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TEXAS (USA): ARNOLD PRIETO EXECUTED

January 21, 2015: Arnold Prieto, 41, Hispanic, was executed. He was pronounced dead at 6:31 p.m. CST, 20 minutes after a lethal dose of pentobarbital began flowing into his veins. As the injection began, he said he could smell it, then uttered, "Whoa." He immediately began snoring, each snore a bit more quiet. After about 5 snores, he stopped moving. Prieto was sentenced to death in Bexar County in June 1995. Prieto was one of three men convicted in the September 11, 1993 robbery and murder of Rudolfo Rodriguez, 72, his wife, Virginia, 62, and Paula Moran, 90. Prieto was the only one of the three to get the death penalty. Prieto told police that the day of the killing the three had been using cocaine. Prieto becomes the 1st inmate to be put to death this year in Texas, the 519th overall since the state resumed capital punishment on December 7, 1982, the 1st to be put to death since Greg Abbott became governor of the state; Abbot was inaugurated just yesterday, Jan. 20. Prieto becomes the 4th inmate to be put to death this year in the USA and the 1398th overall since the nation resumed executions on January 17, 1977. (Sources: Associated Press & Rick Halperin, 21/01/2015)

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PAKISTAN: COURT GIVES 23 TIMES DEATH PENALTY TO 3 TALIBAN MILITANTS
OHIO (USA): ALL 2015 EXECUTIONS POSTPONED
TEXAS (USA): ROBERT LADD EXECUTED
IRAN: TWO PRISONERS HANGED, ONE OF THEM EXECUTED PUBLICLY FOUR WEEKS AFTER THE ARREST
SAUDI ARABIA: THREE BEHEADINGS ON SAME DAY
GEORGIA (USA): WARREN LEE HILL EXECUTED
INDIA: MUMBAI HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE OF SOLAPUR MAN WHO KILLED SON AND NIECE
SAUDI ARABIA: CHILD RAPIST'S BEHEADING IS FIRST EXECUTION UNDER NEW KING
SYRIA: ISIS PUBLICLY BEHEADED A MAN FOR 'INSULTING ALLAH'
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED IN HAMADAN
IRAN: 19 PRISONERS HANGED IN TWO DAYS
PAKISTAN: SUPERINTENDENT ADIALA JAIL REFUSES TO EXECUTE DEATH ROW CONVICT
EGYPT: 37 DEATH SENTENCES OVERTURNED IN CRITICIZED TRIAL
JAPAN: CABINET OFFICE POLL, 80% OF RESPONDENTS THINK DEATH PENALTY ā€˜PERMISSIBLEā€™
SAUDI ARABIA: 3 SRI LANKANS SENTENCED TO DEATH
KENYA: MAN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDERING COUPLE
PAKISTAN: 95% IN FAVOUR DEATH PENALTY AFTER PESHAWAR MASSACRE
MALAYSIA: SOUTH AFRICAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR METH TRAFFICKING
INDIA: ENGINEER SENTENCED TO DEATH
IRAN: THREE PRISONERS HANGED PUBLICLY
SRI LANKA: RATNAPURA HIGH COURT SENTENCES THREE INDIVIDUALS TO DEATH
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SAUDI ARABIA: CITIZEN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
NETHERLANDS: COURT BLOCKS EXTRADITION TO U.S. OVER TORTURE CONCERNS
SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI HEROIN SMUGGLER BEHEADED IN MECCA
GAZA: DEATH SENTENCE ISSUED FOR MURDER
IRAN: YOUNG MAN HANGED FOR MURDER
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SAUDI ARABIA: THREE MORE BEHEADINGS

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