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JUNE 6, 2006DEATH PENALTYIRAN. 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, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTYTHE PHILIPPINES. LEGISLATURE PASSES LAW ABOLISHING DEATH PENALTY
Philippine legislators have passed a bill to abolish capital punishment, and President Gloria Arroyo is likely to sign it into law, officials said. The proposed law abolishing the "heinous crimes" act of 1994 passed without dissent in the Senate late Tue
JUNE 6, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN. 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, 2006DEATH PENALTYPAKISTAN. LAHORE HIGH COURT STAYS THREE EXECUTIONS AND DISMISSES A FOURTH
a Lahore High Court division bench, Pakistan, stayed for a day the execution of three condemned prisoners, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Abbas and Muhammad Ilyas, scheduled to be executed later in the day, the daily times reported.
- JUNE 5, 2006IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Cook County Judge J.G. Kazmierski Jr. on Monday signed the death warrant for Paul Runge.
Cook County Judge J.G. Kazmierski Jr. on Monday signed the death warrant for Paul Runge.
- JUNE 5, 2006GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. DEPUTY AG DESIGNATE AGAINST DEATH PENALTY
the nominee for the position of deputy Attorney-General and minister for justice, Kwame Osei Prempeh, said he did not subscribe to the death penalty as punishment for those convicted under Ghana’s laws.
- JUNE 5, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COUNCIL OF EUROPE WAITING FOR MOSCOW TO ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY
the Council of Europe is still waiting for Russia to abolish the death penalty, the Council's Commissioner for Human Rights Thomas Hammarberg said.
JUNE 5, 2006NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an Asaba High Court in Nigeria, presided over by Justice Tessy Obiajulu Diai, sentenced 26-year-old trader Henry Ihiaeme to death by hanging for stabbing to death Endurance Odjegba during a scuffle over a bottle of beer on October 28, 2001.
JUNE 5, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTYJAPAN. 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.
JUNE 5, 2006IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. 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 1, 2006DEATH PENALTY
OKLAHOMA, USA. 74-YEAR-OLD MAN EXECUTED FOR 1984 MURDER
74-year-old John Albert Boltz became the oldest person executed in Oklahoma when he was put to death by lethal injection for the 1984 murder of his stepson. Boltz was the second person executed in Oklahoma this year, said Jerry Massie, spokesman for the s
- JUNE 1, 2006OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
John Albert Boltz, 74, was given a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.