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- JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTY
IRAN. THREE HANGED FOR MURDER, RAPE
an Iranian man convicted of murder and two others convicted of rape have been hanged in Tehran's Evin prison, the Etemad Melli newspaper reported.
- JUNE 6, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution...
the Lahore High Court rejected an application to stay the execution of Muhammad Asif. Asif was to be executed later in the day in the Gujranwala Central Jail.
- JUNE 6, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SERIAL KILLER MIYAZAKI DECRIES HANGING IN LETTERS TO MAGAZINE EDITOR
Tsutomu Miyazaki, due to be hanged for killing four young girls in 1988 and 1989, proposed that the death penalty be carried out with drugs instead of the scaffold, a magazine editor who received letters from the convict said.
- JUNE 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
when Liu Zhixiang was given a suspended death sentence in April 2006...
when Liu Zhixiang was given a suspended death sentence in April 2006...
- JUNE 6, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN EXECUTED FOR MURDER OF BOSS’ FAMILY
a bank official was executed for killing his boss' family of three after a dispute in Gushi County in China’s Henan Province.
- JUNE 6, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. PROTESTANT CHURCHES BACK DEATH PENALTY
Protestant churches in the Philippines reaffirmed their support for the implementation of capital punishment. The Philippine Council of Evangelical Churches (PCEC) issued a statement maintaining its position of 1999, espousing the value of "retribution"
- JUNE 6, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Cleveland County district judge William Hetherington followed...
Cleveland County district judge William Hetherington followed a jury's recommendation in giving Anthony Castillo Sanchez the death penalty for killing Jewell "Juli" Busken on December 20th, 1996.
- JUNE 6, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
Timothy Titsworth was executed. Titsworth, 34, white...
Timothy Titsworth was executed. Titsworth, 34, white...
- JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTY
a death-row inmate who admitted to killing his 2-year-old daughter...
a death-row inmate who admitted to killing his 2-year-old daughter by setting her on fire will get another chance to avoid execution
- JUNE 6, 2006QatarDEATH PENALTY
QATAR. MEN CONVICTED OF RAPE ESCAPE DEATH PENALTY
three Qataris and an Egyptian escaped a death sentence for raping a Qatari woman and were instead jailed for life. A Qatari criminal court found the four guilty of abducting and raping a 22-year-old woman and abusing another man in November 2005.
- JUNE 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. A COUPLE STONED TO DEATH
Iranian authorities have stoned a man and a woman to death, according to a report that has surfaced in Persian-language websites.
- JUNE 5, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HIGH COURT SAYS ASAHARA CAN BE PUT TO DEATH
the Tokyo High Court rejected a defense motion against the death sentence for Shoko Asahara, the former doomsday cult leader who masterminded a 1995 Tokyo subway gassing that killed 12 people.