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OCTOBER 9, 2006ItalyDEATH PENALTYITALIAN GOVERNMENT NOT RESPECTING CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, HANDS OFF CAIN
the government should commit itself to presenting a resolution for a moratorium on executions at the ongoing UN General Assembly, even without unanimous support from the European Union. At a press conference held in Rome, Hands Off Cain appealed to the It
- OCTOBER 7, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. DEATH VERDICT ON ISLAMISTS COMMUTED
Jordan’s top appeals court commuted the death sentence of two convicted Islamists over a millennium bomb plot.
OCTOBER 6, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTYIRAQ. HANGING SADDAM WOULD CAUSE BLOODBATH, FORMER US ATTORNEY GENERAL
former US attorney general Ramsey Clark, a member of Saddam Hussein's defence team, predicted that a bloodbath would follow should an Iraqi court trying the former president have him executed.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EUROPE HAILS THE PHILIPPINES FOR ‘TURNING ITS BACK’ ON DEATH PENALTY
the European Union hailed the Philippine government for “turning its back” on capital punishment and now counts on the latter to urge more countries to do the same, the Philippines’ Department of Foreign Affairs reported.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
in Stuart, a Martin County jury has recommended the death penalty...
in Stuart, a Martin County jury has recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of murdering 3 women who were sexually assaulted and strangled in 2004.
- OCTOBER 5, 2006SomaliaDEATH PENALTY
SOMALIA'S ISLAMISTS ESTABLISH APPEALS COURT
Islamists who control the capital and much of southern Somalia set up an appeals court to rule on the decisions of all clan-based Islamic courts in the capital.
- OCTOBER 4, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. HANGING OF INDIAN MILITANT DEFERRED AFTER MERCY PETITION
the wife of Mohammed Afzal, who has been slapped with a death sentence for a terror attack on the Indian Parliament in 2001, has filed a mercy petition before President APJ Abdul Kalam, news reports said.
- OCTOBER 4, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
the death sentence for David Renteria has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
the death sentence for David Renteria has been overturned by the Court of Criminal Appeals.
OCTOBER 4, 2006MoroccoDEATH PENALTYMOROCCO. CAPITAL PUNISHMENT COULD SOON BE ABOLISHED
a bill that would abolish capital punishment in Morocco is scheduled to be presented to parliament within the few next months, said Bouchra Khiari, deputy of the opposition party Le Front des Forces Démocratiques (FFD).
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. HUSSEIN JUDGES DELAY VERDICT
judges postponed their verdict in Saddam Hussein's trial. The verdict had been expected on October 16 but was delayed until at least the end of the month while judges took extra time to review the evidence and make sure their case was airtight.
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
H. Sh, 22, has been sentenced to death by the Hormozgan Penal Court...
H. Sh, 22, has been sentenced to death by the Hormozgan Penal Court...
- OCTOBER 3, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. TWO HANGINGS SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 16, JAIL AUTHORITIES APPEAL
Jaj Singh and Gurwail Singh, both residents of Bhitewad village near Amritsar, India, were scheduled to hang for murder in Amritsar’s high-security Central Jail on October 16.