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- 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
- JANUARY 6, 2003JordanDEATH PENALTY
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death...
Qatar's appeal court postponed judgement on a death sentence handed down against a Jordanian journalist for spying, but lawyers expressed optimism that it would be quashed
- JANUARY 6, 2003IndiaDEATH PENALTY
Former Chief Justice of India B N Kirpal favours stringent...
Former Chief Justice of India B N Kirpal favours stringent punishments like life sentences for rapists but is against the death sentence for them
- JANUARY 6, 2003KazakhstanDEATH PENALTY
In accordance with the country's new criminal code...
In accordance with the country's new criminal code it was planned to introduce a moratorium on capital punishment in Kazakhstan as of January 2003