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- AUGUST 20, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Shanghai court sentenced to death Huang Ligang, 22,...
A Shanghai court sentenced to death Huang Ligang, 22, and Cheng Liang, 19, after convicting them of stabbing to death Soong Yu, 40, a Taiwan businessman living in the city, the Shanghai Daily reported
- AUGUST 20, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mohammad...
A Pakistani anti-terrorism court sentenced Mohammad Attaullah and Mohammad Azam, two members of the banned Sunni Muslim extremist Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LJ), to death for the murder of six Shiites
- AUGUST 20, 2003GeorgiaDEATH PENALTY
Apparently alarmed at deteriorating law and order in...
Apparently alarmed at deteriorating law and order in Georgia, the country's president publicly expressed his regret at being forced into abolishing the death penalty
- AUGUST 20, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
"The argument for capital punishment against terrorists...
"The argument for capital punishment against terrorists fails on three counts," said The Australian daily newspaper
- AUGUST 20, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
Phan Ngoc Hanh, a 37 year old director and owner of...
Phan Ngoc Hanh, a 37 year old director and owner of the Dong Nai Company, a water bottling operation, was given the death penalty by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court
- AUGUST 19, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
Kazakh Justice Minister Onalsyn Zhumabekov said the...
Kazakh Justice Minister Onalsyn Zhumabekov said the government planned to replace the death penalty with life imprisonment as of January 1, 2004
- AUGUST 19, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
A statement from the Kerman province judiciary said...
A statement from the Kerman province judiciary said that "Mohammad-Zaman-Q
- AUGUST 19, 2003MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
A Moroccan criminal court sentenced four Islamic activists...
A Moroccan criminal court sentenced four Islamic activists to death and dozens of others to heavy jail terms for suicide bomb attacks that killed 45 people in the city of Casablanca in May 2003
- AUGUST 19, 2003UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The High Court in Masaka, Uganda, presided over by...
The High Court in Masaka, Uganda, presided over by Justice Elidad Mwangusya, sentenced Rogers Lutalemwa to death for killing his two-year-old son on July 27, 2003
- AUGUST 19, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
A Nigerian Islamic appeal court quashed the conviction...
A Nigerian Islamic appeal court quashed the conviction of Had Sarimu Mohammed, a 55-year-old peasant farmer who had been sentenced to be stoned to death for the rape of a nine-year-old girl
- AUGUST 19, 2003JamaicaDEATH PENALTY
"The last polls show about 82% in favour of the death...
"The last polls show about 82% in favour of the death penalty, even though there is no more evidence here than anywhere else that it acts as a deterrent," said Nancy Anderson, a defence attorney and activist with the Independent Jamaica Council for Human
- AUGUST 19, 2003AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Federal Liberal MP Alby Schultz said he had no doubt...
Federal Liberal MP Alby Schultz said he had no doubt Australia would again adopt the death penalty if the decision was left up to voters