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- JUNE 7, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. SUSPENDED DEATH SENTENCE FOR CHINESE INTERNET GAMER WHO KILLED RIVAL
Qiu Chengwei, an unemployed man from Shanghai, was handed a suspended death sentence for murdering a rival over the use of his "supreme weapon" during an online video game, state media reported
- JUNE 7, 2005IndiaDEATH PENALTY
INDIA. DEATH FOR MAN CONVICTED OF RAPE AND MURDER
a District and Sessions Judge in Assam, India, sentenced 21-year-old Mithu Kalita to death for the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl.
- JUNE 7, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. HUSBAND DEFENDS JAPAN'S 'CURRY KILLER'
Kenji Hayashi, a Japanese man whose wife was sentenced to death for killing four neighbors with arsenic-laced curry -- and once allegedly tried to poison him -- said she should be freed and reunited with their four children.
- JUNE 7, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. GOVERNMENT DETERMINED TO RESUME HANGINGS
faced with a murder occurring almost every day, the Trinidad and Tobago government announced a series of new crime fighting measures including the resumption of hangings.
- JUNE 7, 2005FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Burton Conner sentenced Andrew Michael Gosciminski, 52, to death.
Circuit Judge Burton Conner sentenced Andrew Michael Gosciminski, 52, to death.
- JUNE 7, 2005TennesseeDEATH PENALTY
TENNESSEE, USA. STATE WEIGHS LEHTAL INJECTION, SUFFERING
a condemned killer is challenging Tennessee's method of lethal injection, calling it an illogical process in part because it includes a drug forbidden in the euthanasia of animals.
- JUNE 7, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. STATE TO PAY WOMAN 'TOO LONG IN DEATH ROW'
following an Appeal Court ruling, it emerged that Trinidad and Tobago would have to compensate Angela Ramdeen, a woman who remained on death row for more than five years, because of the State's failure to inform her that she could no longer be executed.
- JUNE 7, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Alexander Martinez, 29, was executed
Alexander Martinez, 29, was executed
- JUNE 6, 2005KenyaDEATH PENALTY
KENYA. GOVERNMENT PLANS COMMUTING DEATH PENALTIES TO LIFE, MINISTER
the Kenyan government planned to commute death sentences to life in prison, Kiraitu Murungi, the country's justice and constitutional affairs minister, announced.
- JUNE 6, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
IRAN. REGIME SENTENCES 13 PRISONERS IN AHWAZ TO DEATH, AMPUTATION AND LONG-TERM IMPRISONMENT
a group of Iranians were handed down harsh sentences ranging from execution and amputation of limbs to lashes and prison time, accused of armed robbery, according to today’s edition of the state-run Kayhan daily.
- JUNE 6, 2005AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
AFGHANISTAN. SUPREME COURT WILL CONSIDER WILL OF CUTULI FAMILY IN TRIALS OF ZAR JAN AND REZA KHAN
“We take very much into consideration the will of the family of Maria Grazia Cutuli, their requests are very influential,” stated an internal source at the Afghan Supreme Court the day after the arrest of Mohamed Zar Jan, presumed leader of the gang which
- JUNE 6, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. RETAIN DEATH PENALTY – UJCC
a Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) report on public opinion revealed that the death penalty should be retained.