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- NOVEMBER 11, 2008AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHAN MPS SAY DEATH PENALTY REDUCES CRIME
Afghani television reported various MPs claims that capital punishment reduced crime.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: DEATH ROW INMATE, LAWYERS SEEK STATE COMPENSATION
a death row inmate and his two lawyers filed a damages suit against the Japanese state, arguing it is illegal that the Hiroshima Detention House did not allow him to meet the lawyers privately.
- NOVEMBER 11, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
CRIMINAL COURT SENTENCED FOUR TO DEATH
the official spokesman for the Supreme Judicial Council in Iraq said that the Central Criminal Court in al-Karkh sentenced four people to death for perpetrating different crimes.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH: ONE TO GO TO GALLOWS FOR KILLING WIFE IN NOAKHALI
a tribunal in Noakhali, Bangladesh, sentenced a man to death for killing his wife three years ago.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN: FAMILY OF CULT GURU ON DEATH ROW FILES FOR RETRIAL
the family members of death-row inmate Chizuo Matsumoto, former head of the notorious AUM Shinrikyo religious cult, filed a petition for his retrial with the Tokyo District Court in Japan.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAIT: EGYPTIAN HANDED EIGHTH DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHILD RAPE
a Kuwait court handed down two more death sentences to an Egyptian man accused of abducting and raping 17 children, a legal source said. Jihad Al-Saadi, 27, was arrested in July, 2007.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: APPEAL LODGED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE OF JOURNALIST MURDER SUSPECTS
the defenCe committee in the homicide case of the editor-in-chief of Al-Wifaq newspaper, Muhammad Taha Muhammad Ahmad, lodged an appeal to the Sudanese constitutional court to suspend the death penalty against the nine convicts.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER IN SAUDI ARABIA
a man convicted of murder was beheaded by the sword in Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry announced in a statement carried by the official SPA news agency.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. ANOTHER EXECUTION
Iran executed a 27 year old man convicted of murder in a prison in the western city of Shahr-e Kord, the Fars news agency reported
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008IraqDEATH PENALTY
SALAH AL-DIN LOCAL COUNCIL MEMBER, SON SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Salah al-Din Central Court in Iraq sentenced a member of the provincial council and his son to death by hanging after they were found guilty of murder.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008MissouriDEATH PENALTY
USA - Missouri. Brian Dorsey was sentenced to death
USA - Missouri. Brian Dorsey was sentenced to death
- NOVEMBER 9, 2008PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN: TALIBAN EXECUTE WOMAN FOR COMMITTING "ADULTERY"
the Pakistani Taliban executed a married woman after pronouncing her guilty of committing "adultery" in the troubled northwestern Swat valley.