United States 2001
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
News on United States in 2001
- JUNE 27, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- JUNE 25, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Europe's leading human rights institution threatened...
Europe's leading human rights institution threatened to revoke observer status from the United States and Japan unless they stop all executions "without delay" and move to repeal the death penalty
- JUNE 21, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
At the first World Congress Against the Death Penalty,...
At the first World Congress Against the Death Penalty, Walter Schwimmer, the secretary-general of the Council of Europe, denounced the United States' use of capital punishment
- JUNE 11, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
President Bush said: "the death penalty should never...
President Bush said: "the death penalty should never be applied to any individual who is metally retarded"
- JUNE 7, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Justice Department has released a study five days...
The Justice Department has released a study five days before the first federal execution in 37 years claiming that there is no racial bias in federal capital prosecutions
- JUNE 6, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 14, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
EP Glyn FORD, of the Party of European Socialists called...
EP Glyn FORD, of the Party of European Socialists called for the death sentence on Timothy McVeigh to be commuted to life imprisonment
- MAY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
In line with established EU practice, the Swedish Presidency...
In line with established EU practice, the Swedish Presidency of the European Union on May 10, 2001 made a demarche to the U
- MAY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
An article in the New York times stated that support...
An article in the New York times stated that support for capital punishment in the United State's was dropping
- MAY 10, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The human rights group Amnesty International asked...
The human rights group Amnesty International asked President Bush to commute Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh's death sentence
- MAY 8, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Former Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh, who...
Former Assistant Secretary of State Harold Koh, who led two U
- MAY 8, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The 75 year old writer Gore Vidal was one of three...
The 75 year old writer Gore Vidal was one of three people chosen by MCVeigh to be a witness to his final moments in the death chamber of Terre Haute in Indiana
- MAY 5, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
An ABC News Poll found that 51% of Americans support...
An ABC News Poll found that 51% of Americans support a nationwide moratorium on executions while a commission studies whether the death penalty is applied fairly
- MAY 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A nationwide poll released earlier this month by USA...
A nationwide poll released earlier this month by USA Today shows that general support for the death penalty has fallen to 59%
- APRIL 30, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Sister Helen Prejean, an activist for the abolition...
Sister Helen Prejean, an activist for the abolition of the death penalty and writer of the book which inspired the film 'Dead Man Walking', declared herself in favour of a live television broadcast of the McVeigh execution so that all would be able to see
- APRIL 29, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Vice President Dick Cheney said that Oklahoma City...
Vice President Dick Cheney said that Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh deserved to be executed, dismissing a papal plea to spare the life of the man responsible for the worst act of domestic terrorism in U
- APRIL 28, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Pope John Paul II has asked President Bush to spare...
Pope John Paul II has asked President Bush to spare the life of Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh, who is scheduled to be executed on May 16
- APRIL 26, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Reuters/Zogby poll found that 75 % of respondents...
A Reuters/Zogby poll found that 75 % of respondents favoured the death penalty, while 22 % said they were against executions in all circumstances
- APRIL 25, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights during...
Speaking at the UN Commission on Human Rights during the vote on the resolution on the death penalty, a representative of the United States said his delegation would not support the resolution as drafted
- APRIL 24, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International Report Finds Increase in Death...
Amnesty International Report Finds Increase in Death Penalty "Volunteers" A new report about volunteers and the death penalty by Amnesty International, "The Illusion of Control," found that since the death penalty was reinstated, 89 of the 707 executions
- APRIL 19, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
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Judge John Tinder of U
- APRIL 19, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said the Chinese...
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue said the Chinese Foreign Ministry demanded that the United States repatriate Zhang Honggbao the leader of Zhong Gong a spiritual sect that has been banned in China, where he is accused of violent crimes and could f
- APRIL 18, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A federal judge late rejected an Internet company's...
A federal judge late rejected an Internet company's request to broadcast over the Web the execution of convicted Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh
- APRIL 6, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Actress Susan Sarandon, star of the film 'Dead Man...
Actress Susan Sarandon, star of the film 'Dead Man Walking' declared the death penalty "expensive, arbitrary and capricious
- APRIL 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
International Views: Use of the Death Penalty Could...
International Views: Use of the Death Penalty Could Result in Withdrawal of U
- MARCH 25, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A national poll recently conducted by Peter D
A national poll recently conducted by Peter D
- MARCH 7, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
With cases mounting in the United States of innocent...
With cases mounting in the United States of innocent people sentenced to death, a group of U
- MARCH 6, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
During the first meeting between the new US administration...
During the first meeting between the new US administration and the representatives of the European Union, EU Council President Anna Lindh, High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and External Relations Commissioner Chris P
- MARCH 4, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The Rutherford Institute Urges President Bush to Declare...
The Rutherford Institute Urges President Bush to Declare a Death Penalty Moratorium In a letter to President Bush, John W
- FEBRUARY 15, 2001United StatesDEATH PENALTY
Religious leaders in the South and around the nation...
Religious leaders in the South and around the nation are speaking out against capital punishment more loudly than ever, emboldened by a shift in public opinion and cases of innocence on death row