for man who bombed Boston Marathon
4 Mar 2022
13.8k
federal execution
Man executed by the US in Trump’s final days in office despite pleas for clemency
11 Dec 2020
37.4k
66
Death Penalty
US judge halts federal executions hours before resumption
Updated
13 Jul 2020
70.7k
81
United States
Texas resumes executions after months-long shutdown due to Covid-19
9 Jul 2020
33.6k
74
Death Penalty
Missouri executes man whose last words were to maintain his innocence
20 May 2020
58.1k
74
Capital Punishment
Man who murdered 19 people at disability care home in Japan is sentenced to death
16 Mar 2020
16.9k
17
I-95 KILLER
Florida to execute serial killer who preyed on older, gay men along US east coast
22 Aug 2019
28.5k
28
Capital Punishment
The US government is to start executions again and five murderers have already been given deathdays
25 Jul 2019
41.7k
98
Trial
US mother asks that ex-husband who murdered their five children be spared death penalty
12 Jun 2019
51.5k
34
Lethal Injection
Alabama had to call off an execution at the last minute after it was unable to lift a court order
12 Apr 2019
19.8k
26
Sharia Law
'A human rights pariah': Brunei implements death by stoning for gay sex and adultery
3 Apr 2019
28.3k
79
Death Penalty
Temporary reprieve for more than 700 death row inmates as California suspends executions
13 Mar 2019
14.6k
25
Death Penalty
Alabama executed a Muslim inmate and refused his request to have an imam in the chamber
8 Feb 2019
47.3k
74
diplomatic tensions
'Hostage politics': Campaigners condemn death penalty for Canadian citizen in China
15 Jan 2019
14.1k
15
tennessee
Death row inmate chooses electric chair over lethal injection, second inmate to do so in last two months
6 Dec 2018
32.0k
46
Death Penalty
UK suspends cooperation with US over fears 'The Beatles' Isis suspects could be executed
27 Jul 2018
28.3k
96
widespread outrage
India approves death penalty for people convicted of raping children under 12
22 Apr 2018
9.8k
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