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- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008SenegalDEATH PENALTY
GAMBIA: SENEGALESE MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Justice Mabel Maame Agyemang of the Banjul High Court in Gambia convicted and sentenced Salifu Nyang, a Senegalese national, to death for murdering his fellow Senegalese national one Alfonse Faye.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINESE ARMY OFFICER EXECUTED FOR SPYING
a Chinese People's Liberation Army (P.L.A) officer was executed after a military court found him guilty of selling classified documents to Taiwan, a Hong Kong newspaper reported
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Michael Conahan says George Banks is too mentally ill to be executed
USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Michael Conahan says George Banks is too mentally ill to be executed
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Texas. In the Hood's case (see Sept 3 and 4), the judge and prosecutor from the man's trial have been ordered to testify under oath about allegations that they were romantically involved during the case.
USA - Texas. In the Hood's case (see Sept 3 and 4), the judge and prosecutor from the man's trial have been ordered to testify under oath about allegations that they were romantically involved during the case.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: TWO SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Mullahs' Regime in Iran sentenced two prisoners, a man and a woman named Mojtaba and Fatemeh, to death, the state-run Khorasan reported.
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2008KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA: NJUE CALLS FOR SCRAPPING OF DEATH PENALTY
Nairobi Archbishop John cardinal Njue called on the Kenyan Parliament to scrap the death penalty.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. SUPREME COURT QUASHES JOURNALIST’S DEATH SENTENCE
Reporters Without Borders welcomed with great relief the ruling by the Tehran Supreme
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. EXPERTS OPPOSE SCRAPPING OF DEATH SENTENCE FOR GRAFT, BRIBERY
a proposal to remove capital punishment for crimes of corruption and taking bribes was strongly opposed
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA: TEACHER GETS DEATH FOR RAPE, MURDER OF STUDENT
disturbed by the recent spate in rape and murder of minors and determined to set a deterrent example, the Indian Supreme Court awarded the death penalty to a teacher, himself a father of three, for raping and murdering a 5th standard girl.
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN: 19 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH
in the most recent death sentence passed on a juvenile in Iran, a 19 year old indentified only by his first name, Hossein, will soon face the gallows for the alleged crime committed when he was 17
- SEPTEMBER 5, 2008DelawareDEATH PENALTY
USA - Delaware. Superior Court Judge M. Jane Brady sentenced Shannon M. Johnson to death
USA - Delaware. Superior Court Judge M. Jane Brady sentenced Shannon M. Johnson to death
- SEPTEMBER 4, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. CAPPATO: REALISATION OF THE UN MORATORIUM URGENT
the European Parliament approved a resolution on the worrying increase in executions in Iran.