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- JANUARY 1, 2003United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The United Kingdom has signed and ratified Protocol...
The United Kingdom has signed and ratified Protocol No 13 to the European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms banning the death penalty in all circumstances
- JANUARY 1, 2003HawaiiDEATH PENALTY
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished...
Hawaii does not have the death penalty, having abolished it in 1956 before becoming a state
- JANUARY 1, 2003Guinea-BissauDEATH PENALTY
The last execution took place in 1986
The last execution took place in 1986
- JANUARY 1, 2003AngolaDEATH PENALTY
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death...
The Constitution approved in 1992 abolished the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003MongoliaDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, aggravated...
Capital crimes are: premeditated murder, aggravated rape or rape of a minor, and three antistate offenses involving violence (as reduced by an amendment of 1994 to the Criminal code)
- JANUARY 1, 2003Central African RepublicDEATH PENALTY
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying...
Capital crimes are: aggravated murder, treason, spying and military offenses
- JANUARY 1, 2003TanzaniaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and treason are capital crimes
Murder and treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003LiberiaDEATH PENALTY
Murder, armed robbery, terrorism and high treason are...
Murder, armed robbery, terrorism and high treason are capital crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003TaiwanDEATH PENALTY
In the past five years, the number of prisoners executed...
In the past five years, the number of prisoners executed in Taiwan has shown a clear decline, a result of greater consideration of human rights protection as well as amendments to mandatory death penalty laws
- JANUARY 1, 2003KentuckyDEATH PENALTY
Bills were rejected in 2002 which would have given...
Bills were rejected in 2002 which would have given the Kentucky Criminal Justice Council the job of studying the death penalty in Kentucky; another proposing the introduction of a two year moratorium and proposing the abolishment of the death penalty were
- JANUARY 1, 2003PakistanDEATH PENALTY
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,...
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, 20 men were executed in 2002 as against 45 in 2001
- JANUARY 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan has signed and but not yet ratified the statutes...
Sudan has signed and but not yet ratified the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the UN permanent judicial body capable of trying individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes