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- APRIL 30, 2004UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Ugandan government would soon replace death sentences...
The Ugandan government would soon replace death sentences on capital offences with long jail terms, the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, Janat Mukwaya said
- APRIL 30, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Six were sentenced to death in Beijing for collectively...
Six were sentenced to death in Beijing for collectively killing six prostitutes after having sex with them
- APRIL 30, 2004BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain...
A court in Pabna, Bangladesh, sentenced Dulal Hossain to death for killing his wife
- APRIL 30, 2004IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Indian serial killer Shashi Shekhar was ordered to...
Indian serial killer Shashi Shekhar was ordered to serve consecutive life terms after a judge told him the death sentence was not punishment enough for his crimes
- APRIL 30, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Huang Jianhu was sentenced to death in Taiyuan, in...
Huang Jianhu was sentenced to death in Taiyuan, in northern China's Shanxi province, for premeditated murder, rape and armed robbery after he was convicted of killing 12 prostitutes between 1997 and 2003
- APRIL 30, 2004ThailandDEATH PENALTY
Apisit Nanthapisit, the leader of a gang that abducted...
Apisit Nanthapisit, the leader of a gang that abducted and brutally killed an insurance manager in May 2003, was sentenced to death by a Criminal Court in Thailand, while two accomplices received life imprisonment
- APRIL 30, 2004PennsylvaniaDEATH PENALTY
In Philadelphia, Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Temin threw...
In Philadelphia, Common Pleas Judge Carolyn Temin threw out the second death sentence of Simon Pirela, 45, citing a 2002 U
- APRIL 30, 2004DEATH PENALTY
TAJIKISTAN DEATH PENALTY COULD SOON BE SUSPENDED
April 30, 2004: Tajikistan is to suspend the death penalty, its president said, making Uzbekistan the only country among the five ex-Soviet Central Asian states to carry out capital punishment.
- APRIL 29, 2004St. Kitts & NevisDEATH PENALTY
Joseph Hazel, convicted of killing millionaire Briton...
Joseph Hazel, convicted of killing millionaire Briton Tony Fetherston in January 2000 in the garden of his home in Basseterre, the capital of St Kitts, was sentenced to death by hanging
- APRIL 29, 2004PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
Gregorio Lazaro and Mariano Domingo were sentenced...
Gregorio Lazaro and Mariano Domingo were sentenced to death by the Quezon City Regional Trial Court in the Philippines after they were found guilty of kidnapping and killing businessman Jonell Mendiola
- APRIL 29, 2004ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Taichung High Court, China, sentenced ship captain...
The Taichung High Court, China, sentenced ship captain Wang Chung-hsing to death and a crewman Ke Ching-sung to life imprisonment for manslaughter after seven women from the Chinese mainland drowned after being thrown overboard
- APRIL 29, 2004MexicoDEATH PENALTY
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to...
With Mexican convict Osvaldo Torres set to be put to death in the US state of Oklahoma in three weeks, his family and local politicians, buoyed by a ruling from the International Court of Justice, began stepping up activities they hoped would prevent the