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- APRIL 21, 2003BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were...
Three men named as Sohel Dewan, Billal and Manik were sentenced to death for murdering Badsha Mia, a businessman, on 8 August 2002
- APRIL 21, 2003AlabamaDEATH PENALTY
After 6 years on death row, Wesley Quick has been acquitted...
After 6 years on death row, Wesley Quick has been acquitted of killing 2 men in his 3rd trial for the 1995 shooting deaths
- APRIL 21, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
In Wagoner, District Judge Bruce Sewell accepted a...
In Wagoner, District Judge Bruce Sewell accepted a sentencing deal that will spare the life of Billy Ray Battenfield, 51, who twice was sentenced to death in the April 22, 1984, killing of Donald Cantrell
- APRIL 21, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for...
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for drug trafficking, was publicly executed in a square in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, declared the Saudi Interior Ministry
- APRIL 21, 2003Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for...
Myan Gul Jan Khan, a Pakistani sentenced to death for drug trafficking, was publicly executed in a square in Riyadh, the Saudi Arabian capital, declared the Saudi Interior Ministry
- APRIL 20, 2003OregonDEATH PENALTY
In the guilt phase of the murder trial of Gregory Bowen,...
In the guilt phase of the murder trial of Gregory Bowen, the jury took 3 hours to find the defendant guilty on April 2
- APRIL 20, 2003IdahoDEATH PENALTY
Death row inmates in Idaho will no longer automatically...
Death row inmates in Idaho will no longer automatically face solitary confinement
- APRIL 19, 2003VietnamDEATH PENALTY
An unnamed 46-year-old man convicted of illegal drug...
An unnamed 46-year-old man convicted of illegal drug production was sentenced to death in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City
- APRIL 19, 2003Trinidad & TobagoDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council upheld an appeal by...
The London-based Privy Council upheld an appeal by Bimal Roy Paria, a 29-year-old man in Trinidad and Tobago, who had been sentenced to death for killing his common law wife, her mother and sister on 24 July 1998
- APRIL 19, 2003ZambiaDEATH PENALTY
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa appointed a commission...
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa appointed a commission to review the constitution and advise on whether to abolish the death penalty
- APRIL 19, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The London-based Privy Council upheld an appeal by...
The London-based Privy Council upheld an appeal by Bimal Roy Paria, a 29-year-old man in Trinidad and Tobago, who had been sentenced to death for killing his common law wife, her mother and sister on 24 July 1998
- APRIL 19, 2003CubaDEATH PENALTY
Cuba said it would not allow a visit by a United Nations...
Cuba said it would not allow a visit by a United Nations envoy to look into accusations of human rights abuses on the island following the most severe crackdown in decades on opponents of President Fidel Castro