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- DECEMBER 5, 2001Papua New GuineaDEATH PENALTY
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's...
Markham Open MP Andrew Baing asked Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Sir Mekere Morauta if his Government was bold enough to introduce the death penalty for major crimes like wilful murder, pack-rape and rape
- DECEMBER 5, 2001FloridaDEATH PENALTY
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death...
Circuit Judge Barbara Fleischer has ruled that death row inmate Juan Melendez deserves a new trial because prosecutors withheld evidence that may have changed the outcome of his trial
- DECEMBER 5, 2001DEATH PENALTY
SAFIYA AWAITS OUTCOME OF APPEAL
December 5, 2001: in the northern Nigerian state of Sokoto, a woman is awaiting the outcome of an appeal against a conviction for adultery by an Islamic, or Sharia, court. If the appeal fails, Safiyatu Huseini will be stoned to death.
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
Outraged by the escalating incidence of baby rapes...
Outraged by the escalating incidence of baby rapes in South Africa, the Traditional and Faith Healers Association said perpetrators should either receive the death sentence or be castrated
- DECEMBER 4, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
Lois Nadean Smith, 61, was pronounced dead at 9:13 p
Lois Nadean Smith, 61, was pronounced dead at 9:13 p
- DECEMBER 4, 2001IndonesiaDEATH PENALTY
The Indonesian government is preparing a draft law...
The Indonesian government is preparing a draft law on terrorism to provide a legal basis for its anti-terrorism program, according to Abdul Gani Abdullah, director general for legislation at the Justice and Human Rights Ministry
- DECEMBER 4, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
A woman in east China's Zhejiang Province gave herself...
A woman in east China's Zhejiang Province gave herself and the justice department an unprecedented challenge: she wants to have a baby through artificial insemination, for her husband who is sentenced to death for murder but yet to be executed
- DECEMBER 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A regional trial court meted out the death penalty...
A regional trial court meted out the death penalty to two brothers for raping their young niece
- DECEMBER 4, 2001PhilippinesDEATH PENALTY
A judge meted out the death penalty on a 40-year-old...
A judge meted out the death penalty on a 40-year-old man for raping a 5-year-old girl in 1996
- DECEMBER 4, 2001UzbekistanDEATH PENALTY
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian...
The Czech Foreign Ministry received an official Norwegian note requesting that the Czech Republic extradite detained Uzbek dissident Mukhammed Salikh to Norway where he had been granted asylum, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ales Pospisil told CTK
- DECEMBER 4, 2001LesothoDEATH PENALTY
Lesotho's proposed legislation to provide for the death...
Lesotho's proposed legislation to provide for the death sentence on men who rape knowing they are infected with Aids was published in the capital Maseru
- DECEMBER 4, 2001South AfricaDEATH PENALTY
The increase of child rapes and abuse in South Africa...
The increase of child rapes and abuse in South Africa was an indictment of the country, African National Congress president Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said