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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 8, 2008LebanonDEATH PENALTYLEBANON: HIZBULLAH EXECUTED SENIOR ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF ESPIONAGE
the Kuwaiti daily Al-Siyassa reported that Hizbullah executed one of its senior military officers, Jamal Salah, on charges of maintaining contacts with "hostile elements" in Lebanon and of spying for Walid Jumblatt's Socialist Progressive Party.
- 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, 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 5, 2008IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. SUPREME COURT QUASHES JOURNALIST’S DEATH SENTENCE
Reporters Without Borders welcomed with great relief the ruling by the Tehran Supreme
SEPTEMBER 5, 2008VietnamDEATH PENALTYVIETNAM. 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