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- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002BangladeshDEATH PENALTY
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death,...
A court in Bangladesh sentenced five persons to death, four to life in jail and two others to five years rigorous imprisonment for murdering a youth in broad daylight in 1999
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
China's harsh crackdown on crime executed unknown thousands...
China's harsh crackdown on crime executed unknown thousands of prisoners in 2002 in judicial processes in which torture was common and lawyers rare
- SEPTEMBER 9, 2002DEATH PENALTY
SAFIYA MADE AN HONORARY CITIZEN OF ROME
September 9, 2002: Safiya Hussaini, a Nigerian woman who was saved from being stoned to death under Islamic Sharia law has been made an honorary citizen of the Italian capital, Rome. But Muslim leaders in northern Nigeria have denounced the move and accus
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
The Jomhuri-Ye Eslami daily reported that a man convicted...
The Jomhuri-Ye Eslami daily reported that a man convicted of armed robbery was hanged in public in southern Iran
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Six years after the abolishment of the death penalty...
Six years after the abolishment of the death penalty in South Africa, hundreds of former death row prisoners are still awaiting their fate as the department of justice drags its feet on reviewing their sentences
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002IranDEATH PENALTY
An Iranian man cut off his seven-year-old daughter's...
An Iranian man cut off his seven-year-old daughter's head after suspecting she had been raped by her uncle, the Jomhuri-ye Eslami newspaper said
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Following an international outcry against harsh sentences...
Following an international outcry against harsh sentences passed by Sharia courts in Nigeria, particularly on the Amina Lawal and Safiya cases, a prominent Islamic group in the North, the Jama'atu Nasril Islam (JNI) declared that the implementation of the
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
The Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Dalhatu Bafarawa,...
The Sokoto State Governor, Alhaji Dalhatu Bafarawa, said that he would write a letter to President Olusegun Obasanjo, asking him to explain why the Federal Government issued a passport to Safiya Hussaini Tungar-Tudu to enable her attend a ceremony in Rome
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Nigeria's Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) has asked...
Nigeria's Constitutional Rights Project (CRP) has asked for the intervention of the Federal Government to save Amina Lawal from being stoned to death
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
A jury sentenced John Dale Allen, 35, to death for...
A jury sentenced John Dale Allen, 35, to death for the 1999 killing of Elaine Posey Oliver, 51
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing court ordered the execution of Lu Wanhua,...
A Beijing court ordered the execution of Lu Wanhua, chairman of Beijing Haiziwan Precision Chemical Limited Company, Beijing Taikang Bio-Medicine Limited Company and Singapore Guoyuxuan Stock Holding Private Limited Company, for using fake financial certi
- SEPTEMBER 6, 2002UkraineDEATH PENALTY
When asked in a newspaper interview if he thought that...
When asked in a newspaper interview if he thought that Ukraine had abolished the death penalty too early, Prosecutor-General Svyatoslav Piskun stated: "I think the death penalty is a more efficient instrument to prevent serious crimes