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- APRIL 6, 2006FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Broward Circuit Judge Susan Lebow sentenced Gabby Tennis...
Broward Circuit Judge Susan Lebow sentenced Gabby Tennis to death for the stomping murder of 91-year-old Albert Vessella Tennis, 21...
- APRIL 6, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
a Bexar County jury sentenced Ronnie Joe Neal to death after rejecting...
a Bexar County jury sentenced Ronnie Joe Neal to death after rejecting his claim that he suffers mental retardation. The same jury convicted Neal, 35, of capital murder last month.
- APRIL 5, 2006IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. WOMAN GIVEN DEATH SENTENCE FOR BURNING DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
a court in Moga, in the Indian state of Punjab, sentenced to death a woman exactly a month after burning her daughter-in-law to death in a fit of rage.
- APRIL 5, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. COUNCIL OF EUROPE URGES RUSSIA TO ABOLISH CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Council of Europe's envoys urged Russia to fulfill its pledge to abolish the death penalty as it prepared to take over the rotating presidency in the continent's top human rights body.
- APRIL 5, 2006AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. ISLAMIC LEGAL EXPERT DEFENDS DEATH PENALTY FOR APOSTASY
Sher Ali Zarifi, head of religious jurisprudence in Afghanistan’s Science Academy of leading intellectuals, defended the death penalty for Muslims who converted to other religions, as debate continued over the case of a Christian convert who fled to Italy
- APRIL 5, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
THE PHILIPPINES. LAWMAKERS APPROVE ANTI-TERRORISM BILL
Philippine lawmakers approved an anti-terrorism bill after libertarian legislators watered it down by blocking the death penalty as punishment for deadly attacks.
- APRIL 5, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
the Washington County district attorney has agreed to withdraw the death penalty...
the Washington County district attorney has agreed to withdraw the death penalty against a man who has spent decades on death row for a woman's death.
- APRIL 4, 2006IraqDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ. 12 ANSAR AL-ISLAM MEMBERS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a court in Iraq's northern Kurdistan region sentenced to death 12 members of militant group Ansar al-Islam for numerous killings and explosions, an Arbil judiciary official said.
- APRIL 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. FIVE MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced five militants from an Al-Qaeda-linked group to death for a 2002 attack on a prison van which killed a policeman and a prisoner.
- APRIL 4, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WIFE
a Women and Children Repression Prevention Tribunal in Brahmanbaria, Bangladesh, convicted ‘Bulbul of Jhautali’ and sentenced him to death for killing his wife.
- APRIL 4, 2006PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU HAILS PHILIPPINE LEADER'S RESTRAINT ON CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the European Union welcomed Philippine President Gloria Arroyo's decision to commute the sentences of dozens of inmates on death row.
- APRIL 4, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. ABOLISH DEATH PENALTY, CATHOLIC, OTHER RELIGIOUS LEADERS URGE GOVERNMENT
the Pan-Religion Union for the Abolition of the Death Penalty held a press conference in South Korea’s National Assembly building and released a statement calling for an urgent end to capital punishment.