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- APRIL 22, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
Juan Rodriguez Chavez was executed inside the Huntsville...
Juan Rodriguez Chavez was executed inside the Huntsville "Walls" Unit
- APRIL 22, 2003MissouriDEATH PENALTY
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously overturned the...
The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously overturned the death sentence of Ernest Lee Johnson, 42, convicted of killing 3 people in 1994, because his attorney did not present adequate evidence that he might be mentally retarded
- APRIL 22, 2003ArmeniaDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian...
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian parliament to lift the death penalty for most crimes as a step in the right direction towards Armenian membership of the council
- APRIL 22, 2003Council of EuropeDEATH PENALTY
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian...
The Council of Europe welcomed a vote by the Armenian parliament to lift the death penalty for most crimes as a step in the right direction towards Armenian membership of the council
- APRIL 22, 2003NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
NIGERIA: PRESIDENT OBASANJO REELECTED
April 22, 2003: Outgoing President of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo has been re-elected in the first round of the presidential elections. The fact is confirmed by the election results published by the national independent electoral commission of Abuja.
- APRIL 22, 2003TexasDEATH PENALTY
The Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed...
The Senate rejected a bill that would have allowed juries to sentence a convicted murderer to life without the possibility of parole
- 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