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- DECEMBER 12, 2008TogoDEATH PENALTY
the UN's top human rights official welcomed a decision by Togo to remove the death penalty from its penal code
the UN's top human rights official welcomed a decision by Togo to remove the death penalty from its penal code
- DECEMBER 12, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
JAMAICA: DEATH PENALTY DENIES DUE PROCESS OF LAW- SENATOR MEADOWS
debate on the death penalty continued in the Jamaican Senate with Government Senator, Dennis Meadows, arguing that capital punishment denies due process of law, as it deprives an individual the benefit of new evidence, or new law, that might warrant the r
- DECEMBER 12, 2008MarylandDEATH PENALTY
USA - Maryland. The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment issued a report today calling for the abolition
USA - Maryland. The Maryland Commission on Capital Punishment issued a report today calling for the abolition
- DECEMBER 12, 2008MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
the Rights and People project, an Arabic-language anti-death penalty venture, will start work in early 2009
the Rights and People project, an Arabic-language anti-death penalty venture, will start work in early 2009
- DECEMBER 12, 2008ArizonaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Arizona. Warren Summerlin, whose 1982 case helped define how the death penalty is imposed in the United States, got off death row.
USA - Arizona. Warren Summerlin, whose 1982 case helped define how the death penalty is imposed in the United States, got off death row.
- DECEMBER 12, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. Mariano Rosales Wins New Trial After 23 years on Texas’ death row
USA - Texas. Mariano Rosales Wins New Trial After 23 years on Texas’ death row
DECEMBER 12, 2008Sierra LeoneDEATH PENALTYSIERRA LEONE: SUCCESSFUL APPEAL STRENGTHENS CASE FOR ABOLITION
a court in Sierra Leone overturned treason convictions for 11 men. It is the first successful appeal against a
DECEMBER 12, 2008UzbekistanDEATH PENALTYUZBEKISTAN JOINS INTERNATIONAL PROTOCOL ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Uzbek President Islam Karimov signed the law "The accession by the Republic of Uzbekistan to the
- DECEMBER 11, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
the Patna High Court in India acquitted a convict facing capital punishment of the charges of kidnapping and murdering
the Patna High Court in India acquitted a convict facing capital punishment of the charges of kidnapping and murdering
- DECEMBER 11, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SWINDLER GETS SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE
a Chinese court gave a suspended death sentence to a man accused of swindling investors out of 98m yuan ($14m) through a get-rich-quick clover-growing scheme.
- DECEMBER 11, 2008JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY COULD CHOKE FOREIGN AID TO JAMAICA - JUNIOR MINISTER
junior Minister for Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr Ronald Robinson...
DECEMBER 11, 2008TanzaniaDEATH PENALTYTANZANIA: UKONGA DEATH ROW INMATES ON DAY 6 OF HUNGER STRIKE
it is almost one week since a number of death row inmates at Ukonga Prison in Dar es Salaam,