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- DECEMBER 6, 2006LibyaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQI COURT SENTENCES LIBYAN TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
an Iraqi court sentenced a Libyan member of al-Qaida in Iraq to death after he admitted taking part in eight attacks on US-led coalition forces and Iraqi targets...
- DECEMBER 5, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN GETS DEATH SENTENCE FOR KILLING 2 WOMEN IN FUKUSHIMA PREF.
the Sendai High Court, Japan, sentenced a 53-year-old man to death for killing a woman and her daughter and stealing some 50,000 yen in cash in Fukushima Prefecture in 2004, scrapping a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by a lower court.
- DECEMBER 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. PARISA AKBARI, ORIGINALLY SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING, "RELEASED"
Parisa Akbari, one of the Iranian women sentenced to death by stoning for "adultery," was released from jail as a free woman after receiving 99 lashes for having sex outside of marriage.
- DECEMBER 4, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine postponed the execution of Percy Walton...
Gov. Timothy M. Kaine postponed the execution of Percy Walton to allow more time to review claims the condemned inmate is mentally retarded and insane.
- DECEMBER 4, 2006DEATH PENALTY
Eugene McWatters, 28, was sentenced to death for the rape and strangling...
Eugene McWatters, 28, was sentenced to death for the rape and strangling...
- DECEMBER 4, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ANHUI FOR SERIAL RAPE
Shi Jidong, a farmer from Dingyuan, a county in east China's Anhui Province, was sentenced to death after being convicted of raping three girls and attempting to rape six more.
- DECEMBER 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS MAN FOR MURDER
an unidentified Iranian man convicted of murder and armed robbery...
- DECEMBER 4, 2006Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO HANG FOR MURDER
Deochan Ganga, 25, a fisherman, and Dinesh Benjamin, 24, a gardener...
- DECEMBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN PUBLICLY HANGS FOUR FOR MURDER
it was reported that Iran publicly hanged four men convicted of murder in the southeastern city of Zahedan and Langerood in northern Gilan province.
- DECEMBER 3, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. SADDAM APPEALS CONTROVERSIAL DEATH SENTENCE
lawyers for Saddam Hussein and two former aides sentenced to death lodged appeals, the Iraqi prosecutor said, following a trial slammed by some rights experts as unfair and fundamentally flawed.
- DECEMBER 2, 2006KyrgyzstanDEATH PENALTY
KYRGYZ JUSTICE MINISTER IN FAVOUR OF ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
“The abolition of the death penalty in Kyrgyzstan is fully in line with the mentality of the Kyrgyz people,” Kyrgyz Justice Minister Marat Kayypov said at a news conference.
- DECEMBER 2, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. SIX SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BRICK KILN MASSACRE
a Session Judge in Biharsharif in India’s Nalanda district...