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The number of people executed in India since independence in 1947 is a matter of dispute; official government statistics claim that only 57 people had been executed since independence. However, available information from other sources indicates that the official government figures are false, and the actual number of executions in India may run ...
Last execution date Name Crime Method C United States Federal Government: 16 January 2021 [68] Dustin John Higgs: aggravated murder: lethal injection: C United States military: 13 April 1961: John A. Bennett: child rape and attempted murder: hanging: D Alabama: 21 November 2024 [69] Carey Dale Grayson: capital murder: Nitrogen hypoxia: A Alaska ...
Capital punishment in India is the highest legal penalty for crimes under the country's main substantive penal legislation, the Indian Penal Code, as well as other laws.. Executions are carried out by hanging as the primary method of execution per Section 354(5) of the Criminal Code of Procedure, 1973 is "Hanging by the neck until dead", and is imposed only in the 'rarest of ca
India rarely executes criminals, carrying out just 30 executions since 1991. [23] India most recently executed 4 perpetrators of a gang rape and murder case in March 2020. [24] Japan sometimes executes criminals, carrying out 130 executions since 1993. Japan most recently executed Tomohiro KatÅ in July 2022. [25]
Francisco (1876) last execution in Brazil (former Empire of Brazil) Sidney Harry Fox (1930) Ronnie Lee Gardner (2010) Micheal Anak Garing (2019) Juan Garza (2001) Nirmal Jibon Ghosh (1934) Gary Gilmore (1977) first post-Gregg execution in Utah and in the United States; Barbara Graham (1955) John Grant (2021) Jimmy Lee Gray (1983) first post ...
The last execution of a state prisoner in Indiana was Dec. 11, 2009, and there are now eight men sentenced to death on state's death row. Joseph E. Corcoran is first in line when Indiana resumes ...
The Texas Supreme Court on Friday said the state could set a new execution date for a man convicted of murdering his toddler on evidence of "shaken baby syndrome," ruling that a legislative ...
People who were ultimately executed by India should be placed in Category:People executed by India. For prisoners of Indian nationality sentenced to death, see Category:Indian prisoners sentenced to death .