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- JULY 26, 2005CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the murder conviction of Benjamin W. Silva, 52...
the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the murder conviction of Benjamin W. Silva, 52, who has been on death row since 1982, ruling that prosecutors violated his rights by failing to reveal a deal they had made with the key witness.
- JULY 25, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. INDIAN BEHEADED FOR KILLING COMPATRIOT
Soper Amani Rafi, an Indian national, was beheaded by the sword in the Saudi capital Riyadh after being convicted of killing a compatriot, the country’s interior ministry announced.
- JULY 25, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN ACCUSED OF FUKUOKA FAMILY MURDERS EXECUTED FOLLOWING FAILED APPEAL
Yang Ning, a Chinese man sentenced to death over the killing of a family of four in the Japanese city of Fukuoka in 2003 had been executed for the crime, Japanese diplomats said.
- JULY 25, 2005ItalyDEATH PENALTY
EUROPEAN UNION. PANNELLA CALLS FOR END TO ALL DEALINGS WITH IRAN
MEP and Hands Off Cain President Marco Panella deposited a parliamentary question to the European Commission regarding the European bloc’s relations with Iran.
- JULY 25, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. 2 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING GIRL
the Women and Children Repression Control Tribunal sentenced Siddiqur Rahman and Sumon alias Megha, both from Aukpara village near Dhaka, to death for killing and raping their neighbour Rahima Khatun, 18, on October 12, 2000.
- JULY 25, 2005DEATH PENALTY
after being rebuked twice by the U.S. Supreme Court (see June 13, 2005)...
after being rebuked twice by the U.S. Supreme Court (see June 13, 2005), the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an order overturning a conviction in a Texas death-penalty case.
- JULY 25, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
in Greensburg, a Westmoreland County jury gave Michael Travaglia the death penalty for his conviction in a 25-year-old murder
in Greensburg, a Westmoreland County jury gave Michael Travaglia the death penalty for his conviction in a 25-year-old murder
- JULY 25, 2005North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
in Danbury, Stokes County Superior Court judge John O. Craig ordered a new trial for Rex Penland
in Danbury, Stokes County Superior Court judge John O. Craig ordered a new trial for Rex Penland
- JULY 25, 2005SlovakiaDEATH PENALTY
MAJORITY WANT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT, POLL
a poll carried out in Slovakia by the MVK agency for the SME daily showed that 61.7 percent of respondents were in favor of reintroducing capital punishment. Roughly 80 percent said they welcomed the 2004 introduction of the “three strikes you’re out” sys
- JULY 25, 2005Sri LankaDEATH PENALTY
Sri Lanka. President urged to implement capital punishment
the Attorney General's Department of Sri Lanka recommended that President Chandrika Kumaratunga implement capital punishment against those already sentenced to death.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.
- JULY 24, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. FIVE PEOPLE SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER
five men were sentenced to death, four of them in absentia, by a Speedy Trial Court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, after being found guilty of killing a member of the Islampur union at Chhatak.