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- OCTOBER 28, 2003KuwaitDEATH PENALTY
The Kuwaiti Court of Appeals court commuted to life...
The Kuwaiti Court of Appeals court commuted to life in prison the death sentence against Sami al-Mutairi, a 25 year old Kuwaiti who killed an American civilian and wounded another in a highway ambush in January 2003
- OCTOBER 28, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Nguyen Huu Hau, 23, was sentenced to death in southern...
Nguyen Huu Hau, 23, was sentenced to death in southern Vietnam for killing a 16-year-old girl after she repeatedly spurned his advances
- OCTOBER 28, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Hu Qineng, an official convicted in what was called...
Hu Qineng, an official convicted in what was called the biggest corruption case in southwest China's Chongqing municipality, was executed for embezzlement
- OCTOBER 28, 2003LebanonDEATH PENALTY
The death penalty is an effective form of punishment...
The death penalty is an effective form of punishment and should not abolished, said one of Lebanon's leading magistrates, Ghassan Rabah
- OCTOBER 28, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist parliament accused the hardline judiciary...
Iran's reformist parliament accused the hardline judiciary of a cover-up in the case of the Canadian photojournalist Zahra Kazemi, who died in July 2003 from a blow to the head while in custody
- OCTOBER 28, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
George Kelly, hanged in the UK for murder was the victim...
George Kelly, hanged in the UK for murder was the victim of a miscarriage of justice which must be "deeply regretted", the Court of Appeal said
- OCTOBER 28, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The state Supreme Court lifts 3 more death sentences
The state Supreme Court lifts 3 more death sentences
- OCTOBER 27, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
A Zambian High Court sentenced Felix Mulela, a Christian...
A Zambian High Court sentenced Felix Mulela, a Christian church pastor, and his wife, Sharon Mulela, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of killing their domestic worker, Sara Soko, in 2000
- OCTOBER 27, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced...
The Shanghai No 1 Intermediate People's Court sentenced Wang Jie, a 29-year-old woman, to death and fined her 150,000 yuan (US$ 18,072) for murder, fraud and theft
- OCTOBER 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced a man named...
A court in Dhaka, Bangladesh, sentenced a man named only as Borhanuddin to death in absentia for killing his father in 1998
- OCTOBER 27, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
Taiwan's government was drafting legislation to abolish...
Taiwan's government was drafting legislation to abolish the death penalty, an unnamed cabinet official was reported as saying
- OCTOBER 27, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Abdul Khaleque was sentenced to death by a special...
Abdul Khaleque was sentenced to death by a special tribunal court in Bangladesh for killing his wife