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- MAY 31, 2001MarylandDEATH PENALTY
Gov. Parris Glendening granted a posthumous pardon...
Gov. Parris Glendening granted a posthumous pardon to a black man hanged in 1919, saying the execution "may well have been a miscarriage of justice." "While it is impossible at this late date to establish with certainty his guilt or innocence, there is su
- MAY 31, 2001IllinoisDEATH PENALTY
Delays in Timothy McVeigh's execution should stop,...
Delays in Timothy McVeigh's execution should stop, a majority of Chicago area residents said in a survey taken Thursday
- MAY 31, 2001RussiaDEATH PENALTY
The Commander of the North Caucasus Military District...
The Commander of the North Caucasus Military District Gennadiy Troshev spoke in favour of bringing back capital punishment in Russia
- MAY 31, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
Some 300 school children participated in a children's...
Some 300 school children participated in a children's art exhibition sponsored by the Movement for People's Rights as part of its nationwide campaign against capital punishment
- MAY 30, 2001AustraliaDEATH PENALTY
Jonathan Brett Horrocks, 40, who was sentenced to life...
Jonathan Brett Horrocks, 40, who was sentenced to life with a minimum of 23 years in 2000 for shooting dead his former boss at a La Trobe University bar wrote a letter to Victorian Attorney-General Rob Hulls asking to be executed
- MAY 30, 2001Côte d’IvoireDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International accused the security forces in...
Amnesty International accused the security forces in the Ivory Coast of committing some of the worst human rights abuses seen in the West African state for three decades
- MAY 30, 2001ChinaDEATH PENALTY
The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court held a public...
The Urumqi Intermediate People's Court held a public rally to sentence to death or life imprisonment 24 criminals convicted either of splitting the country, murder, or robbery at trial of first instance
- MAY 30, 2001LebanonDEATH PENALTY
A Mount Lebanon criminal court sentenced two Indian...
A Mount Lebanon criminal court sentenced two Indian men to death for the murder of one of their compatriots
- MAY 30, 2001DEATH PENALTY
McVeigh lawyers will apply for a stay of execution
Attorneys for Oklahoma City bomber Timothy McVeigh said they plan as early as Thursday to file a court motion to seek a postponement of the rescheduled June 11 execution.
- MAY 29, 2001IranDEATH PENALTY
Mehrdad Yusefi, an 18-year-old man, was hanged in the...
Mehrdad Yusefi, an 18-year-old man, was hanged in the western city of Ilam after the Supreme Court upheld a death sentence issued by a lower court for killing a friend two years later
- MAY 29, 2001KenyaDEATH PENALTY
The European Union said it wanted to see concrete action...
The European Union said it wanted to see concrete action on political and economic reforms as key steps in enhancing relations with the Kenyan government
- MAY 29, 2001OklahomaDEATH PENALTY
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial...
For the latest exhibit of the fallibility of the judicial system, we turn to Joyce Gilchrist, a chemist with the Oklahoma City Police Department who has worked on more than 3,000 cases