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- JULY 27, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTY
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. CONVICTED MURDERER EXECUTED
the Palestinian Authority executed Raed al-Mughrabi, a 32 year old convicted murderer, in Gaza City's central prison. Mughrabi had been convicted of murder and robbery in 2001 and the execution was approved by President Mahmoud Abbas.
- JULY 27, 2005BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
BOTSWANA. COURT QUASHES DEATH SENTENCE
it was tears of joy for death row inmate Mothusi Phiri when the Court of Appeal substituted his death sentence with a 20-year jail term and upheld a five-year jail sentence for attempted murder.
- JULY 27, 2005IndianaDEATH PENALTY
INDIANA. CONNER EXECUTED FOR 1988 TRIPLE MURDER
Kevin A. Conner, a man convicted in a 1988 triple-murder, was executed by lethal injection, the fourth person executed this year in Indiana.
- JULY 27, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
ACCELERATES DRIVE TO PROSECUTE POLICE WHO USE TORTURE
China accelerated a campaign to prosecute police who extracted confessions by torture as part of a wider drive to curb human rights abuses in police custody, state media reported.
- JULY 27, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
HIGH COURT CONFIRMS DEATH PENALTY FOR FIVE IN MURDER CASE
the Kerala High Court confirmed the death sentences handed down by to five people for December 31, 1999 murder of the Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (Indian Popular Youth Front ) State vice-president, K. T. Jayakrishnan.
- JULY 27, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
in Fresno, Marcus Wesson was sentenced to death for the murder of 9 of his children...
in Fresno, Marcus Wesson was sentenced to death for the murder of 9 of his children, many of whom were born of incest and sexual abuse.
- JULY 27, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
US CONDEMNS IRANIAN EXECUTIONS, SAYS DUE PROCESS DENIED
The US State Department responded critically to 10 recent executions in Iran, saying the rights of defendants weren't safeguarded.
- JULY 26, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. EU CONCERNED OVER EXECUTION OF TWO IRANIAN BOYS
the European Union expressed concern over reports of executions of two Iranian youths in Mashhad on July 19.
- JULY 26, 2005BarbadosDEATH PENALTY
BARBADOS. FIRST DEATH PENALTY CASE TO GO NEW CARIBBEAN COURT
Barbados will take the first death penalty case to the Caribbean court that replaced the colonial-era Privy Council as the country's highest court of appeal, Barbados Attorney- General Mia Mottley said.
- JULY 26, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. MAN HANGED IN SOUTHERN PORT CITY FOR MURDER
an Iranian man was hanged at dawn in a prison in the southern port city of Bandar Abbas, the Iranian state-run daily Aftab Yazd said.
- JULY 26, 2005EgyptDEATH PENALTY
LIBYA. HUMAN RIGHTS GROUP CONFIRMS EXECUTION OF FOUR EGYPTIAN NATIONALS
The Libyan League for Human Rights has confirmed the execution, by firing squad, of four Egyptian nationals who, together with 11 other Egyptian expatriates, were "convicted" of "murder" by a Libyan court in 2004.
- JULY 26, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
TURIN, ITALY. PRESENTATION OF “THE DEATH PENALTY WORLDWIDE 2005 REPORT”
Hands Off Cain, together with the ‘Adelaide Aglietta’ association presented the 2005 edition of the annual Hands Off Cain Report: “The Death Penalty Worldwide”.