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- JANUARY 17, 2006JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. COURT UPHOLDS DEATH SENTENCE FOR MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING CHILDREN
Japan's Supreme Court upheld the death sentence for Tsutomu Miyazaki, a man convicted of killing and mutilating girls in a series of grisly crimes that horrified Japan in the late 1980s.
- JANUARY 16, 2006United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
UNITED KINGDOM. DON’T EXECUTE MY DAUGHTERS KILLERS, MOTHER OF BRITISH BACKPACKER
Wichai Somkhaoyai, and Bualoi Posit, the two Thai fisherman who raped and murdered British backpacker Katherine Horton should be spared the death penalty but locked up for life, the victim's mother said.
- JANUARY 16, 2006VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. FIVE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
a Vietnamese court sentenced five people including a woman to death for trafficking drugs, a court official said.
- JANUARY 16, 2006VirginiaDEATH PENALTY
a bill to propose a moratorium on the death penalty in Virginia has failed before...
a bill to propose a moratorium on the death penalty in Virginia has failed before a Senate committee. Richmond Democrat Henry Marsh's bill died on a voice vote.
- JANUARY 16, 2006JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR TWO CONVICTED OF TERRORISM
Jordan's State Security Court (SSC) confirmed for the fourth time the death penalty passed previously on two Islamists, Khader Abu Hosher and Osama Sammar, after condemning them for plotting to carry out acts of terrorism and manufacturing explosives.
- JANUARY 16, 2006St. LuciaDEATH PENALTY
ST LUCIA. PRIME MINISTER WANTS REFORM TO ENSURE DEATH PENALTY
St Lucia's prime minister called for constitutional reforms to ensure convicted murderers received the death penalty as part of a plan to stiffen penalties for violent offenders.
- JANUARY 16, 2006ThailandDEATH PENALTY
THAILAND. TWO FOREIGN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR DRUG CRIMES
Lin Hau Yang and Edy Tang, on death row in Bangkok, had their death sentences for drug convictions confirmed by the Thai high court, the Dutch Foreign Ministry said.
- JANUARY 16, 2006IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS FOR END TO DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILD OFFENDERS
Amnesty International (AI) called on the Iranian authorities to take immediate steps to end the use of the death penalty for child offenders.
- JANUARY 15, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. OLD, BLIND, CRIPPLED - AND FIT FOR EXECUTION, SCHWARZENEGGER REJECTS CLEMENCY PLEA
California's Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, has denied clemency to the oldest prisoner on California's Death Row, saying a murderer's life should not be spared because he is old and ill.
- JANUARY 14, 2006AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
a Jefferson County jury voted 11-1 in recommending a death sentence for a 41-year-old
a Jefferson County jury voted 11-1 in recommending a death sentence for a 41-year-old man convicted of capital murder for killing his stepdaughter, 15-year-old Alicia Nicole Bentley.
- JANUARY 13, 2006SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
SINGAPORE. LAW SOCIETY TO GIVE DEATH PENALTY A FAIR AIRING
it was reported that an eight-man Law Society committee would study judicial and death penalty systems in countries such as Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, Hong Kong and India and compare it with Singapore's in order to prepare a report to be submi
- JANUARY 13, 2006CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
CALIFORNIA, USA. BLIND AND FRAIL KILLER, 75, TO GET LETHAL INJECTION
California is set to execute a 75-year-old blind man who has diabetes, suffered a heart attack in September and cannot walk unaided.