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- APRIL 17, 2003North CarolinaDEATH PENALTY
Melanie Sammons Anderson, 39, who was sentenced to...
Melanie Sammons Anderson, 39, who was sentenced to death in 1996 now has a life sentence after a judge ruled that she was mentally retarded
- APRIL 17, 2003OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
The state of Oklahoma executed Larry Kenneth Jackson, 40
The state of Oklahoma executed Larry Kenneth Jackson, 40
- APRIL 17, 2003DEATH PENALTY
LEROY ORANGE SPEAKS AT THE UN AND CALLS FOR A GLOBAL MORATORIUM
April 17th 2003: Leroy Orange is a former death row inmate from Illinois who was exonerated last January by Governor George Ryan. Now Leroy Orange is now a testimonial of Hands Off Cain the international campaign for a UN moratorium on executions.
- APRIL 17, 2003United NationsDEATH PENALTY
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row,...
Leroy Orange, exonerated from Illinois' death row, intervened at the UN Commission on Human Rights on behalf of the Transational Radical Party
- APRIL 16, 2003BurundiDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Court of Appeal in Bujumbura, Burundi,...
The Criminal Court of Appeal in Bujumbura, Burundi, condemned to death the assassin of the former Burundi chief of general staff under the First Republic, Maj-Gen Thomas Ndabemeye
- APRIL 16, 2003OregonDEATH PENALTY
Christian Longo has been sentenced to death for the...
Christian Longo has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife, MaryJane, and 3 young children
- APRIL 16, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its first ever condemnation of North Korea, expressing "deep concern" at "systematic" rights abuses in the reclusive Communist state
- APRIL 16, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
Three people in northeast China 's Jilin Province were...
Three people in northeast China 's Jilin Province were given their final ruling on their death sentences and were executed on the same day
- APRIL 16, 2003North KoreaDEATH PENALTY
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its...
The United Nations Human Rights Commission issued its first ever condemnation of North Korea, expressing "deep concern" at "systematic" rights abuses in the reclusive Communist state
- APRIL 16, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior...
Mohammed Nawaz, a former employee of Pakistan's Interior Ministry, was sentenced to death for killing seven members of his family because he was angered by his daughter's decision to marry a Christian
- APRIL 16, 2003ItalyDEATH PENALTY
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium...
A briefing organised by Hands Off Cain for a moratorium on capital executions took place at the UN buildings in Geneva
- APRIL 16, 2003CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Hayward, a prosecutor spared the life of Ruben Eliceo...
In Hayward, a prosecutor spared the life of Ruben Eliceo Vasquez, 27, saying he will not retry him for the 1998 shooting of Alameda County Sheriff's Deputy John Paul Monego