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- MAY 13, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A man named as Farizulla was sentenced to death by...
A man named as Farizulla was sentenced to death by District and Sessions Court for killing his wife in 1998
- MAY 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Hussein Turkzadeh, alias Hossein Balouch, was executed...
Hussein Turkzadeh, alias Hossein Balouch, was executed in Kerman for murdering nine people, including his 16-year-old wife, and drug trafficking, a few years after escaping while serving a 25-year jail sentence for drug offences
- MAY 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
Eight people were hanged in the northwest city of Mashhad...
Eight people were hanged in the northwest city of Mashhad for offences ranging from rape and murder to kidnapping women and homosexuality
- MAY 13, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man convicted of murdering two fellow Iranians...
An Iranian man convicted of murdering two fellow Iranians with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, as well as three counts of rape, was beheaded with a sword in the south-eastern province of Sistan Baluchestan bordering Pakistan
- MAY 13, 2003LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
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- MAY 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two brothers and their brother-in-law were sentenced...
Two brothers and their brother-in-law were sentenced to death by a district court for throwing acid on a housewife in south Surma in November 2002
- MAY 12, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Two people were sentenced to death and another to life...
Two people were sentenced to death and another to life imprisonment for killing a young businessman in Bangladesh in 1999
- MAY 12, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed a bill that raises...
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed a bill that raises the rate paid to court-appointed defense attorneys in death penalty cases to $125 an hour
- MAY 12, 2003NevadaDEATH PENALTY
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed AB17, which improves...
Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn signed AB17, which improves legal assistance in death penalty cases (see also march 10, 2003)
- MAY 12, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
In Annapolis, the Court of Appeals overturned the death...
In Annapolis, the Court of Appeals overturned the death sentence of Cortney Bryant, ruling that judges must consider the "youthful age" of any killer under age 19 as a factor in determining whether to issue a sentence of death or life without parole
- MAY 12, 2003New YorkDEATH PENALTY
By a vote of 23-12 last night (5/12/03), the Albany...
By a vote of 23-12 last night (5/12/03), the Albany County Legislature passed Resolution #251 urging the governor and the state legislature to place a moratorium on all executions in New York
- MAY 12, 2003South CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
In Columbia, the state Supreme Court has ordered a...
In Columbia, the state Supreme Court has ordered a new trial for a man sentenced to death after he was convicted of fatally beating and shooting a police officer 3 years ago