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Georgia executes inmate; supporters claim injusticeGREG BLUESTEIN AP 09/21/2011 | White supremacist executed for Texas draggingMICHAEL GRACZYK AP 09/21/2011 |
 Defiant until the end, Troy Davis was executed Wednesday night for the murder of an off-duty police officer. He convinced hundreds of thousands of people around the world, but not a single court, that he was innocent. |  White supremacist gang member Lawrence Russell Brewer was executed Wednesday evening for the infamous dragging death slaying of James Byrd Jr., a black man from East Texas. |
Texas executes Mexican after court stay rejectedMICHAEL GRACZYK AP 07/07/2011 | Obama tries to stop execution in Texas of Mexican killer The Guardian 07/05/2011 |
 Texas executed a Mexican citizen Thursday for the rape-slaying of a teenager after he and the White House pleaded in vain for a Supreme Court stay, saying he was denied help from his home country that could have helped him avoid the death penalty. |  President Barack Obama is attempting to block the execution in Texas on Thursday of a Mexican man because it would breach an international convention and do "irreparable harm" to US interests. |
Mubarak faces possible execution, Egyptian official saysNima Elbagir and Mohamed Fadel Fahmy CNN 05/04/2011 | Iran hangs man convicted of spying for IsraelNASSER KARIMI My Way News 12/28/2010 |
 Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak could be executed if he is convicted of ordering the killing of protesters, Egypt's justice minister says. |  Iran on Tuesday hanged an Iranian convicted of spying for the country's archenemy Israel, the official IRNA news agency reported. |
Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan 'for blasphemy' Telegraph 11/09/2010 | Iran to execute nine dissidents ahead of Feb 11 anniversary Telegraph 02/02/2010 |
 A Christian woman has been sentenced to hang in Pakistan after being convicted of defaming the Prophet Mohammed. |  Iran will execute nine dissidents "soon", an official said on Tuesday, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad stepped up a campaign to crush the country's opposition movement. |
Iran top judge rejects "political" hanging pressure Reuters 02/01/2010 | Iran executes two dissidents and sentences to death nine moreAdrian Blomfield Telegraph 01/28/2010 |
 TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's top judge said on Monday he would not succumb to political pressure from hardliners to carry out more executions against anti-government protesters, saying any such decision would be based on the law. |  Iran delivered a chilling message of intent to the country's reform movement yesterday when it hanged two men accused of participating in protests following last year's disputed presidential election and sentenced to death nine more. |
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