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- APRIL 7, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. SUPREME COURT GIVES GO-AHEAD TO EXECUTE FIRST DOOMSDAY CULT MEMBER
Japan's Supreme Court rejected an appeal from Kazuaki Okazaki, a former officer of the Aum Supreme Truth doomsday cult, giving the green light for the first execution of a member of the sect that attacked the Tokyo subway with nerve gas in 1995.
- APRIL 7, 2005FinlandDEATH PENALTY
COUNCIL OF EUROPE. FRATTINI PROPOSES EUROPEAN ANTI DEATH PENALTY DAY
speaking in Helsinki at the conference for Ministers of Justice of the Council of Europe, the European Union Commissioner for Justice, Freedom and Security Franco Frattini relaunched the idea that EU member states should hold a day of protest against the
- APRIL 7, 2005IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
INDONESIA. COUNTRY CONSIDERING CARRYING OUT EXECUTIONS BY INJECTION
Indonesia was considering using lethal injection as a means of carrying out the death sentence instead of the current practice of shooting by firing squad, the country's attorney general said. Attorney General Abdul Rahman Saleh said he would meet with th
- APRIL 7, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. PROSECUTORS APPEAL REOPENING CASE FOR DEATH ROW INMATE MASARU OKUNISHI
prosecutors in Japan filed an appeal against a ruling by the Nagoya High Court for a retrial of Masaru Okunishi, a death row inmate convicted of murdering five women in a wine poisoning case in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961.
- APRIL 7, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE WITH REPRIEVE IN GUN MAKING AND TRAFFICKING CASE
a court in Haikou, sentenced Li Pingsheng, 30, to death with two years reprieve for making and trafficking 33 guns. Li refitted and produced revolvers and other types of pistols for illegal profits.
- APRIL 7, 2005IranDEATH PENALTY
an Iranian Christian is facing the death penalty in an Islamic court, according to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
an Iranian Christian is facing the death penalty in an Islamic court, according to the human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
- APRIL 6, 2005South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Horry County jurors deliberated about 2 hours...
Horry County jurors deliberated about 2 hours...
- APRIL 6, 2005YemenDEATH PENALTY
YEMEN. PRESIDENT PUTS EXECUTION OF JUVENILE ON HOLD
President Salih stopped the execution of Hafiz Ibrahim in Taiz, Yemen, at the last moment. Ibrahim, 17, was convicted in 2004 of killing a man and was due to be executed the day the president intervened.
- APRIL 6, 2005South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
SOUTH KOREA. STATE RIGHTS BODY SUPPORTS ENDING DEATH PENALTY
South Korea's human rights watchdog said it supported a bill before parliament calling for the abolition of the death penalty.
- APRIL 6, 2005JapanDEATH PENALTY
JAPAN. MAN ON DEATH ROW SINCE 1972 TO GET RETRIAL IN 1961 MURDER CASE
the Nagoya High Court, Japan, decided to allow a retrial for Masaru Okunishi, who had been on the death row since 1972 when he was convicted of murdering five women in a wine poisoning case in Nabari, Mie Prefecture, in 1961, citing new evidence that coul
- APRIL 6, 2005GuatemalaDEATH PENALTY
GUATEMALA. DEATH PENALTY UNDER REVIEW
it was reported that Guatemala, one of the last Latin American nations with capital punishment, was considering doing away with it.
- APRIL 6, 2005ChinaDEATH PENALTY
DEATH SENTENCE UPHOLDED FOR FORMER PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION GROUP DIRECTOR
the Liaoning Provincial Higher People's Court ‘recently’ upheld the death sentence passed to Xia Renfan, 56-year-old former president of Shenyang Passenger Transportation Group Co, for corruption, embezzlement of public funds and bribery.