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- AUGUST 17, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
death by lethal injection was the jury's decision for Noah Espada, 21.
death by lethal injection was the jury's decision for Noah Espada, 21.
- AUGUST 17, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Nguyen Le Duy Linh, 32, was executed for murder in Vietnam’s southern Long An province.
- AUGUST 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. 2 MEN EXECUTED FOR SMUGGLING HASHISH
Mohammed bin Saad bin Mutheb al-Bilad al-Qahtani , a Saudi national, and Mohammed bin Hamad bin Mutlaq al-Sayhari from Yemen were executed in Jizan province, Saudi Arabia, for smuggling hashish into the kingdom
- AUGUST 17, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Abdel Salam bin Abdel Mohsen bin Matar al-Shummari, a Saudi national, was publicly beheaded
- AUGUST 16, 2005DEATH PENALTY
TURKEY. EUROPEAN COURT SAID OCALAN TRIAL 'UNFAIR,' RECOMMENDS RETRIAL
the European Court of Human Rights upheld a ruling in favour of jailed Kurdish leader Abdullah Ocalan, saying that he had been unfairly tried by a Turkish court, and urged Ankara to retry him.
- AUGUST 16, 2005VietnamDEATH PENALTY
VIETNAM. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
Tran Van Binh, 48, was put to death for murder in the northern Vietnamese port city of Hai Phong.
- AUGUST 16, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. FRESH CALLS TO ABOLISH THE DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International rekindled calls for the abolition of the death penalty in Kenya.
- AUGUST 15, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
in Philadelphia, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody has thrown out the...
in Philadelphia, U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody has thrown out the murder conviction and death sentence of a man who has spent nearly half his life on death row, citing faulty jury instructions and a deficient defense lawyer.
- AUGUST 15, 2005GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
GEORGIA. GRANTED A POSTHUMOUS PARDON TO AN EXECUTED WOMAN
the only woman ever executed in Georgia's electric chair is being granted a posthumous pardon, 60 years after the black maid was put to death for killing a white man she claimed held her in slavery and threatened her life.
- AUGUST 15, 2005UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
UZBEKISTAN. KAZAKH PAPER DOUBTS UZBEK DEATH PENALTY ABOLITION TRUE HUMANITARIAN MOVE
Uzbek President Islom Karimov's recent decree abolishing the death penalty can only be praised as a humanitarian and long overdue act, Delovaya Nedelya correspondent Andrey Saidov commented, questioning why it would only come into effect on 1 January 2008
- AUGUST 15, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
the daily Sharq and the State controlled news agency Fars...
the daily Sharq and the State controlled news agency Fars...
- AUGUST 14, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. CONVICTED MURDERER HANGED PUBLICLY
an Iranian man convicted of murdering an elderly couple was hanged publicly in the central town of Arak, the Iran daily reported.