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- AUGUST 16, 2008Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
SRI LANKA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDERING PREGNANT WOMAN
in Sri Lanka, Panadura Provincial High Court Judge Malanee Gunaratne passed the death sentence on Alankarage Lal Gunawardena, 34, of Ingiriya, for murdering Amarasinghe Arachchige Udaya Kanthi, also 34, a pregnant woman from Ingiriya. She was the daughter
- AUGUST 15, 2008ChadDEATH PENALTY
EXILED FORMER PRESIDENT GETS DEATH SENTENCE IN CHAD
a Chadian criminal court condemned exiled former president Hissene Habre to death in absentia for crimes against humanity, judicial officials said.
- AUGUST 15, 2008BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. KEGANNE SENTENCED TO DEATH
in Botswana, Benson Keganne was sentenced to death by Lobatse High Court Judge David Newman for the murder of a Pitsane woman, Gloria Mahowe, in 2001.
- AUGUST 15, 2008Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: 52 ESCAPE DEATH ROW
fifty-two people in Trinidad & Tobago convicted of murder had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment after Justice Nolan Bereaux at the Port-of-Spain High Court ruled in favour of a Constitutional motion brought by the prisoners, that they be
- AUGUST 15, 2008PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
USA - Pennsylvania. Cletus Rivera has been sentenced to death
USA - Pennsylvania. Cletus Rivera has been sentenced to death
- AUGUST 14, 2008Antigua & BarbudaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE PROPOSED IN ANTIGUA-BARBUDA
the Antiguan Government says it will propose the death penalty for crimes involving weapons, even if the victim is not killed, according to Justice Minister Collin Derrick.
- AUGUST 14, 2008ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: SHANGHAI OFFICIAL GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR BRIBERY
a former land use official in Shanghai, China, was sentenced to death in an investigation into bribe-taking in return for real estate approvals.
- AUGUST 14, 2008IranDEATH PENALTY
MAN HANGED FOR ADULTERY IN SOUTHEAST IRAN
a man was hanged in Zahedan, Iran, on charges of adultery. According to the public relations unit of the main judiciary department of Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the suspect Hasan Sadeqpur was sentenced to death by hanging on charges of adultery followin
- AUGUST 14, 2008KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
KUWAITI SHEIK FACING DEATH, BEGS FOR MERCY FROM ROYAL FAMILY
Sheikh Talal Nasser al-Sabah, the first Kuwaiti royal to be sentenced to death, appealed to his family to be pardoned. Al-Sabah was caught by Kuwaiti police with 10kg (22lb) of cocaine and 165lb of hashish.
- AUGUST 14, 2008ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND: COURT UPHOLDS RACKETEER'S DEATH SENTENCE
the Thai Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of former forestry official Visit Pluengrassamee, convicted of masterminding the January 1996 murder of a teenage vendor in Chiang Mai's Varorot Night Bazaar, whose stepfather had refused to pay protection
- AUGUST 14, 2008TexasDEATH PENALTY
USA - Michael Rodriguez was executed today in Texas
USA - Michael Rodriguez was executed today in Texas
- AUGUST 14, 2008OhioDEATH PENALTY
USA - Ohio. Nearly 23 years after first sentencing Frederick Dickerson to death, a three-judge panel permanently released him from death row today.
USA - Ohio. Nearly 23 years after first sentencing Frederick Dickerson to death, a three-judge panel permanently released him from death row today.