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OCTOBER 15, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT CONVICTS 65 INSURGENTS
Iraq's Central Criminal Court has sentenced an al-Qaida member to death and convicted 64 others on charges of belonging to armed groups and other crimes, the US military command said.
- OCTOBER 14, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. PRINCE SAVES FOUR PEOPLE FROM EXECUTION
four Saudis convicted of murder were saved from beheading thanks to the intercession of the governor of Mecca province, the Okaz daily reported.
- OCTOBER 13, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
jurors in Steven Long's capital murder trial unanimously deliberated...
jurors in Steven Long's capital murder trial unanimously deliberated...
- OCTOBER 13, 2006IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
a Will County jury sentenced Brian Nelson, 24...
a Will County jury sentenced Brian Nelson, 24...
OCTOBER 13, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTYSOMALIA. ISLAMISTS CARRY OUT 2ND PUBLIC EXECUTION
islamic radicals carried out their second public execution in less than a month amid fears of increasing extremist violence in Somalia.
OCTOBER 13, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. WOMAN'S DEATH PENALTY SUSPENDED IN HIGH PROFILE CASE
the judiciary has suspended the hanging of Kobra Rahmanpour "while it waits for the husband's family to pardon her," said in an interview her attorney, Abdolsamad Khorramshahi.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. DEATH ROW PRISONER FOUND PREGNANT, TO FACE LIFE SENTENCE INSTEAD
a woman sentenced to death in Vietnam for smuggling heroin and detained in isolation became pregnant and would thus have her sentence commuted to life imprisonment, her lawyer said.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. U.S. CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH
a US citizen who allegedly orchestrated the kidnapping of three Romanian journalists near Baghdad in 2005 was sentenced to death in an Iraqi court, prompting his lawyers to ask a federal judge in Washington to block the US military from transferring him t
- OCTOBER 12, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING WIFE, FRIEND
the Supreme Court turned down an appeal from Katsuhisa Cho, a man who was given the death penalty for killing his wife and a friend in the late 1980s.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA. THREE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
three people were sentenced to death after being found guilty of murder by a court in the Nigerian town of Katsina. Shafi'u Atiku, Saidu Najume and Ali Adamu of Maidabino village were found guilty of murdering Dayyabu Abdu of the same village.
- OCTOBER 12, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. PRESIDENT COMMUTES DEATH PENALTY FOR MAN CONVICTED OF EMBEZZLEMENT
Vietnam's president commuted a death sentence on the former head of a state-run company found guilty of massive embezzlement, officials said.
OCTOBER 12, 2006RwandaDEATH PENALTYRWANDA. RULING PARTY TO VOTE ON ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Rwanda's ruling party will push for a law abolishing the death penalty in the east African state, a senior party official said. Outlawing capital punishment would clear the way for the UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and western countries to