United Kingdom 2002
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News on United Kingdom in 2002
- MARCH 13, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Jamaican Prime Minister P
Jamaican Prime Minister P
- MARCH 12, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Briton Tracy Housel was executed by lethal injection,...
Briton Tracy Housel was executed by lethal injection, prison authorities in Georgia confirmed
- MARCH 12, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Kenny Richey, Jackie Elliot and Krishna Maharaj are...
Kenny Richey, Jackie Elliot and Krishna Maharaj are the three British inmates on death row in the United States
- MARCH 12, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party...
Addressing a meeting of the Parliamentary Labour Party over the prospect of British involvement in US military action against Iraq, UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw emphasised that no decision had been taken on opening a second front in the War on Terror,
- MARCH 11, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Brushing aside pleas for mercy from the British government,...
Brushing aside pleas for mercy from the British government, European Union and prominent opponents of capital punishment, a Georgia pardons board refused to block the execution of a British man [Tracy Housel] sentenced to death for the 1985 murder of a fe
- MARCH 10, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (www
The UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office (www
- MARCH 7, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The mother of a Briton facing execution in America...
The mother of a Briton facing execution in America begged [British Prime Minister] Tony Blair to save him
- MARCH 3, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Briton awaiting execution by lethal injection in...
The Briton awaiting execution by lethal injection in America expressed his remorse for the murder of a woman 17 years ago and his gratitude to Jack Straw, the foreign secretary, and other politicians for their efforts to spare his life
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of...
Saudi Arabia is trying seven foreigners accused of bomb attacks that raised fears of anti-western terror in the kingdom, the interior minister said
- FEBRUARY 27, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the...
UK Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw, intervened in the case of a British murderer on Death Row, Tracy Housel, when he rang the Governor of Georgia and requested a reprieve
- FEBRUARY 26, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Officials in [the US state of ] Georgia are preparing...
Officials in [the US state of ] Georgia are preparing to take the final steps towards executing Briton Tracy Housel
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a British...
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a British newspaper he would agree to allow five British prisoners alleged to have been Taliban or al-Qaeda fighters, to be tried in British courts
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw led condemnation of...
UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw led condemnation of Robert Mugabe after the Zimbabwean president's main rival in the forthcoming election was charged with high treason
- FEBRUARY 25, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Briton on death row will learn today if the US Supreme...
A Briton on death row will learn today if the US Supreme Court will give him a final appeal
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged...
The execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, remains the single most glaring miscarriage of British justice in modern times
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the conviction...
The Criminal Cases Review Commission referred the conviction of Ruth Ellis to the Court of Appeal
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A Highland community council applied for planning permission...
A Highland community council applied for planning permission to erect a 30ft set of gallows to mark the 250th anniversary of the wrongful hanging of James of the Glen
- FEBRUARY 20, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British crack cocaine addict who murdered two war...
A British crack cocaine addict who murdered two war veterans was given 26 life sentences, after his father gave evidence against him
- FEBRUARY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK home secretary David Blunkett stopped the extradition...
UK home secretary David Blunkett stopped the extradition of an Algerian accused of terrorism
- FEBRUARY 13, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary...
A British MP has held talks with UK Foreign Secretary Jack Straw in an attempt to save a British man on Death Row in the US
- FEBRUARY 9, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain,...
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, is expected to have her conviction reduced to manslaughter
- FEBRUARY 6, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor...
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw wrote to the Governor of Georgia [Roy Barnes] urging him to commute the death sentence passed on a British man to imprisonment, [Prime Minister ] Tony Blair disclosed
- FEBRUARY 2, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Children growing up in Yorkshire's violent streets...
Children growing up in Yorkshire's violent streets described feeling frightened, trapped and unsafe
- JANUARY 22, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The UK Government is to ask America to ensure British...
The UK Government is to ask America to ensure British al Qaida suspects held in Cuba will not face the death penalty if tried in the US, Junior Foreign Office Minister Ben Bradshaw told MPs
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty...
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty in America after it emerged he will be accused of further charges
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty...
A British hairdresser could face the death penalty after being charged with drug dealing in the United Arab Emirates
- JANUARY 17, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty...
Shoe bomber Richard Reid is facing the death penalty in America after it emerged he will be accused of further charges
- JANUARY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners...
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba intensified as the United Nations demanded that the detainees' human rights were respected
- JANUARY 16, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners...
The growing diplomatic row over the al-Qaeda prisoners being held in Cuba intensified as the United Nations demanded that the detainees' human rights were respected
- JANUARY 15, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities...
UK Home Secretary Jack Straw warned US authorities not to execute British citizens suspected of fighting for Osama bin Laden