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MAY 4, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYEU. THE COMISSION ASKS THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TO PUT AN END TO EXECUTIONS
“The Commission, in conjunction with the Presidency of the European Union, has raised this matter [of the death penalty] with the Palestinian Authority, and has transmitted a message of serious concern at the prospect of a resumption of executions. It has
MAY 4, 2005IranDEATH PENALTYIRAN. PROMISES GIVEN TO EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT TO HALT THE EXECUTION OF MINORS
Iran gave written assurances to the European Parliament that it would cease executing people found guilty of crimes committed before their eighteenth birthday.
- MAY 3, 2005TexasDEATH PENALTY
Lonnie Wayne Pursley was executed
Lonnie Wayne Pursley was executed
- MAY 3, 2005Puerto RicoDEATH PENALTY
PUERTO RICO. TWO MEN SPARED DEATH IN WHAT COULD HAVE BEEN FIRST EXECUTIONS IN 80 YEARS
a jury in Puerto Rico sentenced two convicted murderers, Hernando Medina Villegas and Lorenzo Catalan Roman, to life imprisonment, rather than ordering them to be executed.
- MAY 3, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
a man, Bakshesh Mohamad, was executed in Theran
a man, Bakshesh Mohamad, was executed in Theran
MAY 3, 2005UgandaDEATH PENALTYUGANDA. MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
the Ugandan High Court sentenced David Katushabe, from Nakasongola, to death for wounding his neighbour while stealing a goat.
MAY 3, 2005BurundiDEATH PENALTYBURUNDI. COURT SENDS FOUR POLICE MEN TO DEATH ROW OVER WHO OFFICIAL MURDER
a Burundi court sentenced four senior police officers to death for their involvement in the murder of the World Health Organisation (WHO) representative in the country in 2001.
- MAY 2, 2005MissouriDEATH PENALTY
the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the death penalty
the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reinstated the death penalty
- MAY 2, 2005BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
BANGLADESH. ONE SENTENCED TO DEATH, THREE FAMILY MEMBERS TO LIFE FOR MURDER
Saiful Alam was sentenced to death in absentia, while his parents and brother were sentenced to life imprisonment by the District and Sessions court in Sylhet, Bangladesh, in a double murder case.
- MAY 2, 2005CzechiaDEATH PENALTY
CZECH REPUBLIC. TWO-THIRDS OF CZECHS IN FAVOUR OF DEATH PENALTY
two-thirds of Czechs believed that the death penalty should be brought back and re-instated while less than a quarter said that it should not, according to a poll released by the CVVM agency.
- MAY 2, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
Abdullah Hussein al-Badi was reportedly executed for murder.
Abdullah Hussein al-Badi was reportedly executed for murder.
MAY 2, 2005Palestinian TerritoriesDEATH PENALTYJORDAN. THREE MEN EXECUTED FOR MURDER AND THEFT
Jordan executed a Palestinian, a Jordanian and an Iraqi convicted of killing a jeweler during a robbery, a security official said.