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- APRIL 4, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
A Japanese legislator displayed in parliament a picture...
A Japanese legislator displayed in parliament a picture of an inmate who was executed by hanging in 2001 to illustrate the cruelty of the death penalty
- APRIL 4, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
State Minister Nejat Arseven received the members of...
State Minister Nejat Arseven received the members of the Dutch Parliament's EU and Foreign Affairs Commissions
- APRIL 4, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open...
A Pakistani High Court rejected an appeal for an open court trial of Ahmed Omar Saeed Sheikh, the British-born Islamic militant charged with the murder of American journalist Daniel Pearl
- APRIL 3, 2002AlgeriaDEATH PENALTY
Twenty detainees were killed in a fire in an Algerian...
Twenty detainees were killed in a fire in an Algerian prison started by a convict who had been sentenced to death, state television reported
- APRIL 3, 2002AfghanistanDEATH PENALTY
A new Afghan movement has issued an edict condemning...
A new Afghan movement has issued an edict condemning the Afghan interim administration as apostate and condemning all its active members to death
- APRIL 3, 2002YemenDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court sentenced to death a Yemeni tribesman...
A Yemeni court sentenced to death a Yemeni tribesman for kidnapping a German man and holding him hostage for two weeks
- APRIL 3, 2002SwedenDEATH PENALTY
A Kurdish immigrant was jailed for life for the "execution-style"...
A Kurdish immigrant was jailed for life for the "execution-style" murder of his daughter in a case that has called into question Sweden's ability to integrate immigrants into its liberal society
- APRIL 3, 2002VietnamDEATH PENALTY
A Vietnamese court sentenced three people, one a women,...
A Vietnamese court sentenced three people, one a women, to death by firing squad and two to life in prison after they were found guilty of trafficking 346 kg of opium, official media reported
- APRIL 3, 2002ThailandDEATH PENALTY
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence for a 65-year-old...
The Appeals Court upheld the death sentence for a 65-year-old man found guilty of shooting dead a woman and her son
- APRIL 3, 2002CaliforniaDEATH PENALTY
In Santa Ana, John Ghobrial, 31, from Egypt, was sentenced...
In Santa Ana, John Ghobrial, 31, from Egypt, was sentenced to death for the horrific sexual assault and murder of a 12-year-old boy
- APRIL 3, 2002United StatesDEATH PENALTY
The American Bar Association recently announced the...
The American Bar Association recently announced the creation of the Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project
- APRIL 3, 2002IndiaDEATH PENALTY
India's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty awarded...
India's Supreme Court upheld the death penalty awarded to Devendar Pal Singh, a Khalistani militant, under the erstwhile TADA [Terrorism and Disruptive Activities(Prevention) Act] solely on the basis of a confessional statement to the police which he late