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- DECEMBER 16, 2002TurkmenistanDEATH PENALTY
The EU Presidency released the following declaration:...
The EU Presidency released the following declaration: the EU regrets the violence committed during the reported assassination attempt against President Niyazov on November 25 in Ashgabat and offers its sympathy to the innocent victims
- DECEMBER 16, 2002MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Regarding the implementation of the death penalty on...
Regarding the implementation of the death penalty on those convicted of raping minors, a New Straits Times article stated that: "the death penalty may not act as a deterrent
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Thirty former condemned men from around the United...
Thirty former condemned men from around the United States marched against a biting wind in a 37-mile relay from Joliet to Chicago, Illinois
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's parliament voted a watered-down law defining...
Iran's parliament voted a watered-down law defining political offences in a bid to fix strict limits for judicial action
- DECEMBER 16, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal...
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal dialogue on human rights in Tehran, part of landmark discussions linking negotiations on trade to thorny political issues, a European diplomat said
- DECEMBER 16, 2002DEATH PENALTY
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal...
Iran and the European Union kicked off their formal dialogue on human rights in Tehran, part of landmark discussions linking negotiations on trade to thorny political issues, a European diplomat said
- DECEMBER 15, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
Iran's reformist parliament approved a bill banning...
Iran's reformist parliament approved a bill banning the torture of prisoners on after an earlier version was rejected by a hardline constitutional watchdog, parliamentarians said
- DECEMBER 15, 2002DEATH PENALTY
US DEATH SENTENCES DECLINE FOR THIRD YEAR
December 15, 2002: the number of people sentenced to death in the United States plummeted by almost a third last year to 155, its lowest level since 1973, according to a report released Sunday by the Justice Department.
- DECEMBER 14, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
A court sentenced four judicial interrogators to four...
A court sentenced four judicial interrogators to four years in jail for killing an alleged smuggler by using torture to get him to confess, Modabber newspaper reported
- DECEMBER 13, 2002SingaporeDEATH PENALTY
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
Anthony Ler was hanged at dawn on in Changi Prison
- DECEMBER 13, 2002OregonDEATH PENALTY
Marion County Circuit Judge Don Dickey, who ruled in...
Marion County Circuit Judge Don Dickey, who ruled in April 2001 that Randall Loyal Smith, 48, did not receive a fair sentencing hearing, accepted an amended sentence giving Smith life in prison without the possibility of parole
- DECEMBER 13, 2002Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Badr bin Ghazi al-Utaibi was publicly beheaded for murder
Badr bin Ghazi al-Utaibi was publicly beheaded for murder