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- SEPTEMBER 20, 2007BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
TWO PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DOUBLE MURDER CASE
a court in Chuadanga, Bangladesh...
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2007BahamasDEATH PENALTY
BAHAMAS. GOV’T TO LEGISLATE DEATH SENTENCE GUIDELINES
the Government in the Bahamas plans to bring a bill to parliament which would outline sentencing guidelines for murder convicts,
- SEPTEMBER 19, 2007ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA: COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR 2 BANK EMPLOYEES
the Higher People's Court in North China's Hebei Province upheld the death sentence of two bank employees responsible for the country's largest ever bank theft involving 50.95 million yuan, given by a lower court in August.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007TennesseeDEATH PENALTYUSA. TENNESSEE BANS LETHAL INJECTION
a judge in Tennessee has ruled the state's method of executing prisoners by lethal injection is illegal because it is a cruel and unusual punishment.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTY
DEATH PENALTY. PRODI: ITALY LEADING ON MORATORIUM
“Italy is in the lead and has moved in a very strong way to achieve the Universal Moratorium on the death penalty, in full agreement with the EU Portuguese presidency,” Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM: AUSTRALIAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN VIETNAM
a Vietnamese court handed the death penalty to an Australian man it found guilty of trafficking almost one kilogram of heroin.
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA: SOLDIER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Military Court Martial in Bundibugyo district in Uganda sentenced a UPDF soldier to death. Col Eric Mukasa at Karugutu Social Hall found Cpl Geoffrey Apumaku, attached to the 55 Battalion, guilty of killing businessman Paul Emotu, a bodaboda cyclist, on
- SEPTEMBER 18, 2007CubaDEATH PENALTY
CUBA: TALKS WITH EU POSSIBLY INCLUDE DEATH PENALTY
military tribunals that tried serious cases of murder and kidnapping in the last few weeks in Cuba have opted for life sentences or 30-year prison terms instead of the death penalty, which has not been applied in this country in more than four years in a
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. PRODI CALLS ON LAUREATES TO BACK GLOBAL MORATORIUM
Romano Prodi, the Italian Prime Minister, is hoping Nobel Peace Prize winners will
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYDEATH PENALTY. D'ALEMA: WE NEED EU UNITY ON MORATORIUM
according to the Italian Foreign Affairs Minister, Massimo D'Alema, the key for getting
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007ItalyDEATH PENALTYMORATORIUM. BONINO: THEY DON’T LACK NUMBERS, THEY LACK COURAGE
in Brussels, Emma Bonino, the minister for International Trade and European Affairs, expressed “deep concern” over the management of Europe's initiative at the UN against the death penalty by the current Portuguese Presidency of the EU, criticising their
SEPTEMBER 18, 2007South KoreaDEATH PENALTYSOUTH KOREA. CAMPAIGN STARTS TO SCRAP DEATH PENALTY
Religious, human rights and civic groups called in South Korea