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- DECEMBER 28, 2001BotswanaDEATH PENALTY
The South African Department of Home Affairs wants...
The South African Department of Home Affairs wants an assurance from the Botswana government that two of that country's fugitives being held in South Africa will not be hanged if they are extradited
- DECEMBER 28, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama defended the government's...
Justice Minister Mayumi Moriyama defended the government's policy of not publicizing the names of death-row inmates who are executed and predicted Japan will maintain capital punishment
- DECEMBER 28, 2001DEATH PENALTY
Rules on Tribunal Require Unanimity on Death Penalty
December 28, 2001: the military tribunals that may be used to try Al Qaeda members and others accused of terrorism will require a unanimous verdict to impose a death penalty.
- DECEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A Beijing court sentenced a former financial official...
A Beijing court sentenced a former financial official of Air China to death for embezzling public money
- DECEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
In China two men involved in a killing spree that left...
In China two men involved in a killing spree that left 14 people dead were sentenced to death, while an accomplice was jailed for life, AFP reported
- DECEMBER 27, 2001MalaysiaDEATH PENALTY
Malaysia's High Court declared that an Islamic sect...
Malaysia's High Court declared that an Islamic sect was guilty of armed rebellion and 19 of its members could face the death penalty
- DECEMBER 27, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
At least 13 convicted criminals were executed and a...
At least 13 convicted criminals were executed and a spate of others sentenced to death as China began its end of the year judicial purge
- DECEMBER 27, 2001UgandaDEATH PENALTY
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention...
The Movement Secretariat recommended the retention of the death penalty
- DECEMBER 27, 2001NigeriaDEATH PENALTY
Sani Yakubu, also known as Sani Rodi, failed to appeal...
Sani Yakubu, also known as Sani Rodi, failed to appeal against the death sentence passed on him by the Katsina State Sharia court
- DECEMBER 27, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
A former Japanese mental patient charged with stabbing...
A former Japanese mental patient charged with stabbing eight schoolchildren to death in June pleaded guilty, saying he wanted to pay for the brutal crime with his life
- DECEMBER 27, 2001JapanDEATH PENALTY
Japan hanged two male death row inmates, Japan's first...
Japan hanged two male death row inmates, Japan's first executions in 13 months and the first under the administration of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi
- DECEMBER 27, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Adam Ibrahim Uthman and Abdullah Isma'il Ibrahim were...
Adam Ibrahim Uthman and Abdullah Isma'il Ibrahim were convicted of banditry and possession of unlicensed weapons, and sentenced to cross amputation - amputation of the right hand and left foot, a Human Rights Watch statement said