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- APRIL 4, 2006PakistanDEATH PENALTY
PAKISTAN. LOCAL LASHKAR-E-JHANGVI LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
an anti-terrorism court in eastern Punjab province, Pakistan, sentenced to death Naveed Akhtar, local leader of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi group, after finding him guilty of killing a Shia leader and his son.
- APRIL 4, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. EUROPE SLAMS RULING FOR MOUSSAOUI'S EXECUTION
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. EUROPE SLAMS RULING FOR MOUSSAOUI'S EXECUTION April 4 2006: the Council of Europe slammed the decision to make would-be Al-Qaeda suicide pilot Zacarias Moussaoui eligible for execution in the United States, calling it "as sad as it was
- APRIL 4, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
FRANCE. MOUSSAOUI'S MOTHER: LIFE TERM WORSE THAN DEATH
the mother of Zacarias Moussaoui, who had been ruled eligible for the death penalty, said a life sentence would be as bad as execution.
- APRIL 4, 2006North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
a man convicted of murder in the death of a police officer was sentenced to death...
a man convicted of murder in the death of a police officer was sentenced to death by a jury that initially recommended a life sentence.
- APRIL 4, 2006DEATH PENALTY
information is power seems to be the approach taken with a new state Department of Corrections Web site.
information is power seems to be the approach taken with a new state Department of Corrections Web site. Prison officials say they are trying to give the public more access to information about inmates housed in the Alabama prison system.
- APRIL 4, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. COURT FINALIZES DEATH SENTENCE FOR KOBE MAN
the death sentence handed down by the Kobe District Court in Japan to 66-year-old Muneteru Yamamoto for killing and robbing his cousin and his cousin's wife in July 2004 was finalized.
- APRIL 3, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SUPREME COURT TO REVIEW DEATH SENTENCES ISSUED BY LOWER COURTS
responding to intense public criticism over the high rate of executions, China's apex court established three new criminal tribunals to review certain types of death sentence passed by provincial courts.
- APRIL 3, 2006FranceDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. MOUSSAOUI MAY BE EXECUTED FOR 9/11 CRIMES
a US jury found Zacarias Moussaoui eligible for the death penalty, and the convicted Sept. 11 conspirator shouted as he was led out of the court: "You'll never get my blood. God curse you all."
- APRIL 3, 2006AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
ALGERIA. DEATH PENALTY TO APPEAR IN NEW PENAL CODE
Algeria’s new criminal code, approved by the council of ministers and currently under parliamentary scrutiny, still included references to the death penalty, reported AGR news agency.
- APRIL 3, 2006AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
AUSTRALIA. GOVT LOBBIES CHINESE PREMIER ON DEATH PENALTY
the Australian Federal Government raised with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao the case of a man facing the death penalty in China over the murder of a Canberra university student.
- APRIL 3, 2006South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. MAJORITY SUPPORT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
according to a nationwide poll conducted by a South Korean broadcasting company in March 2006, 46.1 percent of the 625 respondents supported capital punishment, while 37.9 percent opposed it.
- APRIL 2, 2006TexasDEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. MURDER RATE INCREASES IN STATE WITH HIGHEST EXECUTION RATE
the number of homicides in Houston, Texas, rose nearly 25 % during the first 3 months of 2006, compared with the same period last year, despite a multimillion-dollar police effort in the city's most crime-ridden areas, the Houston Chronicle reported.