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- JULY 5, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. PM MALIKI SAYS HOPES SADDAM EXECUTED SOON
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said he hoped former President Saddam Hussein, under trial for crimes against humanity, would be executed soon.
- JULY 5, 2006BahrainDEATH PENALTY
BAHRAIN SEEKS DEATH PENALTY FOR THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY, UTILITIES
Parliament has approved the death penalty for jeopardising public safety or damaging public utilities during its initial stages of review of the first anti-terrorism draft law in Bahrain.
- JULY 5, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a man on death row for nearly two decades must be offered...
a man on death row for nearly two decades must be offered a post-trial plea deal that would effectively take the death penalty off the table, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
- JULY 5, 2006New JerseyDEATH PENALTY
in a 4-3 ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court vacated Anthony DiFrisco's death sentence...
in a 4-3 ruling, the New Jersey Supreme Court vacated Anthony DiFrisco's death sentence and sent the case back to trial court so he can be sentenced to life in prison.
- JULY 4, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. COURT UPHOLDS EIGHT DEATH SENTENCES FOR HEROIN SMUGGLING
a Vietnamese court upheld the death sentences of eight people, including two women, for trafficking heroin from neighbouring Laos and Cambodia, a court official said.
- JULY 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. THREE PEOPLE HANGED IN GUJRANWALA CENTRAL JAIL
brothers Ilyas and Ghulam Abbas and their cousin Asif were hanged till death at Gujranwala central jail, Pakistan, for the murder of five people.
- JULY 4, 2006IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. GOVERNMENT REFUSES EU REQUEST TO CANCEL DEATH PENALTY
Indonesia refused the demand of the ambassadors of the European Union to revoke the country's death penalty.
- JULY 4, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN SENTENCED TO 10 TIMES EXECUTION
a court in southern Iran has sentenced a man to ten times execution, the official news agency reported.
- JULY 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Sialkot Additional District and Sessions Court, Pakistan, sentenced five men to death...
- JULY 4, 2006UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. PARLIAMENT CONSIDERS DEATH PENALTY FOR KNOWINGLY INFECTING MINORS WITH HIV
the parliament of Uganda was considering a bill that could impose the death penalty for people with HIV/AIDS who knowingly infected those under the age of 18.
- JULY 3, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. ANESTHESIOLOGISTS ASKED NOT TO HELP EXECUTE DEATH SENTENCES
the American Society of Anesthesiologists called on its members not to attend executions of death sentences by lethal injection, even if called to do so by a court.
- JULY 3, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. US SOLDIER CHARGED WITH RAPE AND MURDER TO FACE DEATH PENALTY IF CONVICTED
a former US soldier was arrested and charged with killing four Iraqi civilians and raping one of the female victims, US officials said.