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- NOVEMBER 24, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. TOP COURT REJECTS APPEAL AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE FOR SOUTH KOREAN
Japan’s Supreme Court rejected an appeal by a South Korean man sentenced to death for killing two people in 1995 in Aichi and Fukuoka prefectures, a move that will let his death sentence stand.
- NOVEMBER 24, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. SINDH HIGH COURT COMMUTES DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER
a Division Bench of the Sindh high court, Pakistan, set aside the death sentence awarded to Attaullah alias Qasim by an anti- terrorism court in Karachi
NOVEMBER 23, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. SENATE APPROVES RAPE LAW REFORM BILL
Pakistan's Senate overcame opposition from hard-line Muslim lawmakers and amended the rape law to make it easier to prosecute sexual assault cases.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006United Arab EmiratesDEATH PENALTY
UAE. 'STONING' SENTENCE FOR ADULTERY COMMUTED
a woman escaped a sentence of 'death by stoning' after her sentence for adultery was commuted by an appeal court to one-year imprisonment, 40 lashes and deportation.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
Judge Ashley McKathan overrode the unanimous recommendation...
Judge Ashley McKathan overrode the unanimous recommendation of the jury and sentenced Oscar Roy Doster to death by lethal injection.
NOVEMBER 22, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. PROSECUTORS SEEK DEATH PENALTY FOR 7 “VULGAR CD” SELLERS
Tehran’s public prosecutor’s office is seeking the death penalty for seven individuals accused of producing and distributing pornographic CDs which are banned in Islamic Iran.
NOVEMBER 22, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQI COURT HANDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MURDER OF JAPANESE HOSTAGE
an Iraqi court sentenced to death an al-Qaida operative over the 2004 kidnapping and beheading of a Japanese hostage.
NOVEMBER 22, 2006KentuckyDEATH PENALTYKENTUCKY. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS STATE'S LETHAL INJECTION PROCESS
the Kentucky Supreme Court rejected claims by death row inmates that the state's lethal injection process risks wanton and excruciating pain in violation of the ban on cruel and unusal punishments.
NOVEMBER 22, 2006YemenDEATH PENALTYYEMENI COURT SENTENCES ISLAMIST TO DEATH, JAILS 25
a Yemeni court sentenced an Islamist to death and jailed another 25 for up to 11 years for plotting to assassinate officials and carry out attacks in the Gulf Arab country.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA WILL NOT EXECUTE CANADIAN ACCUSED OF TERRORISM
Canada received assurances from Beijing that Huseyin Celil, 37...
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN SAYS DEATH PENALTY AWAITS PRODUCERS OF PORNOGRAPHIC VIDEOS
the prosecutor-general of Iran’s capital Tehran said that death penalty awaits the producers of immoral [pornographic] videos.
- NOVEMBER 21, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
Ali A., 45, and Mohammad A. 37, have been hanged in Amor Prison, in Iran, for murder
Ali A., 45, and Mohammad A. 37, have been hanged in Amor Prison, in Iran, for murder