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- JANUARY 8, 2003ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
The Report of the Connecticut Commission on the Death...
The Report of the Connecticut Commission on the Death Penalty was submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly
- JANUARY 8, 2003ConnecticutDEATH PENALTY
Following the 6 July 2001 law barring the death penalty...
Following the 6 July 2001 law barring the death penalty for those with mental retardation, a death penalty Commission was set up to see if there was inequality in the system with regards to race and economic background of defendants
- JANUARY 7, 2003IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
Indonesian police recommended to prosecutors that Amrozi...
Indonesian police recommended to prosecutors that Amrozi be tried under Article 6 of Indonesia's anti-terrorism decree, which carries various punishments, including the death penalty
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire...
A former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila, Colonel Eddy Kapend, was sentenced to death for killing the president
- JANUARY 7, 2003MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Blacks who kill whites are significantly more likely...
Blacks who kill whites are significantly more likely to face the death penalty in Maryland than are blacks who kill blacks or white killers, according to a state-sponsored study
- JANUARY 7, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
According to a public opinion poll conducted by "Komkon-2...
According to a public opinion poll conducted by "Komkon-2 Eurasia", 57,6% of persons polled support the preservation of the death penalty, 40,8% want its abolishment, 1,6 % had no opinion on the matter
- JANUARY 7, 2003Congo - KinshasaDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic...
Amnesty International called on Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila to commute the death sentences passed on 26 people for their alleged role in the assassination of President Laurent Kabila in January 2001
- JANUARY 7, 2003IranDEATH PENALTY
State run newspapers reported that a young mother and...
State run newspapers reported that a young mother and her 16 year-year-old son would be hanged on charges of killing a man with "sleeping pills
- JANUARY 7, 2003United StatesDEATH PENALTY
According National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty,...
According National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, 224 death sentences have been imposed on juveniles since 1976 but only 21 have been carried out
- JANUARY 7, 2003DEATH PENALTY
CONGO SENTENCES 26 TO DEATH FOR KABILA MURDER
January 7, 2003: a former aide to the late Congolese President Laurent-Desire Kabila, Colonel Eddy Kapend, and twenty-five other defendants have been sentenced to death for killing the president. Another 45 were set free by a military court in Kinshasa on
- JANUARY 6, 2003EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced to death five people...
The Ethiopian High Court sentenced to death five people found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity during the 1977-78 "Red Terror" period of Colonel Mengistu Haile Mariam
- JANUARY 6, 2003ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for...
China is listed in the Guinness Book of Records for the greatest number of recorded executions: 17,500 between 1990 and 1999