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JUNE 20, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. COUNTRY STILL STONING WOMEN, SAYS NOBEL LAUREATE
Shirin Ebadi, a leading Iranian human rights lawyer and Nobel Laureate, said that the hardline Islamic regime was still using medieval punishments on its people, including the stoning of women for adultery and the torture of dissidents.
JUNE 20, 2005PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTYUNITED STATES. SUPREME COURT TOSSES DEATH SENTENCE
the US Supreme Court ordered a new trial for Ronald Rompilla, a Pennsylvania man on death row for a 1988 murder, ruling that his lawyers had failed to properly represent him.
- JUNE 19, 2005Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. GOVERNMENT’S HANGING DECISION AN ACT OF DESPERATION, CATHOLIC NEWS
the Government's decision to resume hangings is an act of desperation and political expediency, according to a page one editorial in Trinidad and Tobago’s Catholic News.
- JUNE 17, 2005DEATH PENALTY
TEXAS, USA. PERRY SIGNS SENTENCING OPTION INTO LAW
Governor Rick Perry signed a law to give juries the option of sentencing murderers to life without parole - a measure some believe will lead to fewer executions in the No. 1 death penalty state.
- JUNE 17, 2005AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
for the 2nd time since a jury recommended that former state trooper George Martin be sentenced to life...
for the 2nd time since a jury recommended that former state trooper George Martin be sentenced to life without parole for burning his wife to death for money, a judge has condemned him to death.
- JUNE 17, 2005OhioDEATH PENALTY
a jury in Cleveland recommended the death sentence for Delano Hale Jr
a jury in Cleveland recommended the death sentence for Delano Hale Jr
- JUNE 17, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTY
UGANDA. DEATH PENALTY WILL NOT END CRIME, EDITORIAL
“It is extremely important to take note of the fact that death penalty is not a punishment because the culprit is never given chance to reform. Death penalty contravenes the constitution and other international laws.
- JUNE 17, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Rick Perry signed a law to give juries the option of sentencing murderers to life without parole
Gov. Rick Perry signed a law to give juries the option of sentencing murderers to life without parole
JUNE 17, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTYCHINA. TRIO EXECUTED FOR KNIFE MURDER OF PARTY OFFICIAL
three men were executed in northern China for killing a Communist Party official in a random knife attack that they intended as a practice run for a planned robbery, according to state media.
- JUNE 16, 2005JordanDEATH PENALTY
JORDAN. MAN EXECUTED FOR RAPE
a 31-year-old man convicted by the Criminal Court of Amman, of raping his niece, was executed at dawn at the Suwaqa Correctional and Rehabilitation Centre.
- JUNE 16, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN MUNSHIGANJ
a man by the name of Sobhan was sentenced to death and five others were sentenced to life imprisonment by a District and Sessions court in Munshiganj, Bangladesh, after being convicted of murder
- JUNE 16, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
CHINA. MAN CONVICTED OF STEALING CULTURAL RELICS HAS DEATH SENTENCE COMMUTED TO LIFE
the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court, China, sentenced Zheng Xiaolin, 44, to life imprisonment overturning the Taiyuan City Intermediate People's Court decision sentencing Zheng to death in 1999 for illegally digging up ancient tombs and smuggling