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- MARCH 1, 2006GhanaDEATH PENALTY
GHANA. SUPREME COURT NOMINEE AGAINST CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
Justice Samuel Kwadwo Asiamah, a nominee to the Supreme Court of Ghana, said he was against capital punishment and personally felt that the death penalty should be abolished.
- MARCH 1, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
a federal court has thrown out the death penalty sentence of Richard Edward Grant...
a federal court has thrown out the death penalty sentence of Richard Edward Grant, who has been on California’s death row for 24 years.
- MARCH 1, 2006NebraskaDEATH PENALTY
anyone convicted of a robbery or burglary would be required...
anyone convicted of a robbery or burglary would be required to give a DNA sample under a bill (LB385) advanced for debate by the Legislature's Judiciary Committee.
- MARCH 1, 2006IndianaDEATH PENALTY
the Indiana House approved a bill 82-12 that would let the families of murder victims...
the Indiana House approved a bill 82-12 that would let the families of murder victims witness the executions of the killers. Under Indiana law, only the condemned person gets to pick the witnesses.
- MARCH 1, 2006ChinaDEATH PENALTY
While the regulations do not address the issue of what the government calls...
While the regulations do not address the issue of what the government calls...
- MARCH 1, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, identified only as Javad, has been sentenced...
a man, identified only as Javad, has been sentenced...
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006United StatesDEATH PENALTY
UNITED STATES. DEATH SENTENCES IN 2005 REACHED RECORD LOW
the latest edition of “Death Row Usa”, a quarterly report by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a civil rights organization for ethnic minorities in the united States, shows an 8% decline in the country's death row pop
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 22 MILITANTS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR BOMBINGS
a court in Bangladesh sentenced 21 people to death in connection with a wave of coordinated bombings on August 17, 2005.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
PENNSYLVANIA. JUDGE BARS EXECUTION, CITES MENTAL ILLNESS
a judge has ruled that a former prison guard convicted of killing 13 people in a 1982 shooting rampage can't be executed because he is mentally ill.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006RussiaDEATH PENALTY
RUSSIA. MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY SHOULD BE LIFTED, COMMUNIST PARTY LEADER
Russian Communist Party leader Gennady Zyuganov assessed Russia's membership of the Council of Europe as positive, but suggested that Russia should lift its moratorium on the death penalty in the near future.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006BurundiDEATH PENALTY
BURUNDI. SECURITY PERSONNEL CARRYING OUT EXECUTIONS, TORTURE
rogue soldiers and police officers in Burundi had executed and tortured suspected rebels and civilians, Presidential aide Philippe Nzobonariba acknowledged.
- FEBRUARY 28, 2006DEATH PENALTY
the state Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee judges can keep the names...
the state Supreme Court ruled that Tennessee judges can keep the names of trial jurors secret if deciding the fate of accused killers could put them in danger.