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- AUGUST 9, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA DENIES IMMINENT EXECUTION OF UIGHUR-CANADIAN
China denied a report that it was about to execute a Uighur-Canadian activist it accused of terrorism, saying his trial was not yet over.
- AUGUST 9, 2006MissouriDEATH PENALTY
with the St. Louis prosecutor's support, Circuit Judge David C. Mason...
with the St. Louis prosecutor's support, Circuit Judge David C. Mason signed an order reducing Charles W. Armentrout’s death sentence to life without parole.
AUGUST 9, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. CONVICTED SUNNI MILITANT EXECUTED
a Sunni extremist convicted of killing a Shia political leader ten years ago was executed in in Pakistan's central Punjab province.
AUGUST 9, 2006Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTYPOLAND. PRESIDENTIAL CHANCELLERY WRITES TO COUNCIL OF EUROPE ON DEATH PENALTY
Undersecretary of State at the Presidential Chancellery Andrzej Krawczyk has written to Council of Europe Parliamentary Assembly head Rene van der Linden that President Lech Kaczynski had not presented any initiative of reintroducing the death penalty in
- AUGUST 8, 2006PeruDEATH PENALTY
PERU. PRESIDENT WANTS CHILD RAPIST-KILLERS EXECUTED
Peru's president said he wants to change the constitution to allow the execution of people convicted of raping and killing children.
- AUGUST 8, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DIVIDING HEROIN
Sohrab Hossain, in his early 30’s, was sentenced to death and three female accomplices were awarded life imprisonment by a court in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
- AUGUST 8, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. 19 YEAR OLD SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Fang Lei, 19...
- AUGUST 8, 2006MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
MALAYSIA. TWO MEN CONVICTED ON DRUG CHARGES ESCAPE THE GALLOWS
two men escaped the gallows when Malaysia’s Court of Appeal set aside their conviction and death sentence for trafficking heroin.
- AUGUST 8, 2006KenyaDEATH PENALTY
"When we speak to them (death row prisoners)...
"When we speak to them (death row prisoners)...
- AUGUST 8, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko...
Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko...
AUGUST 8, 2006OhioDEATH PENALTYUSA. OHIO EXECUTES TRIPLE-MURDERER WHO ASKED FOR DEATH
the state of Ohio executed Darrell Ferguson, a triple murderer who stabbed and stomped his elderly victims and later begged his trial judge to be put to death.
- AUGUST 7, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. ACCOUNTANT SENTENCED TO DEATH
Lu Weijin, an accountant in Zhongshan City in south China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to death after being convicted of embezzling 17 million yuan (US$ 2.12 million) in bank deposits.