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- FEBRUARY 23, 2002TürkiyeDEATH PENALTY
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir,...
The Dutch government denied asylum to Nuriye Kespir, a leader of the Kurdistan Workers Party who is wanted in Turkey to answer terrorism accusations
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002South KoreaDEATH PENALTY
In a move that is expected to provide a momentum for...
In a move that is expected to provide a momentum for the anti-capital punishment movement, the Supreme Court overturned a lower court's death sentence for a convicted murderer
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Richards has written The Hanged Man: The Life and Death...
Richards has written The Hanged Man: The Life and Death of Ronald Ryan and it is a sad, powerful and important document, a new study of one of the darkest episodes in Australian history mounts a powerful argument against capital punishment
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
The execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged...
The execution of Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in Britain, remains the single most glaring miscarriage of British justice in modern times
- FEBRUARY 23, 2002DEATH PENALTY
On Capitol Hill legislation is pending in both chambers...
On Capitol Hill legislation is pending in both chambers that would reduce the risk of executing innocent people
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
West Australians demonstrated in front of the Supreme...
West Australians demonstrated in front of the Supreme Court, holding placards advocating the death sentence for paedophiles
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002MoroccoDEATH PENALTY
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 854 prisoners on the...
Morocco's King Mohammed pardoned 854 prisoners on the eve of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, the official MAP news agency said
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Italy's professional football association organised...
Italy's professional football association organised a protest over plans in Nigeria to stone a woman to death
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002ItalyDEATH PENALTY
Italy's professional football association organised...
Italy's professional football association organised a protest over plans in Nigeria to stone a woman to death
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002IrelandDEATH PENALTY
A man who was sentenced to death in 1980 for the murder...
A man who was sentenced to death in 1980 for the murder of a garda, but whose conviction was later quashed, has brought a High Court challenge to the legality of the existence of capital punishment at the time of his conviction
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Saitama District Court sentenced a 28-year-old...
The Saitama District Court sentenced a 28-year-old Chinese man, formerly a graduate student in Japan, to death for killing his girlfriend and her husband
- FEBRUARY 22, 2002JapanDEATH PENALTY
The Saitama District Court sentenced a 28-year-old...
The Saitama District Court sentenced a 28-year-old Chinese man, formerly a graduate student in Japan, to death for killing his girlfriend and her husband